Lunch at Truth Building Cafeteria

Cathianne's Journal:


Truth Cafeteria and Pick-nick Dinner
30 March 2011


Menu for Today:
Lunch - 돈갈비김지찌개 (Dak galbi kimchi jigae) for 3,000 krw

Dinner - chicken tomato green veggie salad, cold cuts, cut egg omellete, and rice balls

1210h

 I had lunch for the first time at the cafeteria inside the Truth Building. It was more spacious and cleaner compared to the usual cafeteria where I eat lunch with my oppas. I like the ambiance of the Truth cafeteria too! They had a good set of menu for lunch as well that I could not choose between the Dak Galbi or the Chamchi Bibimbap! But I wanted to have seaweed wraps so I chose the dak galbi even if I wanted some tuna bibimbap...If I could just switch some of the food then...LOL.

돈갈비김지찌개 (Dak galbi kimchi jigae)

This is my lunch! Dak galbi kimchi jigae^^
Photo from android

Two of Four of Today's Lunch Menu at Truth Building Cafeteria
Photo from android

It seems I'm already having SPRING FEVER. I learned the term from Jongchun yesterday. The feeling of being sleepy especially after lunch time. Being drowsy and all. The whole afternoon I was reading the same chapter of Fluid Mechanics then I would stop for a while and play some PVZ cos I got to the point of actually napping for several seconds already. LOL. That's not good...

1910h

Since this afternoon, the headset has been covering my ears to keep my mind awake somehow. MJ and GJ oppa called me to join them at the other table for dinner. It was from Kyeongjin oppa's girlfriend who visited the lab earlier. She left food for dinner. Everything was delicious! There was this rice ball that I'm not sure of how they call it, some cold cuts, sausages, egg omelette and the winning piece of all --- the chicken-tomato-lettuce-yellow bellpepper salad! That was really 맛있다 !!! ^^,

Doengjang Rice Ball
Photo source: SEMPIO 

*** Though I'm not sure if the one we had is similar to the Doenjang Rice Ball. ***

http://www.sempio.com/eng/recipencooking/recipe/view.asp?IDX=150

Here's a link for those who'd like to try this one out! Seems the same only that the one we had for dinner was really round and ball-shaped. ^^,

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That's all for today! Til my next blog! c",)

It Snowed Again

Cathianne's Journal:

It's Abnormally Snowing at Spring Time

24 March 2011

Menu for the Day:
Lunch @ restaurant outside school Bibimbap (treat!^^)
Dinner, deliver in the lab - some chicken cutlet Chinese food @ 2,500 krw


My main goal for today was to finish my Fortran program so I can proceed with my other schoolworks and tasks in the lab. Since the time I arrived in the lab, all I did was try and test algorithms and kept opening the two books for my references.

By the time I got to the lab, Honey was already in her table. I'm so glad to finally have my friend with me in the lab! Now I have someone to talk to more often! ^^ I got another chewable candy-like vitamin from her, a chocolate biscuit and a custard cake for breakfast! kkk...

1150h
Since Hyunjoo was also in the lab and it seemed that the oppas won't be eating lunch anytime soon, I decided to eat out with her for lunch. We went to her friend's apartment where I met a new friend, Gina. Jaemin, Hyunjoo's boyfriend, was also there as well. Five of us went to a nearby restaurant, just behind the apartment and had some lunch. I had bibimbap and the lunch was Jaemin's treat! ^^ (A bibimbap would cost 4,000 krw)

After lunch, we spent a few minutes at the apartment to have some rest before going back. Gina and Hyunjoo were attending their 1:00pm class and I was to go back to the lab too.

1700h
MJ oppa and I went to the office of our professor where we would be checking the two quizzes of the TA class we're handling. While checking, I had to keep asking oppa about the comments of the students because one of the questions needed explanations and naturally, most students would comment in Hangeul. Other than the fact that I read soooooo slow, I don't understand a word they're saying! =)) So he had to translate them for me! Haha! After we checked the papers, our professor gave us some money to have coffee for treat at CBTL! Yey! I got another CBTL and this time I had Cafe Mocha! =))

My first CBTL cafe mocha here! Thanks to gyusunim! kkk...

