I'm not unemployed anymore - I actually have a very fabulous job as a preschool teacher with the University of Michigan child care centers. But I'm still posting, albeit a little more irregularly, and I don't want to ignore the personal progress I've made since starting this blog by renaming it.

Blog inspiration: I read 48 States in 48 Days by Paul Jury in the summer of 2011. It was fabulous...although he planned way less for his roadtrip than I would have. And at the same time, my lovely Anna was constantly reminding me that our lives were awesome, despite the fact that we didn't have job prospects, new cars, boyfriends/husbands, houses, etc., like so many people we knew. So, in an effort to appreciate my life and the crazy uncertainty that it is, I started writing this blog about the little adventures I have. (And by "writing a blog," I mean "making a list" because I make lists, not narratives.) Even if there isn't a BIG adventure that happens every day, I try to find at least one thing to list :)

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Talk Back Trembling Lips (June 28)

  • I talked back to a bus driver for the first time today. I saw the 107 far down the road but was still quite a ways from the Jukdo market stop, so I knew I had to run if I wanted to catch it. So I did. Two and a half city blocks - which doesn't seem that far but I don't work out ad I especially don't run. Despite my running, the bus passed me when I was about 15 ft from the stop and started pulling away as I approached the door! Nuh-uh, I did NOT run all that way to wait for the next one. I pounded on the door and the driver stopped and opened it, and yelled at me in Korean - considering the context, I gathered it was something to the effect of "Get here before I start pulling away!" So I said back to him, "I ran the whole way!" even though I was quite sure he didn't know what I was saying. I think a Korean passenger or two might have laughed at me - in my favor or not, I have no idea. Nida, who ran to catch the bus at the previous stop, also giggled at me. She had to apologize to him as she boarded at the last second too. Maybe that's why he was so ornary. Crazy waygookins.
  • Plum/pecan bread. I bought too many plums at HomePlus the other night - but I got like 15 for less than 3000! So Carlee helped me figure out what to do with them.

Looks good!

COOKING UPDATE #1: So far, the topping has sunk into the batter - so that's annoying. But the topping is made of sugar, butter, cinnamon and pecans so it shouldn't end up too badly right?
COOKING UPDATE #2: My rice cooker died. Uhhh... 
Yeah, I think I'll have to wait until I have a real oven to try this one again :/
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