A Quiet Weekend in Mokpo Never Sounded So Good

Despite my respiratory battles with the air in my apartment, I have had a pretty good weekend in Mokpo.

On Friday, I went to the YP Bookstore with Joanne on a quest to find the first book in the Game of Thrones series. The bookstore has a wide selection of useless trinkets and perfumes, but the English section has slim pickings. There are two small shelves with "celebrity" novels in the literary world: Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, The Da Vinci Code, Romeo & Juliet, Great Expectations, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and some non-fiction books about Barack Obama and Donald Trump. Believe it or not, I found the third and fourth books from Game of Thrones, but the first one was sold out. Bummer! I know I can just download the books online. I actually have the first book in a .PDF file on my desktop, but reading a book on paper is so much easier on the eyes.

Afterwards, we went to Emart. Friday nights appear to be prime time for shoppers in Mokpo, so there were heaps of free samples of red bean buns to dumplings, wine, beer, and grapes. We puttered around for an hour and a half. I bought some glittery nail polish, so my nails can look like disco balls. We walked home happy with McDonald's choco cones in hand.

I've spent more time Skyping with Michele. It turns out that Kyoto and Mokpo are in the same time zone!

On Saturday, I had that smoke problem. I won't go into it again. I went for a run because the local fuel exhaust was the lesser of two evils at the time. And then I painted my nails. Black French tip with a sparkly grey and sparkly pink base, topped with blue and gold disco glitter.

On Sunday, I woke up late and puttered around. I went back to Emart to do some grocery shopping. Purchased some organic baby tomatoes, garlic, eggs, mini bow tie pasta, and extra virgin olive oil. Also bought some inorganic (aka regular) kale, swiss chard, wild parsley, and black soy milk (I read this has more calcium). I have big plans tomorrow to make mini bow tie pasta with parsley, kale, chopped garlic, and extra virgin olive oil. It's going to be amazing.

For dinner, I finished off the vegetables in my fridge. Here we have fresh organic carrots / green bell peppers and a steamed sweet potato. Egg scrambled with kale, parsley, and chopped garlic in extra virgin olive oil. And a side of kimchi.

Bon Appétit!