Take me out to the ball game

I went to a baseball game a few weeks ago with Johan and his coworkers Frida, Yacir, and Mattias. The Hyundai Unicorns vs. the Lotte Giants. We wanted to cheer for the unicorns, because who DOESN'T love unicorns?! But we bought tickets for the wrong part and ended up in the Giants section. They won, but man was it boring! The Unicorns had drummers and dancers and a mascot (I got to meet the Unicorn and shake his hoof when I went to the bathroom!!) and a guy leading cheers, and all the Giants had was a guy with a plastic bag and a newspaper pompom.


The worst part (well... the worst part was that it was a baseball game, and baseball is boring. But besides that.) was that they didn't have any hot dogs!! What's the point of a baseball game if there aren't any hot dogs?! Al they had was ramen and fried chicken. Phooey.


Mattias did catch a ball, though! I don't think it was a homerun ball, just a ball a player threw into the stands. But STILL! Definitely the most exciting part of the game! Besides me meeting the unicorn, of course!

(a reenactment of the famous catch)

Pears!Pears!Pears!Pears!Pears!Pears!

I have a lot of pears. I got a big box of pears from my school for Chuseok, the Korean Thanksgiving holiday. The Korean teachers got money as a bonus, and I got pears. Suckers!! Fruit is expensive here! I totally got the better deal! Look at how big they are! Almost as big as my face! Although, of course my face IS very small... Don't be fooled by their resemblance to apples- that's how pears look in Korea.

Dog!

I was showing pictures from my California vacation to my students, and I showed a picture of my dog. "Ooooh, delicious!" said one of the students. We all had a good laugh. Because of course, they do eat dog here sometimes. It's illegal, but the law is absolutely not enforced, and it's very easy to get. I don't think most people eat Boshintang (dog stew) regularly, but I think most people have had it at least once, and some people eat it regularly. I went on a hike with the teachers from my school a few months ago, and afterwards most of the men had boshintang. It's supposed to give you "stamina." I had a bite, just so I could say I've eaten dog. It was diiiiiisgusting. I don't like most meat besides chicken anyhow. People who like it say it tastes like lamb. I just thought it tasted tough and fatty and gross. I was gagging trying to swallow it. Yuck!
In the pot:

About to go in my mouth: