I was headed to Dad & Ma's anyway, so I stopped at the lake first to walk and look around. SOMAfm and the mile, and then to their house to hang out for a couple of hours. I might go back down either Tuesday or Thursday to clean up the water area seen in the last two photos. It has potential...
I've been lax in posting my Korean language learning milestones and progress. As of today I have 352 days in Duo Lingo and 208 days in LingoDeer. I am understanding spoken words more than ever, and I can recognize many of them on-screen or in print, but I still need a good conversation program to make it more about real-world usage rather than just book learning.
Since I've been getting a lot of "Game of Thrones" and "House of the Dragon" stuff in my Instagram feed lately I decided to reread "Fire & Blood". It's been a few years, and the pseudo-history of Westeros and beyond is pretty cool. Recently I began a few other books, but haven't been able to stay with them (not from lack of interest, rather just more interest in the "Running Man" series and the two "I am Solo" shows on my phone at night - haha). But this book is always a page turner.
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| I always remove the dust jacket before I read a hardcover. |
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| The dates are logged each time I've completed the book. Usually I just write inside the back cover, but the artwork for this one is too nice, so I used a leftover Christmas sticker. |
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| "First Edition", baby! |
9 mornings out of 10 I have cereal (shredded wheat or wheat flakes).
Today I had mini-donuts with my coffee.
As of today, I have been using DuoLingo for 300 consecutive days to learn how to speak Korean. It's been fun all the way through so far, but I know I can do more (and better), once I can afford to have live conversations, either through Lingo Deer (156 days in on this alternate and supplemental platform) or some other service (or just travel to Boston to the Korean businesses located there). It's been a fun and productive challenge, especially the way I can make out more and more words as I watch shows such as "Running Man", "I am Solo" and its spin off, and all of the K-dramas I watch, the most recent being "Can This Love be Translated?" with the absolutely beautiful Go Youn-jung. Only 65 more days for it to have been a full year!
Today's big meal was udon noodles stir fried in sesame oil, boneless pork all soy-sauced up, sauteed mushrooms and fresh pea pods. I love udon, but cleaning the wok is such a pain in the butt that I don't cook it very often. At least not as often as ramen or rice. But sometimes it's definitely worth it.
Tonight's dinner: Basmati rice, with fresh broccoli steamed over it, sauteed mushrooms, and boneless pork marinated in soy sauce. Plus rehydrated seaweed on top. Always good!
