Day 335: What I’ll miss

It is hard to believe that I have been in the United States for approximately two weeks. I had the chance to drive over 600 miles in three different cars, met up with most of my friends both in northern California and southern, watched Up in 3D and normal, saw all my family, and was able to hang out with my brother and my new sister-in-law at least three times after their wedding. All in all, it was a great trip and makes me realize (yet again) how much I love the states and the amount that I appreciate friends and family. I figure I should include some pictures and some things I will miss…

[1] Drive thru. I never really thought about how awesome drive thru is until now. How amazing is it to be able to drive your car at anytime (day or night) and pick up food in under five minutes? Pretty freaking amazing.

[2] Happy hyung and hyungsoo. My bro and his wife! Man, seeing them so happy together makes me happy and glad that I was able to come back home to witness their marriage. We all had a good laugh during the wedding (see below) and had a few chances to meet up throughout my last week at home. Best wishes to you guys!

Yeah, normally I think laughing at your own joke is lame. But I couldn’t stop myself.

Best wishes to one of the happiest couples I’ve seen. :D

[3] Service. Without one hiss I was able to order food and receive my food in a timely manner. The second that I was back in the US I went to IHOP with my mom and I was explaining to her how I would normally order food and how long I would have to wait… not to mention, how most of the time there is no menu or other types of food even though the server might ask what I’d like to eat. Haha, she couldn’t understand what I was talking about.

[4] Food. Yeah. First meal after arriving back in the US? Tacos, burrito, and nachos. Delicious. But what can be better than my grandmother’s home cooking? She cooked up a storm which included approximately seven dishes and this sweet rice drink (much like horchata, but the Korean version).

My grandmother, who made insane amounts of korean food for my parents and me.

Last meal with my family and our new addition, Jane! Korean bbq, greens, and spicy seafood soup!

[5] Family and friends (sorry). I didn’t get to spend as much time as I would have liked with my parents or my brother and his new wife, but we did get some time. It was great meeting up with my old buddies both from work and school. Thanks for taking time to meet up with me!

My mom and I grilling some korean bbq on the last Sunday I was at home!

[6] Last, here is the video presentation I made for the classes back at my high school who is participating in a penpal letter exchange with my english club.

***Note: Local Adja music is playing in the background and the black and white dog running around with me is Burrito.***

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[7] Here's a video of burrito doing some tricks I taught him: