Chef Wally

I've been cooking a lot lately.

I made almond chocolate chip brownie cupcakes, which are DELICIOUS, and from a box (well, I added the chocolate chips and almonds and, in a stroke of genius, put them in a muffin pan).

I also made this soft tofu soup. Sarah, if you are reading this, this is what I made when I was back in Gainesville with you. This is what it's supposed to look like. It's not nearly as spicy as the stuff I made in Gainesville. You (sarah, and everyone else) should definitely give it a go. I posted a recipe on www.reallywally.tumblr.com

Here is a picture:

Brownies, Refrigerators, Hulu

Well, it's been a roller coaster end of 2011, and here we are going through another breath-taking corkscrew and 2012 is only a couple weeks in.

On Friday, I discovered that my refrigerator had broken, and that the inside of my refrigerator was no longer cold. I also discovered that the chicken breasts in my freezer had dethawed and spilled chicken juice all about my freezer's insides.

It was then I went down to my landlord and, all in Korean mind you, expressed that a problem had arisen in my apartment, involving my refrigerator. And when my landlord remained unmoved, I knew I was in for a treat. It was at that moment that I realized the refrigerator was in fact my refrigerator, which I bought along with all the furniture in my apartment (including a dresser, microwave, sofa, dresser, t.v., water dispenser and the fridge, apparently) for 200 US dollars.

2011 in Review.

It was a year of LOTS of changes. Here's my recap by the month.

January: Watched Korean Dramas: My Princess, Boys Over Flowers, Secret Garden. Enjoyed my last winter vacation at Incheon.

February: 14th: my first Valentine’s Day with Hoon. Making peppero (pocky) all by myself. 16th: Kitties. 24th: BigBang Album 25th: My First Big Bang Big Show. 

March: 14th: White day with Hoon. (Big Box of candy and Hello Kitty make-up bag!!!) 27th: Seoul Fashion Week

April: 8th: BB Special Edition Album Release. 17th: Angel Price Festival w/ BB. 29th: Best. Birthday. Ever. Se7en's Chicken Restaurant 30th: The time I met Big Bang.

May: 24th: First trip to YG Building 

June: 1st: Daesung’s Car Accident. Heavy online hate from Daesung fans for translating Korean news articles. The end of Big Bang Promotions

July: 13th: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2 (aka the end of my childhood)  20th: 1 year anniversary 29th: last day of my Middle School Teaching job 30th: Moved to Seoul

August: 8th: narrowly skirt typhoon and get bumped to business class on flight to USA 9th-26th: America with Hoon. HARRY POTTER WORLD. 26th: narrowly skirt hurricane and barely make it back to America 30th: begin work at new hagwon

September: 1st: first day of Korean classes at Sogang.

October: 20th: Old Middle School’s Festival day, visit. Mid Terms. Visa Run to Japan.

November: 11th: Sogang first quarter finished! All A's! 20th: My grandmother passed away. The first person in my family I've lost while abroad. Probably won't be the last.

December: 1st: Sogang Korean Winter Term Starts! 2nd: Hoon & my 500 day anniversary. 4th: YG Family Concert 22nd: Sogang Classmate White Elephant Party 24th: Pre-K closes, lose job 29th: Get new, better job. Must quit Sogang. 31st: New Years Cocktail Party. HAPPINESS.