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That's, "Happy birthday, Sophia!" The KBS World Radio English team celebrated Sophia's birthday last Friday with a lunch of "Shabeu Shabeu", essentially a pot of fresh seafood boiled alive at your table. I've eaten my share of seafood in this lifetime, but this was a special experience I'll never forget. I'm no animal rights activist, but watching my soon-to-be lunch writhe in a pot of boiling water right next to my glass of beer was an eye-opener. The event was complete with a chocolate cake, U.S. style, since my experience baking a cake for a friend last month has made me a master finagler of American recipes in the land of morning calm.
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Part of our crew just getting started with the Shabeu Shabeu
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Sophia didn't want to wait for this guy to die
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Sarah says, "Don't fight it, buddy!" pushing the crab into the boiling water as Chris watches in wonder
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A great meal topped off with a delicious chocolate cake
2 comments:
video!
nice work. apparently you spurned youtube in favor of a blogger vid? you'll have to teach me. xo
Hi Abby. I think about visiting Korea, my motherland, but not so sure. I have been living in US for the past 27 years. Basically I am a neurotic New Yoker. From what I see from Korean programs (actually my mom watches religiously and I pretend not to watch them but my God, they are weird!) Koreans are completely obsessed with games shows. I just cannot relate to them at all. They are weird. Am I going to experience devastating culture shock? At least you are a foreigner but I was born there. What am I to do?
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