Jinny and Sup Visit (Feb 29th)

Last weekend Jinny (one of the female Korean teachers I've been writing about) and Sup, her husband came over for super. We planned it about a week in advance and I thougt about what I would make them to eat for dinner. It was such a weird experience for me! I usually go all out and plan a huge fancy meal, but without an over I wasn't sure how much I could make. We had just bought groceries, so I used only what I had on hand. Unimaginable! Looking back I'm realizing just how uncharacteristic is was of me. It really turned out well no matter what. I made herb roasted potatoes with butter chicken (a mild curry dish) and for a vegetable we had carrots and canned corn mixed.

The one thing that was similar to when most people visit is we needed to clean the house. Curtis and I also moved around some furniture to make out seating more comfortable. While we were cleaning we realized how much we like our house when it's clean. Unfortunately, it probably won't make much of a difference because we're both too lazy to keep it that way! The truth hurts.

I started to cook super and Curtis was finishing the cleaning when they arrived. Jinny was wearing a dress and at first I felt like I didn't tell her we were just relaxing. I realized a couple minutes later that Jinny often wears dresses and that she was probably more comfortable to over dress than to under dress. We had met Sup before and we knew we could keep conversation going so it wasn't awkward too much. Jinny was interested in what I was doing in the kitchen and she helped me chop a few veggies. We chatted and she made lots of compliments. I'm not sure how it started but Sup and Curtis started talking about video games (I think they saw the Wii in the corner). It turns out that Sup really likes video games too, not only that but he plays some of the same ones as Curtis! I was really happy and relieved to know that they found something in common.

Jinny and Sup had brought us a little styrofoam present that said Baskin Robbins that they put in the freezer. It could only mean one thing... ICECREAM! We waited patiently until one of them suggested opening it...

We ate supper and mentioned that we have board games and Jinny and Sup were both really interested in that as well. Curtis is going to look into getting some rules translated into Korean so that he can teach them. The activity we planned for after super was to watch Juno. Click the purple bit to read more about it. It was great and when it comes out to video you should all see it.

Finally we got to open the stirofoam box! I had no idea what to expect. I though mini cups of different kinds of ice cream or maybe ice cream cones. It was an ice cream cake! It was so scrumptious! It was similar to Dairy Queen except it didn't have the fudgy layer that makes their cakes famous. The top was really gorgeous and Jinny and I took pictures. I'll add them when they're developed.

Just before we finished having ice cream Andrew popped by to say hello. We invited him in and told him about all the fun we had the previous day with Matt and Amber at Namdemun. Oh yeah - So, Jinny and Sup came over Sunday night and we went to Namdemun and watched a movie with Amber and Matt on Saturday. The movie we watched was Jumper. I'm not going to bother posting a synopsis because there wasn't muh of a plot and I thought it was a terrible movie.

Shortly after Andrew appeared, Jinny and Sup decided they had better head home. All in all a great evening.