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Paging ZenKimchi for an investigation …
Has anyone else noticed a definite uptick in the amount of gochujang and gochu garu restaurants are using lately? At first I thought it was a quirk of one of our favorite take-out places, but the curse appears to be spreading.
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The blog has been pretty quiet over the past couple weeks as we are currently negotiating some real-world transitions. Although nothing is set in stone, it does appear that we will be ending our sojourn in Korea at the end of the year.
We’re not precisely sure what we’ll be doing next, but it does look pretty certain that it won’t be here. One option is to return to the U.S. and another is for David to take a short assignment for his company in Hong Kong.
I am having surprisingly mixed emotions about leaving Seoul. On one hand, I am excited about a new adventure or the chance to move closer to friends and family and all the comforts of home. On the other hand, I know there are many things here that I will miss very much.
David and I began our married life together here and this is where our daughter was born. So many of our ‘firsts’ together were here, and I am feeling a little sentimental at the idea of possibly never seeing all of these places again.
Over the next couple of months, we’ll be trying to visit some places in Korea that we’ve been meaning to see, and I’ll probably post a lot of reflections about our life here and how it has changed me, and us. But I wanted to do this quick short note to let people know what’s going on.
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Dear Susana,
Last week you turned 13 months old and seemed very intent on turning the corner into fullblown toddlerhood, leaving your baby days far behind.
Friends told me that at this age you will just start changing so much, day to day, developing more and more skill and independence. And they were so right. Some days you wake up seeming like a whole new person from the kid we put to bed the night before.
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In the spirit of the Omnivore’s 100, Joe at ZenKimchi has put together the 100 Korean Foods You Gotta Try.
So, of course after two years here, I wanted to see how I would stack up. As with the original 100, the deal is that you copy the list to your blog, highlight or underline the foods that you’ve tried and put a link in the comments of the original post.
I’ve added my two cents on a few things, just for kicks. Here goes:
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