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New Orleans Day Trip/Korean Grocery Trip
06 months ago
We left Hattiesburg around lunch, picked up Zach, and made it to New Orleans around 3:00. Because we wanted to eat first , we ended up doing a good bit of driving back and forth through the city. The restaurant is located in Gretna, and the market we wanted to visit was in Metairie.
The Pho Danh restaurant is located inside the Hong Kong Market at 925 Behrman Hwy Gretna, LA 70056. Their Pho is awesome, and we were served within five minutes of ordering. This was our second visit and the quality of the food was still amazing.
Large bowl
Needless to say it was good
After eating, we briefly walked through the market. We didn’t buy anything since we were heading straight to the Korean market. I really want to know how to cook these. Not that I would eat them on a regular basis, but I would at least try them. We are not big fans of the Hong Kong market since they don’t carry as much Korean food as the other market, but the seafood and meat looked really fresh. Also, we may come back and buy a few dishes that we have been wanting. I also want to try the Vietnamese sandwiches that they sell in the back. They looked awesome.
I still want to know how they cook these.
We really don’t know what these are, but they appear to be a set of paper items for kids.
The DongYang Korean market is located at 3324 Transcontinental Dr Metairie, LA 70006. I really like this market, but it would be much better if they made their own kimchi. We were stuck with the large jar size, and although it is not bad, there is nothing like homemade kimchi. There is also a Pho restaurant next door that we will be trying the next time we come back. Driving all over New Orleans was not that bad, but we could probably skip the drive to Gretna and be fine. This would prevent us from even having to go to the west bank/crossing the Mississippi and would save me the dollar toll!
JJ did most of the shopping. A case of Bacchus-D was my only purchase.
We left the market and drove back downtown to the French Quarter. Since it raining when we parked, I left my camera in the car. I was hoping to get some good shots today, but not only was it raining, but it was extremely overcast as well. After a brief stop at Harrah’s Casino (Zach was the big money winner!), we walked down to Cafe Du Monde for coffee and beignets. The beignets were great, but they seem to taste better late at night after a few hours of bar hopping. We left Cafe Du Monde and went to Pat O’ Brien’s. I have a hard time going to New Orleans and not having at least one hurricane. We already decided that we need to make a return trip soon, but will spend the weekend so that we can enjoy ourselves more. I also want to get down to the Garden District and take some photos with my good camera.
All photos taken with my Samsung Galaxy
Lucky Day Trip
07 months ago
by JR
in Mississippi Life
JJ and I have been grounded for the last month since we both have an insane amount of work for our classes. The weekends tend to be spent sleeping late and catching up on required reading (Me)/trying to get prepared for the week ahead (JJ). Even though we both have a ton of work to do, we decided on Friday night that we were going to wake up on Saturday and drive down to Gulfport. We have both been wanting to sample a burger from 5 Guys. We were not disappointed. The burgers were juicy and the amount of fries that came with the order could have fed a few people; We left with about a half a bag full of leftovers.
Yum. That would be about 5% of the fries that came with the order
You can already see where the grease was soaking through.
We left 5 Guys and decided to drop by the Island View Casino and spend 30 minutes or so playing the slots. We haven’t really gambled since our last trip to New Orleans about 4 to 5 months ago. We started playing at a couple of slot machines side by side, and then JJ decided that she wanted to play cards. She was gone about 20 to 30 minutes and later found me at a different slot machine. I had turned my $20 dollars into $140, and I was starting to get the feeling that it was time to go. JJ said that she wanted to drop another $15 and would be right back. I kept playing never really getting up more than $150. She came back and as we were getting ready to leave, I told her that I wanted to play one more pull at the max amount. Well, it hit and finally stopped at just above $500. Needless to say, It was a good day!
Not my machine, but you get the idea
We stopped by the outlet mall on the way home and tried not to blow all of our winnings. After paying for gas, lunch, and JJ’s shopping, we came out ahead about $400. It was a great day, and our profits will be placed in our travel fund. We are shooting for a few weeks in Europe next June, but it will depend on the balance of our travel fund. If I could keep hitting jackpots, the trip would be placed on the calender in permanent ink.
