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hallo!

do you know how I have been satisfying my breakfast needs these days??? use SK 식권! ㅋㅋㅋㅋ i recently realized the 분식집 at sk building also accepts 식권 and is open for business in the morning so I have been going to it to buy 김밥 with 식권 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ pretty clever right? its a secret! dont think any of the consultants do it ㅋㅋㅋㅋ nor the other intern.. heheheh

I went to 병무청 during lunch.. to clarify my situation... well... it was a dumb move.. cuz they figured out that I have been working past 3 months when theyre going through my file.... which is not allowed.. so yeah... they said my situation can get more complicated.. but assured me that I should be able to leave....but suggested i do so quikcly... lol.. i should be fine... but i wont be completely surprised.. if they stop me at the airport.. and take me to the army base.... 아 끔짝하다 ... ㅜㅜ

today was firmwide outing day i told you about! we went to the lotte theater nearby and listened to some presentations, had dinner and watched a movie!

this was supposed to be pic of dinner box we got! ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ can u see the yellow box? it contained a ham and egg sandwich.. orange juice and this!

ㅋㅋㅋㅋ looks good right? but tasted pretty bad... the bread tasted stale... like bread that has been lying around in the corner of my room for past a few days... 바삭한게아니고.. 그냥 부서지는 느낌? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ the sandwich was ok too.. ehhhh miss pork belly sandwich from nyc!!! or banh mi!!!!

I did not really pay attention to the presentation.. cuz it no longer applied to me.. sad.. .. they also talked about the christmas partyt!! which I will not be able to attend =///

theyre having it at this 예식장 with open field in the middle of the building, where you can drink cocktails and stare at the sky!!! pretty cool right??? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 부럽다!!! the theme of the party was "나는 bcger 이다" ... 나는 가수다 배꼈서 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ kind of lame... who came up with that idea??? they also wanted people from different ranks to dress differently like... partners to dress rock n roll... team leaders... hip pop.. and interns.. disco etc. ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ partners in rock style?? baggy pants??? long hair??? lol... 진짜 다들 그렇게 입고 오면 대박 ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

gigantic 빼빼로!! cute!!! i saw other varieties of 빼뺴로.. but i like this one the best!! I would've gotten you this!!!

빼빼로 선물 못해서 미안 ㅜㅜ.. 반성하고있어... ㅜㅜ.. 나쁜남자 친구이야... 선물많이 못해주고.. ㅜㅜ 반성!!!

the movie. was called immortal... its exactly the same as 300 ㅋㅋㅋ action.... blood... dudes with kickass body... 8 packs.... more blood.... sex... um... n 5-10 lines per person.. ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 몸으로 떄우는 영화!

after the movie I went for a drink with 3 other interns.. 2 of the dudes were trying to convince me to go to the army ㅋㅋㅋ they said.. it was all worth it in the end... um.. yeah right.. .big fat liars!!!!!! trying to trick me.. the dude on my team was also there.. he got on my nerves today... 나한테 좀짜증??? what the heck... 별로친하지도 않는데 벌써부터.. 짜증이야.... i wanted to bitch at him too.. 그래도... 마지막날이니까... i did not want to leave with a sour feeling.... 한국에또오면 볼꺼니까... 내가 참았지...

흠 오늘이 마지막이라니!! everything happened so fast!!! I am going to pay another visit to bcg on monday before leave..!!! overall it was a good experience!!! I learned to work hard.. push my body to the limit... learned to think the way consultants think.... super critical and intense... and learned to deal with people!

ready to start a new chapter in my life! (hmm what would you title the chapter describing my bcg experience?)

the skimpiest salad in the world!

woke up around 8am later today.. couldnt wake myself earlier... i worked till 4am last night! ㅋㅋㅋㅋ i just spent the morning spacing out 멍때리기...

