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냉면 Korean cold noodles.
Ingredients
1 Packet of packet Nangmyon
some onion
some cucumber
some red peper
1/2 a boiled egg.
Method
THINLY slice whatever vegetables you have
boil egg (clean pot optional)
open packet Nangmyon
boil Noodles
cool noodles with cold water
place noodles in bowl
add packet Nangmyon juice (chilled)
arrange vegetables and egg randomly on top
add mustard.
Eat.
Nangmyon is more of a summer dish I guess - often when you eat it at a restaurant the cold soup it is served in is more like a slushy.
And there are different types my favourite being Bibim Nangmyon.
This was a pretty good effort on my part if I don’t say so myself. Indeed the end result actually ressembles the picture on the packet!
In other News: I was astounded to learn that in Korea there are some 20000 foreign teachers - of which less than 8000 are here legally. This little nugget of knowledge was part of Canadian coverage of a recent crackdown by Korean Authorities on Teachers (mostly Canadian by all accounts) teaching here illegally. See the Globe and Mail’s coverage here. It’s not hard to organise yourself is it? I obtained a visa for Korea in 2 days. I was then, a year later, able to renew my visa in the space of 10 minutes at the Daejon immigration office. I hold no sympathy for anyone falling afoul of Korean immigration law - I mean it’s not rocket science - get a visa, work, get paid.
There have been a number of ugly incidents of late that have fueled already rampant Korean xenophobia, another woman run over by a US Army Humvee, and two Canadians (again teachers) kicking shit out of a guy in a bar. Luckily the sleepy hamlet of Nonsan seems immune by in large to these sorts of things. Or maybe I’m just an ignorant foreigner? At any rate it has got me thinking about my chances of coming back to Korea for a third (and most probably final) year after a short holiday home. From what I can estimate my experience in Nonsan and in particular JungChul is the exception rather than the rule at hogwan’s across the lower half of the penninsula. You need only look at blacklists and other such testimonials to know there are a lot of shitty english schools around - my present experience thus sets very high standards that may well work against me in the future…who knows.
It’s been relativly boring of late thus very few posts. Still shitty and not sleeping well, but by in large still arriving at work on time and in a relativly good mood. Freaks me out that there are only 4 months left!
PS Congratulations to James and Ran who were married today in Dual ceremonies. Ain’t love a grand thing? Ranuka will join the very privilaged few who have managed to live with Kroy and survive. Well done you two lucky bastids! (Off to Bali for the honeymoon??!!)
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