Dec 21

1. You are Korean, aren’t you? I am! Do you like pasta (“Pastah”)?
2. You like movies, don’t you? I do.
3. You did your homework, didn’t you? I didn’t.
5. Storybook Time!
6. I like pears and peaches.
7. I like fruit!
8. What is your favorite fruit? >I like “Keohbong,”
or seedless grapes.
Why do you like seedless grapes? > They are very sweet, and delicious.
9. So, how is your week coming along, Mrs. Lee?>
10. Well, tomorrow we’re having a Christmas party!
Do you know what helium balloons are?
11. Sure! When I was a teenager, we used to inhale the helium from the ballons, or from a tank, and talk funny!
12. Is this called a balloon party?
13. It’s a custom; it’s a Christmas helium-balloon party. It’s for children and family.
l Will you eat something special?
l We have Kalbi Chim; beef in a pot, and the children have chicken, and riceballs.
l Don’t you ever eat meat?
l No. I cannot because I think it is more healthy not to eat meat. Also, I think mammals are smart. They are our cousins.
l Do you like sushi?
l Yes I do. What’s your favorite?
l I like it all.
l I like smoked eel.
l That’s called heunjae!
l I love miso shiru (miso soup, or twenjang) too.
l How about nattdo?
l Oh! I hate it. It makes me sick! …Well, actually, it’s okay, but it is fun to joke about it, because it’s ugly, and tastes strange! I have eaten escargot.
l Have you eaten takbal?
l Yes, actually, I have! The Chinese eat that too. But I will never eat it again. How about live squid?
l No. I don’t like it. It’s ugly. And I don’t like the tentacles sticking to my face!
l But I like calamari! So…
l How is your husband? You said he works out a lot. And he eats special food; a lot of chicken?
l Well, you said animal food is not healthy, so he is eating fish instead of meat. He changed his diet.
l Fresh water fish, or fish from clean parts of the ocean, is very good.
l How is Andy?
l Well, he had an emergency.
l What kind?
l He He was watching TV, and…
l Yes, and what happened?
l And suddenly, he was shocked.
l Do you mean that the TV affected him?
l Not really. It is about his energy.
The doctor wants him to have an MRI.
l Your son has an iron deficiency.