One thing I can and must say for Koreans is that they are incredibly kind people. I have been blessed to experience such touching kindness on several occasions, a few of which I wanted to tell you about.
Carly (one of the other American teachers at my school) and I love going to the same restaurant (the "orange restaurant," so named because it's bright orange) at least 3 times a week. You can get a decent meal for only 3,000 won (about $3), and the workers are super friendly. I'm sure they've begun to recognize us by now. Lord knows what they think of us. Anyway.... we were sitting there one night, and someone else was sitting behind me with her elbow resting on the back of the chair. It kept poking me in the back, and I mentioned it to Carly, but just made a point of sitting forward a bit. A few minutes later, the restaurant owner asked the woman behind to move her elbow. We all bowed to each other, and she sat on the opposite side of the table. I can't even imagine how closely he must have been watching to notice my discomfort, and then to do something about it! Amazing!
The next act of kindness which really stuck out to me was in another restaurant called Kraze Burger (a fantastic burger place with a Korean twist, e.g. they serve your burger with pickled garlic and kimchi on the side, and they have an awesome raspberry-rosemary soda I'm bringing back to the US with me). Again with Carly, I was eating there, and the waitress came by and said, "I thought you might need this." In her hand were two miniature subway line maps and a couple of travel guides. I still use that little map everyday.
On another occasion, I was taking a walk along the Han River. Most people stare at me (being Western and strange-looking and all that), but I try to bow my head or avert my eyes. At one point, an old man on a bicycle and a woman walking with him were taking up most of the path. I walked along the edge, bowed, smiled, and kept walking. A few moments later, the man was traveling the other way on his bicycle, caught up to me, and said in his best English, "Have a good day." It meant so much to me!! He then turned his bike around and went back the other way.
The final act of kindness I wanted to talk about happened at the Namsan Hanok Village during the circus performance. Everyone seemed to have fold-out mats to sit on. (I've noticed they don't much like sitting on the ground.) My friend Injeong and I didn't have one, but an older woman invited us to share hers. During the performance, she noticed the bag I was carrying had a hole in the bottom. She insisted on giving me one of her plastic bags. She removed some of her things, and put my broken bag inside the new one. This amazing kindness seems even more remarkable when you consider how many people were pushing and shoving to have a view of the performance.
I'm sure there'll be more to come, but I wanted to share these moments with you while they're fresh in my head. Have a good night.
mercoledì 17 settembre 2008
Chuseok!
As I mentioned in my last blog, this past weekend was a very important holiday in Korea, and I got 4 days off of work!! I had a wonderful time enjoying the festivities.
On Saturday night, one of the other American teachers, a girl named Carly, came over and I attempted to make "kimbap" (a sort of Korean sushi) for us. Turns out it's much harder than it looks. Mine ended up as more of a taco than a sushi role, but at least we got some good pictures out of it. Afterwards we went downstairs to our next-door grocer and bought some cheap ice cream. We sat on my bed, and watched "About a Boy," quite a splendid film.
The next evening we took the metro and a bus (which is a whole experience in and of itself in a foreign country=) to the National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts outdoor theatre for a moon-greeting Shaman ceremony. Unfortunately, we arrived a bit too late to see the Shaman, but there was a traditional dance performance, music, a rice planting field song, and Korean tightrope walking. The dancers wore "hanbok," the traditional costume at Chuseok, the Lunar New Year, and weddings. The costumes are made of silk and come in various colors, particularly blue and red (Korean flag colors representing the heavens and the earth, respectively), light green and burgundy, and dark/light shades of pink. They are composed of an empire waist dress, with a small jacket on top--very adorable! When the women danced, they looked like they were floating on bubbles. It was spectacular! After a couple of performances, the audience went to a nearby field in the venue for the tightrope walking. Carly and I had to climb down a small cliff of large rocks without getting pushed over to get there--by the far the weirdest thing I've done as an audience member. But it was well worth it--the tightrope walking was fantastic. Again, in traditional costume, a man not only walked, but jumped up and down on a tightrope about 4 meters high. I took a few videos; you must see it to believe it. Apparently, this tradition goes all the way back to Korean dynasties, when the tightrope walker fulfilled the role of a court jester. At the end of the festivities, we were invited to join in a moon-greeting dance, which was surprisingly like Greek dancing. It basically involved holding hands and skipping in a circle. Of course, I was ecstatic. =) It was a little like being at my church's Greek festival, which I was so sorry to miss for yet another year. On the way home Carly and I met a few more foreign teachers, a few from the US, a few from England. There really is a wealth of us over here. It's lovely.