너무피곤하면 술취한겉하고 똑같은거같어 ㅋㅋㅋ the other intern and I were just spacing out... talking pass each other (couldnt understand what the ohter person was saying...words started to sound like noises.. nothing registered in our brains)... and we started laughing for no reason like retards !!! (as if we were drunk.. or high..) ... got caught by one of the consulstants once (interns work in different room).. and he thought we were going mad... !!! darn right! we were going mad!

todays lunch was 만두굿!

the broth was excellente! I 쭈루룩 다마셨어! 만두도 엄청크고, filling 도 풍부! 옆에있는 김치도 아작아작먹고! . im so gonna miss cheap korean food! 5-10 bucks got me amazing food here.... once i go back to the usa.. its gonna be 20-30 bucks for soso korean food.. =/..

ill admit i miss american vietnanese food.. n ridiculously big burgers... but still!!! food is one thing ill miss the most!!

for dinner, team leader led us to somewhere completely different!!! i was excited to sit down and look at the menu! the place was dimly light.. a bit romantic? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ style was hmmm i dunno random fusion? ... saw kimchi fried rice with bacon... 우동... 돈까스... steak hm.. pasta.. ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 뭐지.. restaurant for every taste??

to start off we ordered salad!!

ㅋㅋㅋㅋ i cracked up when they bought this dish... um... there was only lettuce??? so cheap ㅋㅋㅋㅋ couldnt they have added at least carrots??? onions?? cucumber??? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ the dressing couldve saved the day.... but nope... dressing was really bland too... it tasted like nothing...

the whole dish tasted like water!!!! gets a solid C... at least it only contained 2-3 calories...

next up is an entree to share! its one of the cutlet variations they had.. a spicy version! I did not get to try much cuz the dish was far away.. I had to reach over someone so..... but the meat was juicy as I can expect from 돈까스!! (yup ur so right돈까스 in korea is all good ㅋㅋㅋㅋ) the sauce was unique! I could taste 고추장.. some onions?? and some sort of cream?? it was a creamy spicy sauce!! yumm.. the salad disappointed.. but the entree hit the spot

for my own dish i ordered fried rice with shrooms!! oh man was i impressed.. first of all i love mushrooms! the dish contained at least 3-4 varieties.. sauteed in a garlicy sauce to perfection! sauce was gooey and slightly sweet! 역시 양송이 버섯이 최고야 ㅋㅋㅋ

양도 많앗어 ㅋㅋㅋ nobody finished!! we had so much leftover...

점심다먹고 .. 열심이 우싸우싸 일하고... 집에가서... gone like the wind... ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

world cuisine day!

in the morning i had just some yogurt with blackberries! to prepare my stomach empty for world cuisine  for lunch at eleven..hehe... today was morocco!

after probability class went to merrill to do some chinese and econ reading! - but failed to do econ reading. while i was in merrill i looked outside and it looked like fall! 

so steph and i met up - the eating sisters - to conquer the world cuisine! morocco is ours. 

 val, as always, trying hard. even fancy menu displayed. 

here and there there were yellow and blue handkerchiefs tied up to the poles and stuff... lol..

빵도 예쁘게 진열대 위에다가 정열해놓고... 가져가라고 ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 바구니속에서 쏟아져 나오는것처럼 보이지? ㅋㅋㅋ

소시지랑 케밥들!
그리고 밑에 소스 보여? 이게 바로 강렬한 핫소스라고 막 조심하라고 써있엇어 ㅋㅋ
당연히 우리는? 엄청 많이 퍼왔지. 스파이시!굿! 얼마나 스파이시할까 궁금...

나의 plate! 난 당연히 할아버지한테 -a little bit of everything.이라구 햇지. 캬캬!

음 overall...not bad! i think it was decent. 쿠스쿠스는 조금 밋밋했고, 저 빨간 볶음밥도 꽤 flavorful했어!tomatoes랑 spices맛조금나고 ㅎㅎ 고기도 꽤 juicy! 난 pita bread들을 따로 toast해가지구 (이거 토스터에 넣었다가..안에서 불남..빨리 들고 튀었음...흐흐) spicy sauce에 엄청 찍어먹었다! 꽤 매웠어. 근데 수업가야되서 조금 급하게 먹어서.........좀 소화가 안되었음. ㅜㅜ 유유 

하지만 맛있었어 핫소스! 근데 조금 기름기가 잇어서 찔렷어.. 

