Blogging will be light or nonexistent for the next few days, as I am off to the American Studies Association of Korea annual meeting early in the a.m. The meeting is taking place in Songisan. This is a mountainous area (Paekdu Mountains) a few hours south of Seoul, it is supposed to be stunningly beautiful. There is one of the most impressive Buddhist temples in the country there too. I am looking forward to it.
CHAOS WASHING MACHINES
My apartment comes with a washing machine called, imposingly, a Goldstar Chaos Hi Tech Washing Machine. I thought it was a dryer too but that doesn't seem to be the case. Korean apartments have these alleys between the living areas and the outside wall in which clothes are dried. There are sliding doors between the apartment and the alley, and large windows between the bedrooms and the alley. I thought I wouldn't have to use it but if the washing machine is also a "hi tech" drier I sure can't find the right combination of buttons. Not that I haven't looked. I tried to decipher everything with the help of my dictionary and limited knowledge of the hangul alphabet (which includes only a dim understanding of the actual letter order--still working on that). The word pronounced (I think) "saw" is a simple two letter word. But according to my dictionary, it means, "a cow, a bull, an ox" or "dressing, stuffing," "little, few,
Comments
I wish to request more photos of Baby Buddah/Lark.
Cheers,
-Kristi Glasier