Today was another one of those really exciting lunches. First, a little bit about our mensa: there are three main floors. On the bottom floor, where we usually eat, is the cheap food for the normal students at 2500 Won per meal (about 1,60 Euros) with three to four different choices. A level up it's only a tad more expansive 3000 or 3500 Won and there are two choices. The very top level has meals for 4500 Won in a really classy looking dining hall with very nice wooden chairs and even an a la carte section (10000+ Won), which only Professors seem to visit. Anyhow, today we went for the upper floor dining area. The meal choices were tofu vs. chicken. Not a difficult decision there. The chicken turned out to be marinated, which might lead the unsuspecting Westerner to believe he would be eating something like chicken nuggets - but no. Lo and behold, underneath the cover the chicken was pretty much intact - bones, skin, meat and some sort of spicy sauce. So far so good, but how to eat a marinated chicken with chop sticks? Our Korean host elegantly parted the meat from the bones using the chop sticks to pull and cut everything apart, or to lift it and just take a bite. Most did the former, which I was completely incapable of, so I did the latter. Still, it was a difficult time for me and Mark, that I judged to be worthy of pictures. Every time we managed to eat some of the meat it was quite rewarding, though.
Afterwards - seemingly my office mates and group members were in luxurious mood - everyone had ice cream. Except for me, who declared this day and tuesday a sports day without sweets but with swimming. Instead, I used the opportunity to take a nice ice-eating picture of all of them. On my way back to the institute, I also had the opportunity to take a picture of the empty seminar room, which is usually either occupied by important meetings or dark and looked. But it's really nice as you can see. The respective group leader or professor sits at the head of the table with the students in the circle surrounding him and usually one lucky guy giving a presentation.
Today was another one of those really exciting lunches. First, a little bit about our mensa: there are three main floors. On the bottom floor, where we usually eat, is the cheap food for the normal students at 2500 Won per meal (about 1,60 Euros) with three to four different choices. A level up it's only a tad more expansive 3000 or 3500 Won and there are two choices. The very top level has meals for 4500 Won in a really classy looking dining hall with very nice wooden chairs and even an a la carte section (10000+ Won), which only Professors seem to visit. Anyhow, today we went for the upper floor dining area. The meal choices were tofu vs. chicken. Not a difficult decision there. The chicken turned out to be marinated, which might lead the unsuspecting Westerner to believe he would be eating something like chicken nuggets - but no. Lo and behold, underneath the cover the chicken was pretty much intact - bones, skin, meat and some sort of spicy sauce. So far so good, but how to eat a marinated chicken with chop sticks? Our Korean host elegantly parted the meat from the bones using the chop sticks to pull and cut everything apart, or to lift it and just take a bite. Most did the former, which I was completely incapable of, so I did the latter. Still, it was a difficult time for me and Mark, that I judged to be worthy of pictures. Every time we managed to eat some of the meat it was quite rewarding, though.
Afterwards - seemingly my office mates and group members were in luxurious mood - everyone had ice cream. Except for me, who declared this day and tuesday a sports day without sweets but with swimming. Instead, I used the opportunity to take a nice ice-eating picture of all of them. On my way back to the institute, I also had the opportunity to take a picture of the empty seminar room, which is usually either occupied by important meetings or dark and looked. But it's really nice as you can see. The respective group leader or professor sits at the head of the table with the students in the circle surrounding him and usually one lucky guy giving a presentation.
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are you really on a diet?????? you are already looking so beautiful!!!!!!!!!
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