Look at the sign : Use sparingly a sit is very HOT!!

헤헤. But it was good. 

저녁에는 별로 안먹구 싶어서 그냥 토마토 한두조각 집어먹고 밀크티 마심! 헤헤..

goodies day!

 

어제부터 난 오늘 아침을 고민했지. 내일 아침엔 오트밀을 먹을까, 아니면 아보카도를 들고 가서 val에서 서빙하는 scrambled eggs 랑 같이 썰어서 먹을까! 원래 어제 아침에 먹으려다가, 보니까 어제는 fried eggs이더라구. 그래서 오늘 아침 8:30 수업에 맞춰서 가기 위해 8시 쯤에 출발해서 슝슝 도착했지. 

부지런히 냉장고에 있는걸 다 챙겨갔어! cumin seeds (after we added crushed cumin seeds to the shaksuka - eggs poached in tomato sauce, the brunch from last week - i ve been trying to incorporate creatively the spices i have in my 'pantry', and cumin seeds apparently go well with anything! eggs, cookies, etc. i put some in the yogurt mix i made last time!), basil leaves, one thai chili pepper, and sprinkled just a tiny bit of cheese and microwaved it. cracked some peppers on top, squirted some hot sauce, sprinkled it with pepper flakes and voila! it was yummayyyyy. woohoot!

and today was the day steph and I planned our grand trip to miss saigon. voila! 

at last! actually, the eggs i ate for bfast wasn't digesting that well.. i dont know i dont think my digesting system is functioning well these day.. weird right?? i dont get it. 

but i had to get my pho! drank alot of water and 매실 too!

두둥두둥두둥 두둥 

날씨가 따뜻한 관계로 우리는 25 -기본pho랑 버미첼리를 시켰지! spicy cold noodles with shrimp. hehe.... i loved the taste of the warm broth.... couldnt stop myself from taking one spoonfuls after another.. and the 버미첼리 was good too!

the meat was really good and tender! i love dipping them into the spicy sauce..

the shrimp looks so fresh! cuz we went at two pm for lunch, the lighting is great, which makes the picture looks really nice.

 

 and after this, i went to yoga, went to val and just grabbed a piece of cheese and a few cranberries, and that was it! but then we had  a brief study session in smud (which i could barely concentrate.. i dont know why but i was so tired..) and he brought all the leftover cheese! and there was tea party in keefe too. just had a few bites of cheese and some grapes, and that was it!

i am feeling so tired though after the midterm and all that! i guess its time for the weekend to come. soon!!!

econ stressful day!! exam's over!!

my morning breakfast before my econ exam!! 

i only had two bites of the muffins with the raisins, and had the banana with peanut butter! 

i had some peanut butter to give nut power to my brain! for econ! woohoo. 

and i made super fruit juice. with peaches, blueberries, oranges and honey. it was good, super hearty breakfast. 

then i went to frost, buried myself in last minute studying. keynes, money, crisis...................liquidity..... banks.. Fed...FDIC...omg... all the concepts swimming in my head. 

the test was.. i dont know the multiple choice was okay, but the essay questions were kinda tricky. i dont know if i answered correctly. didnt look at the answers yet for my conscience sake. woggie doggie will probably give me my exam back tomorrow..no... tmrw doomsday. 

i came back, and took a nap!

two hour fulll nap yay. 

and i recently found this recipe called raita? apparently its kind of an indian yogurt dish, which you chop in cucumbers and anything you want, with masala powder, cilantro, or mint, anything you want! very versatile recipe. so i chopped in some cucumbers and tomatoes, mint, cayenne pepper, paprika, and mixed it all up with my FAGE!

it was an interesting way to eat savory yogurt. thats all i can say.
but i like experiments!

ahh so tiring. tried to do more hw at frost, and went to sleep .tiring day...

the best 떢볶이!