It also snowed as predicted. That was the second time I saw the snow in Korea, but obviously, it's not as visible really from afar cos it's a mix of rain and snow only. But nonetheless, I went out to take some photos haha...only through android though, I didn't have my camera...=|

Sleet, not purely snow...



Cold weather today in Jochiwon ^^



1900h
Lab dinner. We had Chinese food delivery and I ordered a chicken cutlet that had some sauce and mayo for 2,500 krw only! I find it cheap cos most of the food delivered would damage me with 4,000-5,000 krw, hahaha...



My dinner: chicken cutlet with sauce and mayo for 2,500 krw only! =))


2100h
I was trying on some algorithm on arrays and went on the program for several more hours. Our professor advised us to rather try writing our own program than modifying someone else's code which is, I agree, more difficult.

Fortunately, the step by step writing and trial and error that I've been doing seemed to have started working and my efforts are progressing and manifesting well. I read the chapter of the book again about arrays and finally got the message! Haha!

0100h (25 March 2011)
I was still hard on the program. MJ oppa tried to stay and work on his program as well.

0200h
It was almost complete! All I was doing by then was the design and layout on the executable file!

0230h
Went home to my dormitory! c",)

Successful all-nighter! YEY!!!

Johnny Whoop Did It Again!

Cathianne's Journal:

Johnny Whoop Has Done It Again!

23 March 2011

Oh, I just realized, next week is the last week of March already! Wow! I just can't believe how fast time goes by! Today was another ordinary day. Lunch and dinner were both from the cafeteria.


For lunch, I had the Suijiao (one of my favorite side-dishes in the caf), Japchae (which is actually tasting good already, or is it just me getting used to the taste? ^^), rice and a banana! All these for 2,900 krw only and I finished them all! Hahaha!


The whole day, I was doing TA work. I studied the textbook and answered the week's homework so that by Monday, all I have to do is check the papers! I just hope I will be able to finish my week's tasks...I'm still stuck with my Fortran Program. T____T"


Today, Hyunjoo is finally working with us in the lab!^^


By 6:00pm, we all went out to eat dinner at the professors cafeteria. As usual, the meal cost 4,500krw. It's good for people with big appetite, you can come back for several rounds as much as you wish. I'm glad they  had seaweed wraps. I now like the taste of rice with seaweed wrapped on it. And the rice in that cafeteria is sooo good! Red with some beans! ^^ But the only part of the food I can never finish up is the soup. I'm just not a soup lover. If it were some pumpkin soup then I'd really dive for it. We had kimchi (as usual), the other type of kimchi - spicy pickled radish stems, tofu (I never liked tofu until I tasted this style of cooking! It's got the strong sauce meaty flavor, yum!---sharing below some link about it), spicy noodles, and the spicy soup which I hardly touched...


*See below photos and recipes of some of the Korean Dishes I had today ^^


Back in the lab, MJ oppa and I prepared for the tutorial session at 7:00pm. When we got up to the meeting room, only one student was there, William. I met him on the welcome party but it never occurred to me that he is also in the TA class I'm handling..kkk.. So we ended up early cos only William came. More time to do other work then!


By 9:00pm, Hyunjoo and Gwang came to the lab. MJ oppa told me to show them the Johnny Whoop game. As usual, I gave them a dare: Anyone who can do exactly what I am doing, given 5 trials, I will treat him/her a cup of Coffee Bean... Haha! And yep! No one got it in 5 trials. Not even after 10! Then I showed Hyunjoo the trick and we kept making Gwang do it over and over. Then Kyeongjin oppa arrived and we showed him the game. He couldn't get it as well. MJ oppa did another demo, still, they didn't get it! =))


Finally, I exaggerated the my secret move, they finally saw what was missing! HAHAHA!


