My friend and her friends and I went to see another friend in a play they were in tonight. Enron, and yes it was about the whole Enron fiasco. Interesting play, and it was nice to see Gus perform.

A few days ago, Gary (개리) and I got dinner (처녁) from a Korean restaurant on our way home. I took a picture of the panchan so I thought I’d post it.

In cooking class, we learned that panchan (반찬) are only panchan side dishes if they are served with rice (밥).

We also learned that they should always be in odd numbers. But the king had 12 … Because he was the king and he just could! Haha. He would also taste foods from different areas to see how the crops were doing throughout the day.

• http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banchan

In dance class (댄스 클래스) we learned the 4 main moves when dancing with swords (검).  I am hoping we learn a dance with them soon . . . I am going to practice with them this week ^^

This morning I got to use my new Rice Cooker! Which is actually a pressure cooker rice cooker. This one is by a really well known Korean brand Cuckoo (쿠쿠).

It talks to you in Korean, and also sings a little tune and tells you when the rice is done ^^… and I like the turbo feature which cooks the rice quickly.

I also made Pajeon (파전), the Kimchijeon (김치전) version with Kimchi and scallions.

• We bought our rice cooker from a local Korean market, but this website is in English and you can see a variety of rice cookers and they have some YouTube videos: http://kimchius.com/
• This is the model we bought: http://kimchius.com/cuckoo-rice-cooker-crp-j0610f-pink-lilac.html
• Wikipedia Pajeon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pajeon
• WikipediaKimchijeon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimchijeon

Today I took the sheets of the bed to get washed and when I came back upstairs, I saw one of our cats found a cozy spot under the foam layer . . . awww ^^

Today we took my dad to the hospital (병원) to get an MRI. Lately he has been having blurred vision so the doctor (의사) wants to make sure it is not related to the radiation he had about a month ago. We have an appointment for the results next week.

I am eating a pumpkin candy, it has a mild flavour, nothing amazing but not bad either.

This is a kind of tea in powder form that I bought from the Korean market. It has a lot of beans, sesame, and grains ground and mixed together.

I like it with less water to powder (more concentrated) because I can taste more flavour and sweetness. Then I drink it with a spoon, stirring before each spoonful because the denser powder settles otherwise. I am likely drinking this completely wrong, but I don’t care, I like it this way ^^

Today I was able to meet up with the bulkogi taco truck and I had spicy bulkogi. Delish!

You can find out where they will be next by following their twitter feed (I have their posts sent straight to my phone) at

• https://twitter.com/#!/NCBulkogi

Saturday for breakfast I made Egg and Cheese sandwiches for breakfast and used the toaster Gary’s mom gave him for his birthday.

We’ve used it a lot, I just haven’t taken a picture of the toast ^^

Boston Red Sox!