애고.

nothing to eat..detox mode.

one thing i have noticed after consuming chocolate: it causes breakouts. no! no more chocolate!

yesterday morning i was woke up early and was debating on whether or not to go to cinema class or not.... eating an apple. in the end i was like, oh well i should might as well go anyway since i like the class. 

so i was soo hungry and ate a banana during film class. 

this week film was 'La Strada' a neorealism italian film, about a girl who is kinda weird , dumb in the head but partners with a performing artist?길거리에서 공연하는 사람이랑 같이 다니면서 가난하고 불쌍하게 돌아다니는...여자 표정이 진짜 0.0 항상 이런 표정. 그리구 val에서 사과 더 집어가지구 the usual cycle of probability - geometry cycle. i had some leftover chinese hw i had to do so went to frost during lunch time, with my leftover 30 minutes to class ran to val and had some sundried tomato -chickpea- chicken salad val often offers. basmati chicken salad? i think. was also studying the new vocab for chinese during lunch...omg running around everywhere! had a hardboiled egg as well. and some melons! they had freshly cut melons, very rare! i devoured three pieces and was really full since i ate in a rush. 

after class, went to frost came back to my dorm since i had leftover laundry i had finished off leaving in the drying machine in the morning - did sheets, blankets everything - and read more econ books. i think i munched on some 강냉이들. no more!! 

went to yoga- frost - studied on and on and on reading all of the locanda verde's reviews on yelp. tried to get a reservation for thanksgiving eve, but failed .no places left, decided with steph to wing our chances the moment it opens on thursday. 

dreaming about nyc....

but then econ midterm -.-

 

oh the dinner i grabbed right after yoga! there were two interesting sandwiches on display, one was a turkey-cranberry chutney? cheese, tomato sandwich, another was a chicken salad wrap with cilantro. took a bite of both and was really bleh. turkey bleh, no cilantro could be detected from the wrap. 

to show you that i only took a bite of each sandwich: 

what i had left! 

then i had some celery, tomatoes, jalapenos. naahhhah

sunday!

sunday was a try-to be detox day..i woke up in the morning, skyped with you briefly, and for morning i think i had a banana? and an apple later. lol.... had some강냉이.... it was all dedication to econ study day... 

watched u sleep! you were snoring alot... haha..

이콘공부또하고 또하고.... around dinner time made my usual fix of avocado, ,자몽, mint leaves and some tomatoes! but was really full...but i guess i was really stressed about econ..took another glass of wine after steph left and munched on lots of chocolate! nioooooooo fail!! 

its funny how we know and fail sometimes. i guess thats the psychology of diet and food. its just like..impulse cannot stop us from doing something!

i talked to dansaem on fb. i think she's struggling with some social problems with her suitemate, using her bf's house as a refuge? 은신처? just trying to not to confront the problem. she says she doesnt know where her social life is going to.. a little bit depressed. tried to cheer up, telling her that she was a lovable girl and if she tried to the relationship will be better! I guess we are all struggling with school and people in some ways. 

and saewon is still going on and on about her qualms about this 후배 that she is interested in nowadays! she was debating whether or not to just approach him straight out front and ask him does he want to date. one of my aggressive friends yo. pretty amazing. 

econ dayyy but also chocolate day. i think chocolate is really bad for skin. i can definitely feel breakouts coming after having a chocolate binge. 

saturday update!

woke up extra late to start my weekend!

skipped lunch and i just chilled on my bed until around 3pm to go the weekly study sessions at 강남! I have been going to it almost every week; both to improve my interviewing skills and get to know the interns better. the turnout has been ok... usually around 4-5 people out of 17 ? ㅋㅋㅋ ㅋㅋㅋ

one interesting fact we noticed was that those 4-5 ppl are made of 회외 파들 ... the kids who studied in the US (one from berk,,, two from penn.. me and another dude from duke) .. nobody from SKY comes!!! kind of weird right? we joked around saying.. 국내파들은 실력파라서 공부않해도되고 ... 회외파드는 놀기만해서 공부해야됨 ㅋㅋㅋ.. well i dont care really care who comes... but we are all bit curious how good these kids from SKY are.... theyre the brighest of the brighest in korea! i wont be surprised if they are capable of destroying cases without moving a finger.... ㅋㅋㅋ

anyways,

the whole session lasted around 3hours : we do 1 hour of fit.. 2 hours of cases.. we form groups of three and take turns giving and receving interivews!! I have been giving mckinsey cases I got from dungdang ㅋㅋㅋㅋ theyre sort of fun and challenging so my cases are very popular!! well why am i giving out mckinsey cases for free?? I should get paid!!