I wonder if you know what's that secret move... =))


JAPCHAE Recipe:
http://hungerhunger.blogspot.com/2007/10/japchae-korean-noodles.html

Photo from: droopia.net

SUIJIAO

Photo from: hungerhunger.blogspot.com


KOREAN STYLE TOFU
http://www.ehow.com/how_5685913_cook-korean-style-tofu.html
The one I ate looked like this:
From http://asiansupper.com/recipe/korean-style-mapo-tofu

Photo from: http://asiansupper.com/recipe/korean-style-mapo-tofu

Spicy Korean Noodles 쫄면
http://foodieholic.blogspot.com/

Photo from: foodieholic.blogspot.com

Missing Class

Cathianne's Journal:

Oh no! I Missed Today's Class

22 March 2011

Today's Menu:
CHAMCHI DEOPBAP (Tuna Rice) for Lunch @ 4,000 krw
Cafeteria Food at the Professor's Cafeteria for Dinner @ 4,500 krw


I knew I set 3 alarms. I had a bad feeling about it though. OH SNAP! There was something wrong about the morning when I woke up. 10:30 on my watch. OMG! I missed the bus, I missed the class! And I cannot make it to class anymore either cos it takes me 3 hours just to get there! What the ----!?! I pulled an all-nighter for nothing?! T____T"


I went to the lab by 11:30 am and called up my professor. Since I wasn't able to make it to Anam, I decided to start checking the assignments for the TA class I'm handling instead.


1300h
Jungeol oppa took my order for the lunch delivery. Everybody seemed too busy to go out to the cafeteria and it was already way past lunch time.


Checking...


MJ oppa, still not well, arrived after lunch. He had other more important things to do so I had to do all the checking.


1830h
We all went to the cafeteria to have our dinner. All 7 of us in the lab were present.


2000h
Started reading the textbook for the TA class.


2100h
Went home to get some rest.


WATTADAY!!! I didn't want to miss the class....T___T"

My First TA Session

Cathianne's Journal:

I Start Today My Real TA Work

15 March 2011

Menu for the Day:
Lunch and Dinner were both cafeteria food
*Lunch in Anam Research Center cafeteria (and it was a treat!^^)
*Dinner at Sejong Campus cafeteria for professors (that's where oppas love to eat...)


Good morning! I woke up early and got to the bus station just in time to buy my ticket and something to much on while waiting for the bus.


I arrived early in school and reached the classroom by 8:30am. I was too early that the room was still closed! Haha! So I waited outside til a lady came by to unlock the auditorium just 10 minutes before our schedule. Some of my classmates just arrived too.


0900h
Professor arrives and collects our assignments. I was a bit shocked to see that they'd make cover pages for assignments! I thought it was only done in college, never thought graduate students would bother to do cover pages just for a few page of written report. T___T"


In the class, the subject was getting more complex even though the topic was called SIMPLEX...Oh dear, I wish my brain is working supersonic...


1200h
Lunch at the cafeteria. Jongchun, a new friend of mine whose been trading languages with me through Kakaotalk (I teach him English, he teaches me Hangeul), invited me to join him and the others for lunch. Before our class ended, our professor gave us another manual to read. Good thing, Smartkid's (what I call him cos he's a genius) office had an extra copy of the manual and they gave it to me! ^^ So i need not to worry about where to find one anymore...One less thing to worry indeed but another to read..T___T"


Lunch was treated by Mr. Lee, one of my classmates who is working for a company and is also a PhD student in Anam Campus. ^^


1300h
Walk back to the subway.


1510h
I rode the bus to Sejong Campus.


1700h
I went in the lab and read the chapter of the book for my first tutorial session with the class I am helping MJ oppa as teaching assistant.


1830h
I had an early dinner with MJ oppa, Gwang and Dae-uk oppa. After the dinner at the cafeteria, Dae-uk oppa treated us some coffee at CBTL! Another Coffee Bean for me! My second here! Haha! I miss Coffee Bean and thanks to Dae-uk! c",)


Dae-uk only comes to Sejong during Tuesdays because he is a TA for one of his professor's undergraduate class.


2000h
I went up to the 5th floor with MJ oppa and he introduced me to some students who were there for the tutorial. There was about 10~12 students from Prof.JY's class. I was too conscious about it so I kept asking oppa to let me tutor without his presence, LOL...I didn't realize I was already taking too long! I ended the session a few minutes past 10 o'clock! Whoow...!


When I returned to the lab, Gwang asked for some help in his English assignment. It was about is vacation in Jeju Island and he needed to have his grammar corrected. Then GJ oppa saw it and showed me some more about Jeju and other beaches in Korea. Then he told me about Daechon beach and I learned that during summer, they have this mud festival held for a week long! Cool! I wanna go there too!!! ^^


To explore more of Korea also comes with the hope that this winter break, the professors will bring us, graduate students in the lab, to Jeju Island too! ^^


c",)