We had a short walk today around the downtown. It was too cold, I wore four set of clothes so I will not feel cold while we are walking, it is better to be prepared than sorry, though I only have two sets of pants,  I mean I just wore short and then double it with my jogging pants. So while walking I can feel my legs freezing.

On the way we bought box of vitamin C, we went to Family Mart before reaching home. We just thought of buying some snacks but my husband didn’t find food that he like to eat, so I went to 59 Pizza.

When I came in the the guy was not there (probably delivering pizza), I waited until his wife came near the front desk because when I came she is very busy in front of the oven, I gave my order and sit while watching TV. I had potato pizza this time while my husband is never ending pepperoni pizza with cheesy crust.

We are working out in the gym 4 days a week and we are member of Life Change gym for almost three years now. When we first arrived here in Icheon there’s only one gym and this is Life Change but since this year 2012 two more new gym recently opened the first one is the RAON Fitness located in RAON palace which is just few meters away from the bus terminal and the second one is M Kick and Fitness which is just a distance from Life Change it is located in the 5th floor of Home Depot.

Life Change has a lot of trainer when we first enrolled for membership it has four or five but today the gym owner is the only one left. We’ve seen one of the old trainer in RAON Fitness dunno where the other went.

Originally posted on ficklemindedthoughts.com 2012-05-18 17:24:49

Tonight after our appointment with the dentist and shopping for groceries we craved for good food. So I went to KFC to order a bucket of chicken, stupid isn’t it? We just had a  clean teeth and now we are going to eat junk food right away.

My husband told me to order spicy chicken because the last time we ordered the chicken was not crispy, so when I went in KFC I told the sales clerk what I want, spicy and crispy. The sales clerk asked me if I want original or crispy, I said crispy.

Now I know why our previous bucket of chicken is not crispy because when my husband was asked by the sales clerk what chicken he likes he replied original which he thought not spicy flavor.

I went to Paris Baguette across the street to buy buns and because they don’t have enough baked goods I went to the other Paris Baguette where we always buy are treats, when I pay in the counter as usual I didn’t ask for plastic I just put the baked goods on the plastic I have with the chicken the owner help me to put it and when he saw the KFC chicken he is telling me something while pointing on his self and the chicken as I cannot understand it I just smiled.

Living in a place where English is not there first or second language is quite hard sometimes, especially when you can’t speak their language. Well today we had an appointment in the dental clinic, I went there to set an appointment and we had it done tonight. We had teeth scaling, it was been one year maybe since we had it.

We just transferred in Icheon from Seoul few years ago when I need to see a dentist, my husband told me to go to Seoul to have it done but it’s quite far for lazy me, so I went around downtown and look for dental clinic. I wrote their contact number and gave it to my husband, Jade his co-teacher call them to find who has an English speaking dentist. To cut the story short I had an appointment on Apple Tree Dental Clinic where I met Dr. Choi, he speak good English and it was not a problem telling him what I want. Since then, when we need teeth scaling, dental check-up and tooth extraction we set appointment to him.

Apple Tree Dental Clinic is just across Dunkin Donuts, it is 3rd floor of Trugen and Korean Dress.

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I don’t know what is in the box when it came to cats. If there are boxes at home expect it that there’s one or two cats hiding and sleeping inside. Probably they feel comfort while they are in the box, my sister brought one box in our home so she could use to start a fire on our charcoal stove. So while it is not yet torn to pieces she just left it in our living room and as expected our cats went there and lie down.

Do you  know why cat loves boxes or fascinated with a box?

We had spaghetti last cheat day, it is out of our plan but when I found out that the noodles I bought was a pasta and not a noodles that I can cook with soup we decided to have a pasta on Friday.  I boiled the pasta and made a sauce, I just fried some onion and garlic, processed meat and add the spaghetti sauce with onion and pimiento.

It was been a long time since we had spaghetti so it was all eaten that night, nothing is left for another day.

That’s the question in our mind because three months from now my husband “will be” assigned in Shinha (Sinha) Elementary School, he is been teaching for three years already in Icheon Elementary School and because of company policy that’s what the director told him that English teacher should only stay in one school for two years (though he has one year extension) and they need to be re-shuffled so students can learn and have different experience from different teachers.