there is one dude who 잘난척 a bit.. its funny.. he said he believes he is at top 10% of the candidate pool in terms of case interviews.. and it wont be worthwhile for him to continue coming... unless ppl can give him challengeing cases...ok.,... he also told this another dude straight up.. " I think youre at the bottom 10%" ... ㅋㅋㅋ 뭐지 .. 뭘믿고 그럴까... 얼굴은 아닌데...

we wrapped things up around 6pm and some of us went for dinner! we went to 새마을 식당 ! ordered some meat to fill up our empty stomachs.. and finished the meal with 얼큰한 찌개! hohohohoh

after that we went for some drinks at a bar nearby (forgot the name already lol.. it was ok... just regular pub with 생맥 and random 안주)

i wanted to take them to octoberfest. (5번출구 맞나?? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ ). but u know ....dudes are so lazy... they dont even want to walk 5-10mins to get premium beer.. so yeah.. whatever... you get exactly how much effort you put in... if youre lazy u cannot get the good stuff!!

we ordered 2000 생맥주, and some nachos... and went on to spend the next few hours, chatting .. mostly about the work ( I dont bad mouth work anymore.. so I just talked about how I am enjoying the work ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ and cant wait to be a real consultant) and korean society.. until u called!!

only had one meal today!!!! detox success??? (minus the beer at the end....)

whats after sunday? monday!!

안녕~

today was a special day!! why??? cuz i woke up to yjs sweet voice!! hoho. i did go back to sleep to get my 5min power nap though did u notice?? I have a habit of waking up 10-20mins earlier on purpose.. so i could go back to sleep for 5-10mins more and feel good about myself....ㅋㅋㅋㅋ it was nice to see you in the morning!! made my otherwise painful morning 1000 times better~

i was hoping to go to 분식집 for lunch.. i think i am getting addicted to their 재육덖밥.. i want more and more and more of it!! i want it for breakfast, lunch and dinner ㅋㅋㅋ but too bad,, the team leader led us to 구내식당!

I decided on 짜장면! but 짜장면 was not the reason why i chose this option.. the real reason was..

짜잔!! 깐풍기!! 짜장면하고 밥은 별로였지만, 깜풍기는 나의 기대이상이었어!! 쫄깃하고 그 spicy 한 맛! 흠... 근데 요즘 너무 매운것만먹나?? ㅋㅋ 조금 조심해야겠다... i dont notice when im eating.. but when i look at the pics i have been posting.. i see a lot of red everywhere ㅋㅋㅋ oh.. and i dont see much green... ㅜㅜ gotta be more colorful in what I eat!!

team 장 decided to skip on dinner so we were able to go out .. 근데 밖에나오자마다 everyone was being 우유 부단... ㅋㅋㅋㅋ they couldn't decide where to go!! they eventually decided that the "interns should decide cuz they work hard" i was like what the heck... so bs!! ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ the first food that came to my mind that time was 메밀! 그래서 어떨결에 메밀를 추진을 했지 ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 고고고!

메밀은 굿이지 ㅋㅋㅋ you could say the taste is boring.. cuz there isnt much depth to the flavor but simple can be good! it wont overpower you!

팀장이 없으니까 사람들이 조금 더 여유를 부리더라 ㅋㅋ ㅋㅋㅋ we took additional 10-20mins to finish food and even got to watch some tv at the restaurant

let me introduce you to our daily power source! espresso capsule ㅋㅋㅋ this version is relatively strong.. I usually add some water to make it more drinkable... one of the consultants really loves drinking it straight though... I noticed today that he even brought his espresso cup from home lol... i caught him sipping from his tiny white cup... what a classy move..ㅋㅋㅋ never saw that coming!! makes me and other ppl who drink from paper cups look 촌스러워 ㅋㅋㅋ

the machine itself is pretty cool though.. I want one!!! I am adding it to the list of random stuff I want to buy when i get a house!!