LET THE ADVENTURES BEGIN (or more precisely, continue)
An excited and sleepy Compost Cook.
Hello! Today has been hectic and stressful but somehow also had pockets of relaxation and adventure. Today, I moved out of dorms and into my friends’ apartment on the other side of town. My day started at 4:45 when I couldn’t sleep and decided to just get up and start my day…I had gone to bed at 1:30 the night before so the early start was unexpected. I had to do some last-minute packing, eat breakfast, clean my fridge and catch a taxi to my friends’ apartment by SEVEN am. I did do it all in time but was greeted with rain and not a taxi in sight that was willing to pick me up. I was carrying SIX pieces of luggage, which weighted over 100 lbs and I was functioning on three hours of sleep so the circumstances were less than ideal. Long story short, I did make it across town on A BUS. IN RUSH HOUR. IT WAS AWFUL. However, I survived!
After the bus/moving fiasco I was rewarded with a lovely mid-morning healthy Pat-bing-su date with a friend of mine in a traditional Korean neighbourhood that was the perfect way to forget about the morning.
Pat-bing-su, summer-fruit themed: blackberries, strawberries, nectarines, almonds, sunflower seeds and of course, adzuki beans!
For lunch I met up with another two friends to go for a casual lunch of gimbap and kimchi at a Korean diner. After lunch I had ANOTHER lunch because I had promised a boy in my Sunday School class that he could take me on a ‘date’ to his favourite ttebokki stand. It was so flattered…he even had prepared a sheet of questions in english to ask me, like, “Is it delicious?”, “Would you like some sweet potato?”, “Are you hungry?” etc… I LOVED it. After the tasty street food I walked him to his art lesson and he sadly said goodbye.
A photo of me with my ‘date’ and his grandmother. No, I am not wearing heels.
NOW I am (sleepily) sitting in my friends’ apartment, finishing my checklist for tomorrow’s departure for KUALA LUMPUR!!! I take off at 5:15 tomorrow morning and will be taking the sunday to the airport. I cannot believe that I am going and am so excited to just take it all in. I have VERY little planned and hope to listen to my body each day and see what it’s craving, however, I WILL make it to the Batu Caves!
Okay, I’ve got some sleep to catch up on but since I won’t be bringing my laptop with me I may be MIA for SEVEN days but look forward to lots of pictures and recipes when I return!
wish me good luck!
the cc
