I really love big Korean meals with lots of side dishes. Usually Korean food is really spicy and sort of intense but this summer I went to a healthier restaurant in Insa-dong, a traditional area of Seoul. The restaurant is really old and you can’t choose what you order so you have to take whatever is available that day! The day I went the main dishes were bossam (boiled pork) and pajeon (green onion pancake). There were a surprising amount of young girls in the restaurant — even though it was expensive and a little old-fashioned — because J-Hope from BTS had recommended it in the past!!

P.s. My favorite side-dish is acorn jelly. Humans can’t eat acorns off the ground, but if they’re purified well enough it’s okay! 

街を歩いていると、もうすっかりクリスマスですね。

アメリカ人の先生の中には、Thanksgiving Day (感謝祭)が過ぎないと、

クリスマスは祝えないなんて言う先生もいますが、クリスマスの飾りを

見ると自然とワクワクしてしまいますね。

先日、名古屋駅に行ったときに、大きなクリスマスツリーがあり、

その周りを木馬がくるくる回っており、おとぎの世界のようでした。

まだ少し早いかもしれませんが、みなさんもそれぞれのクリスマスを

楽しんでくださいね。

Hey, y’all! So, as y’all know I am a huge fan of live music and just music in general. Any genre of music, any instrument, guitar, you name it. Music is a very important part of life, I believe. It lets you express yourself through songs and be able to relate to artists who share the same thoughts as you do, or at least it seems like. 

Last week I made a trip to Kyoto once more for a live show, and the artists coming all the way from Australia just to play some Japan shows. Their name is Camp Cope and the band consists of 3 girls who just absolutely rock! Their music hits very personally and I can relate to it very well, which is why I went to see them. They had an absolutely amazing show and had fun interactions with the crowd, regardless of their non-japanese speaking ability. 

みなさんこんちにちは。

だいぶ寒くなってきましたね。体調管理に気を付けてください。

題名を見てこの時期にpool？と思ったかもしれませんが、泳ぐ方ではありません。ビリヤードのことです！

英語ではpoolとも言います。

寒い日は室内にこもりがちですが、ビリヤードは屋内なのでこの時期に友だちとよくやります。

と言っても1カ月に1回程度ですが。上手ではないですが、楽しめる程度にはできます！やったことがなかったらぜひ試してみてください！

I’m heading back to America during Christmas break, and I have to say that I’m quite excited. I’ll get to eat lots of home-cooked meals that I didn’t laboriously make myself, I’ll stay with my parents and my sisters and there will be much bonding, I’ll be able to see my beloved Mt. Rainier on the horizon once more, there’ll be trees everywhere and rain everyday, and of course, y’know, Christmas! There’s a lot to look forward to.

I think the biggest factor behind my anticipation is seeing my Niecey Baby, Missy Elliott. Missy does not like being restrained in any way; she’s got running around and walks and fetch and tug-o-war and licking-you-to-death-because-why-aren’t-you-playing-let’s-goooooo to do. As a result, she’s not fond of hugs. At all. She’ll tolerate it for, like, five seconds, mostly out of shocked betrayal that her beloved humans would torture her so. Stage two: she turns those big brown puppy-dog eyes on the nearest human, begging for rescue while they just coo over how cute she is in her misery. Stage three: squirming to freedom. It’s so cute. She hates it, but she’s so cute in her misery, that we all can only continue to torture her. And I haven’t been able to torture her personally in many months.

So I’m looking forward to it.