[Icheon Elementary School]

His re-location actually came as a surprised because he just received an email from someone telling him that he is maybe the one who will teach after him because he was told that my husband is transferring to another school. My husband  doesn’t know anything about it, he didn’t even know that he is moving or transferring. He was furious because it was very unprofessional to know it from possible employee rather than from his employer. Well what followed is email from the recruiter that a candidate will email him for some reference (maybe experience on the school or how is it leaving and teaching in Icheon and so on) but it was too late already because he already received an email. My husband told the recruiter that he is not moving neither transferring to another school, it turns out the recruiter was told that one teacher from Icheon is leaving and when she asked an email for reference of a new teacher my husband email was given and that’s how it happened

To cut the story short it was just a miscommunication,  after about two weeks of asking a meeting with the director/manager my husband was told that they will transfer him to Shinha Elementary School, so we wonder where is it located all we know it is 4 kilometers from Changjeon-dong. I have look in to the map and found out it is in Bubal-eup area, I have already heard about this place but I cannot find where I have heard it, well because we already walked around Icheon (not really all around maybe just a bit, lol!) so I think I know where is it. So tonight as part of our routine we walked around the downtown, I have asked my husband if when we are going to Happy Mart but he keeps shrugging it off and when we reached the junction we decided to find the school as I believed it was around the way I know because I have seen a large school on that area but nothing happened with our search we decided to stop and return to Changjeon-dong because we both believed we can’t find it.

[Shinha Elementary School]

It was a surprised because we just turn around from Anheung-dong to Galsan-dong and to Jeungpo-dong and back to Changjeon-dong. We decided to have pizza afterwards, we went to 59 pizza which is still open but when we had our pizza the light was turned off already. Probably it was already closing when we arrived and because we are frequent visitor of the pizza parlor they didn’t turn us down.

While eating pizza I looked again in the Google map, laugh at me but my husband was right that I probably look on the wrong direction. Sinha-ri, Bubal-eup is the other way around, it was before reaching the downtown which is near Hynix, actually I have already thought it was there because I have found online that there’s a lot of factory in that area and that’s the only place I know with factories because you can see them when you are on the bus to Seoul and vice versa but because of my map ability I was lost, I went the other way around. So even we continue walking until day time we really cannot see what we are looking for.

Tae Geuk Dang is our favorite local bakery in Icheon, they baked good cakes and breads. Their muffin is very good it is either chocolate, squash or walnut. Since we had their muffins this bakery became our favorite place to shop bake goods during our cheat day (cheating on a diet), this is just beside Paris Baguette located in the main street across the shopping centre.

As what I know this bakeshop has been established since 1971, more than 40 years of baking good cakes and breads. The owners are kind and warm too, I just don’t know these past few weeks I am seeing different woman or people already, I am wondering if the previous owner already sold this bakery, they are related or I just don’t know.

Originally posted on ficklemindedthoughts.com on 2012-08-22 14:44:42

Got a headache today. I might have too much salt intake and dehydrated again, we are back to the gym after one day rest. My headache was gone my husband is right after all that working out will help me to feel better. After the gym session I went to Kim’s Mart which is now Emart Everyday to buy some supplies. Anyway my husband and I was just surprised a month ago when we found out the name change. It’s been a long time since the last time we went to that Supermarket, we are already shopping in Lotte Super despite the long distance from our apartment.

I have found out online that Kim’s Club Mart was bought by E-Mart Co Ltd. It seems since last year Kim’s Club Mart market share was already in the market for bidding, and some of the bidders are GS, Home Plus, Lotte and others. According to what I have read Kim’s Club Mart is set to be bought by Home Plus but Homeplus was only willing to pay KRW 240 billion and this low offer terminated the deal.

Originally posted on ficklemindedthoughts.com on 2012-02-02 12:53:37

Keeping a dog as pet is a big responsibility, they are not just like your playmate or stress reliever. You need to take care of them by giving them proper food and nutritious diet. Regular exercise may also help to keep your dog healthy and in good shape, long walk is a very good exercise for them or playing with a ball.

With the technology today fitness machine are not only made for human, there are also dog treadmill which is made for dogs fitness, this is one of the best alternative when you don’t have time to take your dog for a walk at night or in the morning. A dog treadmill is a good substitute but it doesn’t fully replace long walk or run for your dog though this machine will help to keep your dog in good shape.

Dog treadmill also come on different sizes depending upon the weight of your dog, it is also available on manual, electrical, light weight and heavy weight.