Amanda Takes Off...

Good Man got his name from Master. I guess "He drinks soju" is Reason #1 that he's a good man.

Reason #789
He Does My Dishes (and Enjoys It)

Met Good Man after work. We were on the bus, one stop from my house and heard a giant "CRUNCH!" and the ajummas all gasped. The bus had hit a car and made it spin out. I don't think anyone was injured.

Good Man and I met to watch the full lunar eclipse, but it was too cloudy to see anything. Instead we had dinner near my place. I live near a very busy section of the city, and there are several different fountains near my house. I want to join these kids every time I see them.

The three kids in the first picture were having such a blast. They'd stand near the fountain until the water came out, then run away screaming and slowly creep back.

Playing in a Fountain

Playing in a Fountain

After dinner we wandered around just a bit. I took photos by holding the camera on my shoulder casually and shot away without a flash. Hence this photo is blurry and tilted. But I love all the colors.

This fruit market is across from my apartment building. They change the price for older fruit so I know which fruit will go bad the fastest. The people are friendly and the fruit is generally quite good.

Fruit Market

We grabbed some ice cream from the mini-supermarket near the fruit market.

Good Man got a 돼지바 (Pig Bar). Pig Bars are these amazingly delicious ice cream bars that are also amazingly fattening. Michael loves them. Last year, when we went to The Jeollas, Michael, Leslie and I were eating Pig Bars with every meal. When Michael and Good Man met, we somehow got on the topic of 돼지바s and a great day being a "three 돼지바 day."

돼지바 Deliciousness

"돼지바 Has a Special Factor."

"돼지바 has a special factor," Good Man said while I was shooting this picture.

"What's that?"

"The outside is crunchy. And the inside is crappy."

I burst out laughing. "Crappy?"

"Yeah, it's crappy, so it tastes really good. It's bad for you, but so crappy it's good."

I was still laughing. I thought about how we polished off a huge bag of marshmallows before I went to Vietnam. "You mean like marshmallows?"

"Yes, exactly. If you Google 돼지바, you will see. Lots of Koreans think it's crappy. That's why it's so good."

Good Man took the camera and got a number of shots of me. Since I had to ask three times to post the above photo, I decided that turnabout was fair play.

Ice Cream Goodness

Good Man finally had to leave. I was standing 25 feet away when I took this picture and unfortunately the camera auto-focussed on his chest (now cropped out) instead of his face. It was dark and I didn't notice the Korean-V-Thing.

I Am Korean

[As a side note: I have no idea why, when I am in flash mode, my camera leaves a round shadow at the edge of the picture. I need to figure out how to fix that because it's driving me nuts. Any ideas what it is and how to fix it?]