Hattiesburg Walmart – Korean Food
211 months ago
by JR
in Mississippi Life
Who Knew?
We have found this ramyeon at the Asian market in Hattiesburg, but have never seen it carried at Walmart. Does Walmart have a new Korean employee? Maybe someone requested it. There was only half a box left when we spotted it, and we took care of most of that. Our cashier even questioned us about it. She must have been a huge ramyeon fan and wanted to try it. I am going to have to start requesting them to carry other Korean items.
Progress
21 year ago
It has been about a month since my last post, but my free time has all but disappeared since the start of this semester. I have been working on my yearly goals and feel like l am making some progress towards my goals. I am down about 15 pounds and have cut out fast food, fried food, and pretty much all sweets. I just started working out 5 days a week instead of 3, and although I feel like my life revolves around going to the gym, I am starting to feel the results. I really got motivated by reading the quote by Jack LaLanne, the fitness guru, who recently died at the age of 96. He said, “I hate working out, but I love the results.” This seems to be my motto. I can’t really stand to be in the gym, but I do enjoy the results. I have a long way to go, but I am slowly making some progress.
I feel like I have made some progress in my Korean studies as well, but I still need to read more in my free time. I am making decent progress in my Sogang textbook and in the lessons available on TTMIK, but really want to start doing more free reading in Korean. I don’t suffer from a lack of motivation, but at the same time I do if that makes any sense. I just need to do a better job of scheduling my Korean study time.
I am still enjoying the MATL program at USM, and luckily I am only taking three classes this term. I do have a lot to read this term and a few big projects to work on as well. My Sociolinguistics class is great, and I probably like it so much because I get to talk about Korean culture a good bit. The class is small but most of the students have experience living in a differernt country or are actually international students. Looks like I am going to pay a visit to the Hindu temple in Jackson for an assignment in Sociolinguistics that requires us to place ourselves in an environment where we are likely to suffer from culture shock. It should make for an interesting essay. My reading list seems to grow every week and there are still a few dozen books that I would like to cover this semester. I also have a number of other research papers that I am trying to work my way through, but my classes require so much reading that I have not been able to do research on topics that are of a personal interest to me.
Currently Reading:
Principles of Language Learning and Teaching- H Douglas Brown
Second Language Acquisition- Gass and Selinker
How Languages are Learned-Lightbown and Spada
Language: the Social Mirror- Elaine Chaika
Teaching Culture: Perspectives in Practice-Patrick R. Moran
Language Shock-Michael Agar
Chomsky Notebook-Noam Chomsky
Focus on Form in Classroom Second Language Acquisition-Doughty and Williams
I am also trying to figure out how I am going to go to the TESOL convention in New Orleans during March. Hopefully, I will have gotten far enough ahead that I can miss a couple of days of class.
I have been pleased with the students that I am working with for my assistantship. I only have to work 20 hours a week, but my hours are not blocked so it seems that I am always at the office. My students all seem to know what I expect of them and have been coming to their sessions fully prepared. We will see if they keep up the good work.
Recently, I have been doing a fair amount of research into focusing on form in the language classroom. I have enjoyed reading about how I should have been teaching grammar and wish that I would have these classes before I taught in Korea.
Jeju!
After JJ spoke with her family on Lunar New Year’s Day, plans were made for a visit to Korea at the end of the summer. We will probably end up splitting our time between Jeju and Seoul.(And hopefully a side trip to Dongtan) I need to do some camera shopping/trading in Namdaemun, and I know that JJ has lots of items that she wants to pick up as well. I really am looking forward to spending about 11 days in Korea, but really don’t look forward to paying for the flight and since my mom has already booked a vacation home in Florida for the first two weeks of summer vacation, it looks like all of our free time is booked for the next few months.
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