Over the last day I’ve been busy moving links from the Online Resources section over to their new home in Resources.
Visitors may now comment on these resources. Members may add links to additional resources, including books and audio materials. There’s also an RSS feed for the Resources section, if you’d like to be notified when new materials are added. Suggestions for improving this section are welcome. I’m working on the shortlist of resources I recommend, but I plan to take my leisurely time. I also plan to add a short description of each resource. Reader assistance in this area is welcome. And unless I receive wide support for the current structure on the Resources page, I’ll continue to improve its organization.
Looking back, I’ve accomplished nearly everything on my initial list. The final piece is an update to the randomizer. random//genius is making it better, and you’ll notice the change in a couple of weeks.
The tinkering has not quite ended, but I’m getting there. Each step I’ve taken has revealed a new one, and I have a few remaining ideas.
Posted by kangmi on November 19, 2004 at 2:28 PM1 comments
Tinkering with one’s web site must eventually come to an end, but I haven’t reached it yet. The latest development is the introduction of the Repertoire section, where I record words, phrases, proverbs, and 한자 I encounter. The Repertoire section has its own RSS feed.
The random word at the top of every page is pulled from the Repertoire section. It will shortly be modified to include images and a link to the word’s comment page.
My next goal is development of the Online Resources section to include offline resources. Visitors will be able to offer feedback on individual resources. I’ll also include a shortlist of 강미 recommendations.
Posted by kangmi on November 14, 2004 at 4:21 PM4 comments
오징어 먹었어요.
Not on purpose, of course (for those of you who know me). But it wasn’t as bad as I expected.
In my area, there are three restaurants that serve Korean food. One of them advertises itself as serving Korean food. The food isn’t terrible, but it’s not Korean, either.
Another is a Japanese restaurant owned by Koreans who list a few Korean items on their menu. It’s all right, but I missed the egg in my 순두부 last week.
Today I decided it was high time to visit the Seoul Garden Restaurant ("with a licensed Korean chef"), a restaurant that opened this past summer. It serves both Korean and Japanese food. The location wasn’t promising, as it’s located in what may have been the restaurant section of a rundown motel. The menu, however, was. I had just been telling 인선 that I hadn’t eaten 돌솥 비빔밥 since I left Korea, and there it was.
Like most Korean food I’ve eaten here, it wasn’t quite what I expected. It was plain rice served with soup, a whole fish, and an abundance of 반잔. The deep-fried noodles were unfamiliar, but so was the fish staring at me, and I was eating that. Well, I was eating the deep-fried noodles, too, which were chewier than they looked, but they were good. It wasn’t until I sensed a slight fishy taste that a light began to glow, and I asked my waiter what it was. “Dried squid,” he said. “오징어?” I asked. “Yes,” he said.
I’m not a vegetarian, but there are many forms of meat that I don’t eat. These days it’s more out of force of long-standing habit and a well-developed aversion to those forms. However, in certain circumstances, I would eat almost anything put in front of me without a peep. 오징어 joins calamari and prosciutto as meats that I would not normally eat, but which I no longer fear (truthfully, prosciutto should never be feared, but embraced).
Posted by kangmi on November 12, 2004 at 7:58 PM6 comments
인선 wants me to write a diary in Korean. As an incentive, I promised that I would do it here. I told Blinger that I understand his reluctance to reveal more about himself in Korean, because I was figuring that was what I was going to have to do, but upon further reflection I admitted the truth to myself: I’m a little lazy. Now I have to learn how to say “I’m a little lazy” in Korean. 인선 gave me this assignment a week ago, and you can see how much progress I’ve made.
Here’s today’s diary line in Korean: 지난 월요일에 감기 걸렸어요. I’m resting comfortably now, but I left work early and cancelled this evening’s Korean lesson.
(I get twice as much typing practice in Korean because I forget to switch the keyboard over to 한글, or I use the wrong switch.)
I finally had a chance to watch the video Antti referenced. I found it to be an interesting window into a part of Korea many foreigners never see. The English subtitles are helpful but by no means complete.
Jun-Gang continues his interesting series on 동물 의성.
And finally, I’m pleased to live in the kind of small American town in which I can make a quick 빼빼로 run. 아몬드 빼빼로, anyone?
Posted by kangmi on November 11, 2004 at 8:25 PM10 comments
Blinger has a both a beautiful new blog and a great idea over at 한국언어 습득. All of you should be there, now.
빨리 해!
Posted by kangmi on November 11, 2004 at 7:08 PM0 comments
The vinyl labels are superior to the aluminum foil labels. The foil stickers eventually split and peel off.
I got my latest set off eBay (shipped from Korea) for US$4.24.
Posted by kangmi on November 9, 2004 at 8:00 PM2 comments
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