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Korean-Style Steak
42 weeks ago
Our schedules are very different this semester, but we have made the promise that we are going to try have home-cooked dinners together as much as possible. We started this week by cooking steak on our portable grill. I broke out some leftover soju, and we had a nice impromptu Korean meal.
Our favorite restaurant in Korea serves a side dish that consists of raw onions with a dark sauce poured over them. I would go to that particular restaurant just to eat the onions, and hate that I didn’t ask them how to make the sauce. We have been struggling to replicate this sauce ever since we got back to America. The main ingredient has to be soy sauce, but it also contains wasabi and other spices/oils. You can see our attempt in the photograph in the bottom left corner above, and although our attempt was not terrible, there was something missing, but I just don’t know what it was. Thankfully, everything else turned out great.
Mississippi Ice Hockey
23 weeks ago
by JR
in Mississippi Life
Yes, we do have ice hockey in Mississippi (with real ice and everything). In fact, we have two teams that compete in the SPHL, a lower-level minor hockey league. Years ago, my friends and I would attend Mississippi Sea Wolves’ games in Biloxi, MS. At that time, the Sea Wolves were coached by Bruce Boudreau, who now coaches the NHL’s Anaheim Ducks. The Mississippi Sea Wolves were part of the East Coast Hockey League, but the team was dissolved in 2009. In 2010, hockey came back to the coast with the formation of the Mississippi Surge.
JJ and I went to Biloxi on Sunday and were excited that we were going to be able to see an in-state match-up. The Riverkings from north Mississippi made their way to Biloxi to do battle with the Surge. We arrived about 15 minutes before they dropped the puck and were able to score excellent seats; we were right on the glass. There were probably only 400 spectators, but the atmosphere was still exciting. I have seen a number of games, but this was JJ’s first, and she got to see an excellent game with lots of action directly in front of us. The Surge led most of the game, but the Riverkings tied it up with less than two minutes to play. The overtime period was a special treat. The overtime period in SPHL games lasts for only 5 minutes, but each team plays with only three skaters and a goalie. Even though the Surge lost in the last minute of overtime, the game was great, and we both really enjoyed the fast pace of the three on three hockey.
Our tickets were $18 each, but we could have had decent seats off the glass for around $10. It was not NHL caliber hockey, but the players really battled to the end. I was hoping that JJ would get to see a fight, but there were only a few skirmishes. I think this is the first game that I attended that did not have at least one fight. JJ did enjoy the game, and I just need to figure out how I can convince her that we need to travel to Nashville, Dallas, or St. Louis to see an NHL game. Unfortunately, I don’t think we will be able to see any of those teams play for $18 a ticket.
For more information about schedules and tickets, check out the Surge’s homepage here.
Lazy Fourth and Road Trip
01 year ago
We got up and went to Mass on Sunday morning. Well, actually I went to Mass, JJ works in the nursery. We lounged around the house in the afternoon and then went out to pick up some new clothes for our trip this week. Around 9 p.m. we drove over to a parking lot to watch the firework display that Temple Baptist Church was hosting.
A composite shot of some of the rocket's red glare.
Our plan is to leave on Wednesday morning heading to New Concord, Kentucky where we will get to visit with my grandparents and my aunt and uncle. My aunt and uncle are returning home on Thursday and we have plans to stay with my grandparents until Sunday. On Sunday we will head out to Gatlinburg, Tennessee. My good friend has rented a cabin at a resort in Gatlinburg and we plan on staying there until Thursday. On Thursday we will come home via Atlanta. JJ and I are both extremely excited about going through Atlanta as we will stop at an Hmart! I have heard that you can find pretty much every kind of Korean food at Hmart. We have started a huge list of items that we need and we will probably drop at least a couple of hundred dollars on Korean food.
We don’t really know what the agenda will hold for Gatlinburg. I hope to get out and go take some photos and maybe do some hiking as well.
Reality…………
21 year ago
by JR
in Mississippi Life
The kitchen table overtaken.
This is the center of operations. JJ and I have taken over the breakfest room as our office. She is busy studying for the GRE and TOEFL and I am busy dealing with everything else.
The main project right now is to find an apartment. There are plenty of apartments in Hattiesburg and we could easily move somewhere tomorrow if we were willing to settle. We are trying to find an apartment that allows pets, is not run down, and is not too expensive. JJ really wants to get a cat but the best apartment on our list does not allow pets so maybe no feline for us.
The second item on my list is finding a job. I am in the process of reactivating my teaching license. While I was in Korea, I didn’t keep up with my CEU’s and since I was on an alternative route license; I will probably have to take a couple of classes this summer to reactivate it. I am currently trying to pick up any part-time work that is available. I really don’t want to use up all of our savings. I take the census test in a couple of weeks so I hope that I will be able to do that for a few weeks.
Not actually driving this taxi
I also just found out that my brother, Brent and I will be running our friend’s taxi service for the next couple of months while he goes home to Ghana. We have been joking about going out and getting driving hats and gloves. The taxi service really doesn’t do that much business and we won’t be picking people up off the streets. It will mainly involve taking people to the airport on the Coast which is about an hour away. I am sure that we will also get the occasional call from someone who has too much to drink. It should be interesting. Brent and I are going to take some portraits in front of the taxi later when we have some time. I will be sure and post them!~
I am also in the process of starting my recruiting business. My best friends in Korea are English teacher recruiters and I have already signed a contract with them to provide teachers from Mississippi and the rest of the Southeast. I am working on getting a new website online and have started doing research/brainstorming on how to market it/meet potential teachers.
I am also studying for the GRE. I haven’t really gotten into studying that hard but have been trying to study a little bit in the evenings. I did have a great meeting with my Grad School adviser who gave me a lot of encouragement and some great information. I still need to decide if I am going to join the program this summer or wait until the fall.
Project 55 Weigh-in 246 _ I gotta new scale..Don’t think I lost 4 pounds in a week. maybe a pound or two.
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