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17 Jun

pull What?

Who taught: Andrew, Pat, Ari and Jean

The first ultimate frisbee in my life! That’s right. I played it today with my friends. To be honest, I thought it would be easy but it is not. It is hard physically as well as technically. Nothing is easy in the world! Don’t you agree? But, that is why it is good to be alive. I mean you gotta love challenges because, at the end of the day, you, not anybody else in the world, are the one who would feel accomplishments if you overcome all of the challenges.

Andrew told me the rules of this game. Instead of my explaining here, I will give you a good link about the game for you in case you are really interested in. One of the rules is very similar to the American football. If one team scores, then each team lines up in their own sides of the field and the team which just scored throws the disc from its side to the other side. For this one, a team member who is good at throwing the disc takes the action. Andrew called this action, “pulling.” Patrick and I were curious about it. “Hey, why is it pulling, not pushing or throwing?” “I think it is because most people do backside throw and it looks like you pull the disc from inside of your body,” Andrew said. It sounds reasonable. Then, hearing that, I said, “All right! Let’s pull out!” “T-Bone! Pull out is different from pull,” Andrew told me. At that moment, I remembered that I had a very similar conversation with Jean and Ari before.

About one year ago, all of the techies in my company went to a retreat together. During a break, we were having a small talk about getting older. No offense to older people than me! But, I now started to have gray hairs and Ari noticed that I have a few of them. “Hey, Terry! You have gray hairs there,” she said. “I know, every time I found them, I ask Jessy to pull them out,” I said. Well, at that moment, Jean said, “I think pull out is not really good to use there.” We were like, “Why? What is wrong with pull out?” “It actually has a different meaning,” Jean said. Well, it turns out pull out has a very very different meaning. Here is the definition for you I found from the Urban Dictionary.

A form of birth control practiced by idiot couples to prevent pregnancy.

It is also called “Pull Out (Withdrawl) Method”.

I do not want to put too explicit ones here but there are bunch of different definitions in the Urban Dictionary and, interestingly, every single of them is the same. The only difference is the degree of explicitness. If you still cannot understand the meaning of it, here is the link for you!

So, to me, it sounds like it is not a good idea to use “pull out” expression. Am I correct? When do you use that expression except for this meaning? In addition, what kind of expression should I use to describe the action of removing my gray hairs? Maybe, take out?

31 May

camping story

Samgyupsal with lettuce, garlic and miso

Every year, my church holds an annual camp at Jumonville during Memorial day weekend. (For those of you who are not American, Memorial day is a federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May to commemorate U.S. soldiers who died in the military service.) Jessy and I also went to the camp with many of our church friends. It was so gorgeous days. In my opinion, as much as different cultures of different countries, people enjoy very different type of activities in these events. The first thing Korean people enjoy is food. Every time there is any kind of outdoor event, people bring a lot of food such as fruits, soju, beer, and pork belly. (FYI, it is allowed to drink outside in Korea.) The most famous one for Koreans is pork belly. You would see people grilling 삼겹살 (Sam-Gyup-Sal) in beaches, parks or even at home. It is basically the same part of pork as bacon but Korean people grill the fresh pork belly and eat them with lettuce, miso, garlic and rice. After the food, they play usually soccer or kickball. If they stay overnight, they usually have campfire time. Surrounding the fire, people sing or talk and also at the same time, people cook potatoes, sweet potatoes or yams.

playing frisbee

In America, people usually eat in the kitchen. And, unless they have any designated area where they can grill, they would not set any fire and grill anything. (Regarding regulation related with drinking, it is all different per state. In Pennsylvania, basically, you cannot drink outside. In some parks, you can drink with permit.) During free time, they play frisbee, corn hole or softball or throw football. There might be some other things but those are the main things you can see from any picnic areas or beaches in America. If I would choose the most famous thing, it would be frisbee. I doubt many people would know what the frisbee is. The picture of a girl playing frisbee is a very typical scene you could see in beaches of U.S. What? You wanna come to the U.S. only because you can see it? Haha! You should! 🙂 During the campfire time, people roast marshmallow. Well, I have never heard of marshmallow before I came to the U.S. I think it is basically made of sugar or syrup. People also put marshmallows into a hot chocolate.

Speaking of marshmallow, there is an expression I learned. It is a type of food American people enjoy a lot whenever there is outdoor events. “S’more” Here is the definition I found from the Wikipedia.

Roasting marshmallow

S’more is a traditional nighttime campfire treat popular in the United States and Canada, consisting of a roasted marshmallow and a layer of chocolate sandwiched between two pieces of graham cracker.

I am not sure who made this one first. Is it American or Canadian? I do not think European people eat this. Even though I know this is not really good for my health, I have to admit that this one tastes really good. One boy whom Jessy and I talked in the camp said, “If  you have not eaten s’mores, you did not live a life!” 🙂 So…. Have you lived your life?