The next day, I met up with a new friend Injeong, whom I met at What the Book: an English bookstore in Itaewon (a neighborhood famous of its attraction to foreigners, as well as its Muslim population, as it has the only Muslim mosque in Korea). We went to the Namsan Hanok Village for traditional Chuseok games, food, music, and activities. I can't even express how much fun this was! There were rice cakes everywhere, in all shapes, colors, and sizes. I even got to help make some! We walked around for a bit, left to get some lunch (we had "sam-bap" which involves wrapping cooked meet and miso paste in a leaf, with rice served on the side), and then returned to the festival. We played some traditional games, including "arrow throwing," hoop rolling, and Korean seesaw. This was particularly cool because in Korean seesaw, the players stand, so it's much more like a trampoline with two people than a seesaw. Amazingly fun, although not too easy. Later we saw some other children doing it and they got 10 feet hight, at least. I got a picture. =) While learning to make "songpyeon" rice cakes, we met a Japanese woman, also a language teacher, named Maki. It was so fulfilling for me to have a new Korean friend and experience the holiday to the fullest. At the same time, it was very fulfilling for Injeong to meet a foreigner so interested in sharing her culture. The festival workers reacted to my interest similarly. For example, to play with a hoop in the game area, you had to give an ID card. I didn't have one on me, but the worker said I was special, and let me use one anyway. Later, I got in line to mash some rice with a huge hammer-like object. When it was my turn, the man told Injeong that it was only for children, but he let me do it anyway. =) I did a bit of gift shopping, and then Injeong and I shared a ton of rice cakes . We bought a "variety pack," consisting of cakes rolled in cinnamon, green tea powder, sesame seeds, and black rice powder. So delicious!! At the end of the afternoon, we were just about to leave, when a crowd started to gather in front of a stage. I am so glad we waited to see what was going on because the only Korean circus ended up performing. It was fantastic!! There were plate spinners, acrobats, and jugglers (who actually juggled with jugs). I got some amazing pictures I can't wait to show you all. It was incredible! Afterwards, Injeong and I went home.
The next day (Tuesday) I met up with my friend Jiyoon in Itaewon. She's from Seoul, but she went to high school in Michigan and then attended Notre Dame (where I met her in my dorm). It was so wonderful to see a familiar face. I can't even tell you how nice it is to know someone here. We went to a Jordanian restaurant for kebabs and hummus and falafel, then walked around the city. I found some wonderful antique shops, and restrained myself from buying a bookshelf only by remembering the flight home it would have to survive. We stopped in "Paris Baguette," a popular bakery for coffee and green tea ice cream (it's so good here!). Then we went on the metro closer to her neck of the woods to a shopping mall with a large bookstore in it. The upper floor has foreign books, and I found Aesop's Fables with the Korean translation at the back. I'll let you know how this whole teaching myself Korean thing goes....
It was a wonderful weekend--by the far the best I've had yet. Hopefully many more to come. Today it was back to work. I'll be doing lesson plans for October tonight. And tomorrow there's a field trip for the kindergarteners. I'm pretty pumped. =) Thanks for reading all this (if you made it this far=) Lots of love. Take care, everyone.
On Saturday night, one of the other American teachers, a girl named Carly, came over and I attempted to make "kimbap" (a sort of Korean sushi) for us. Turns out it's much harder than it looks. Mine ended up as more of a taco than a sushi role, but at least we got some good pictures out of it. Afterwards we went downstairs to our next-door grocer and bought some cheap ice cream. We sat on my bed, and watched "About a Boy," quite a splendid film.
The next evening we took the metro and a bus (which is a whole experience in and of itself in a foreign country=) to the National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts outdoor theatre for a moon-greeting Shaman ceremony. Unfortunately, we arrived a bit too late to see the Shaman, but there was a traditional dance performance, music, a rice planting field song, and Korean tightrope walking. The dancers wore "hanbok," the traditional costume at Chuseok, the Lunar New Year, and weddings. The costumes are made of silk and come in various colors, particularly blue and red (Korean flag colors representing the heavens and the earth, respectively), light green and burgundy, and dark/light shades of pink. They are composed of an empire waist dress, with a small jacket on top--very adorable! When the women danced, they looked like they were floating on bubbles. It was spectacular! After a couple of performances, the audience went to a nearby field in the venue for the tightrope walking. Carly and I had to climb down a small cliff of large rocks without getting pushed over to get there--by the far the weirdest thing I've done as an audience member. But it was well worth it--the tightrope walking was fantastic. Again, in traditional costume, a man not only walked, but jumped up and down on a tightrope about 4 meters high. I took a few videos; you must see it to believe it. Apparently, this tradition goes all the way back to Korean dynasties, when the tightrope walker fulfilled the role of a court jester. At the end of the festivities, we were invited to join in a moon-greeting dance, which was surprisingly like Greek dancing. It basically involved holding hands and skipping in a circle. Of course, I was ecstatic. =) It was a little like being at my church's Greek festival, which I was so sorry to miss for yet another year. On the way home Carly and I met a few more foreign teachers, a few from the US, a few from England. There really is a wealth of us over here. It's lovely.
