KOREAN SPRING

It's a peculiar thing, Monday... an innocent day like any other, but how it manages to grip your insides and fill you with dread as the weekend comes to a close is like a riddle that has no answer. I'd already written once about a particularly bad Monday morning, but I feel like today is sort of worthy of another post. So like last time, today my bad Monday started out with another ominous dream. In my dream, I had waken up in the middle of the night and for some reason couldn't fall back asleep. There was a faint light poking through the curtains, from which I wasn't sure whether it was the street lamps or the rising sun, but I figured it was probably morning anyway and decided I would just get ready for work early. On my way to the bathroom, I checked my phone for the time, which read 3:50. In the morning. Half annoyed, half elated at the prospect of three extra hours of sleep, I headed back into the covers. And as soon as my head hit my pillow, my actual alarm we

小朋友 你是否有很多问号    [xiǎo péng yǒu nǐ shì fǒu yǒu hěn duō wèn hào] 아이야, 넌 의문이 많지? 为什么 别人在那看漫画 [wèi shén me bié ren zài nà kàn màn huà] 왜 다른 친구들은 만화를 보는데 我却在学画画 对着钢琴说话 [wǒ què zài xué huà huà duì zhe gāng qín shuō huà] 나는 그림을 배우고, 피아노와 대화를 해야하는지 别人在玩游戏 [bié ren zài wán yóu xì] 다른 친구들은 게임을 하는데 我却靠在墙壁背我的ABC [wǒ què kào zài qiáng bì bèi wǒ de ABC] 나는 왜 벽에 기대어 ABC를 외워야 하는지 我说我要一台大大的飞机 [wǒ shuō wǒ yào yì tái dà dà de fēi jī] 난 큰 비행기를 갖고 싶다고 했는데 但却得到一台旧旧录音机 [dàn què dé dào yì tái jiù jiù lù yīn jī] 왜 내가 갖게된 것은 낡은 녹음기인지 为什么要听妈妈的话 [wèi shén me yào tīng mā ma de huà] 왜 엄마말을 들어야 하는지 长大后你就会开始懂了这段话 [zhǎng dà hòu nǐ jiù huì kāi shǐ dǒng le zhè duàn huà] 자라고 나면 이 말을 이해하게 될거야     长大后我开始明白 [zhǎng dà hòu wǒ kāi shǐ míng bai] 자라고 나서 나는 알게 되었어 为什么我 跑得比别人快 [wèi shén me wǒ pǎo de bǐ bié rén kuài] 왜 내가 다른 사람들보다 빨리 뛰고 飞得比别人高 [fēi de bǐ bié rén gāo] 다른 사람들보다 높이 나는지를 将来大家看的都是我画的漫画 [jiāng lái dà jiā kàn de

This recipe was first introduced on a TV show called 맛있는 녀석들 (Tasty Guys), which is basically a bunch of people getting together and eating, eating, eating. They introduce different dishes and the yummiest way to eat them, etc. etc. and one episode featured foods you can get at the convenience store. Here are the ingredients you need to make budaejjigae. I should note that some ingredients can only be bought at GS25, and not at other Korean convenience stores.