The next day, I met up with a new friend Injeong, whom I met at What the Book: an English bookstore in Itaewon (a neighborhood famous of its attraction to foreigners, as well as its Muslim population, as it has the only Muslim mosque in Korea). We went to the Namsan Hanok Village for traditional Chuseok games, food, music, and activities. I can't even express how much fun this was! There were rice cakes everywhere, in all shapes, colors, and sizes. I even got to help make some! We walked around for a bit, left to get some lunch (we had "sam-bap" which involves wrapping cooked meet and miso paste in a leaf, with rice served on the side), and then returned to the festival. We played some traditional games, including "arrow throwing," hoop rolling, and Korean seesaw. This was particularly cool because in Korean seesaw, the players stand, so it's much more like a trampoline with two people than a seesaw. Amazingly fun, although not too easy. Later we saw some other children doing it and they got 10 feet hight, at least. I got a picture. =) While learning to make "songpyeon" rice cakes, we met a Japanese woman, also a language teacher, named Maki. It was so fulfilling for me to have a new Korean friend and experience the holiday to the fullest. At the same time, it was very fulfilling for Injeong to meet a foreigner so interested in sharing her culture. The festival workers reacted to my interest similarly. For example, to play with a hoop in the game area, you had to give an ID card. I didn't have one on me, but the worker said I was special, and let me use one anyway. Later, I got in line to mash some rice with a huge hammer-like object. When it was my turn, the man told Injeong that it was only for children, but he let me do it anyway. =) I did a bit of gift shopping, and then Injeong and I shared a ton of rice cakes . We bought a "variety pack," consisting of cakes rolled in cinnamon, green tea powder, sesame seeds, and black rice powder. So delicious!! At the end of the afternoon, we were just about to leave, when a crowd started to gather in front of a stage. I am so glad we waited to see what was going on because the only Korean circus ended up performing. It was fantastic!! There were plate spinners, acrobats, and jugglers (who actually juggled with jugs). I got some amazing pictures I can't wait to show you all. It was incredible! Afterwards, Injeong and I went home.
The next day (Tuesday) I met up with my friend Jiyoon in Itaewon. She's from Seoul, but she went to high school in Michigan and then attended Notre Dame (where I met her in my dorm). It was so wonderful to see a familiar face. I can't even tell you how nice it is to know someone here. We went to a Jordanian restaurant for kebabs and hummus and falafel, then walked around the city. I found some wonderful antique shops, and restrained myself from buying a bookshelf only by remembering the flight home it would have to survive. We stopped in "Paris Baguette," a popular bakery for coffee and green tea ice cream (it's so good here!). Then we went on the metro closer to her neck of the woods to a shopping mall with a large bookstore in it. The upper floor has foreign books, and I found Aesop's Fables with the Korean translation at the back. I'll let you know how this whole teaching myself Korean thing goes....
It was a wonderful weekend--by the far the best I've had yet. Hopefully many more to come. Today it was back to work. I'll be doing lesson plans for October tonight. And tomorrow there's a field trip for the kindergarteners. I'm pretty pumped. =) Thanks for reading all this (if you made it this far=) Lots of love. Take care, everyone.
sabato 13 settembre 2008
Dog...the other white meat
During my first couple days here in Seoul, I attended an SLP (Sogang Language Program) teacher training at the Sogang University. Apparently, I lucked out because they only do the training program twice a year, and I arrived in Seoul the night before it started=) Most of the teachers had been working for a month or so, and couldn't understand why they had to attend training at all. The good thing about it was that a) I was introduced to aloe and lycee juices and b) I got to meet alot of other foreign teachers from Canada, the US, South Africa, Great Britain, and Australia, who teach all over the greater Seoul area. One of these teachers, a girl named Lindsay, told me a wonderful story....
She was teaching a unit to kindergarteners about how to take care of a dog. They were talking about petting it and washing it and feeding it, when one of her students said, "Teacher, you eat the dog!" And it took her several minutes to convince the student that "taking care of the dog" did not mean eating it.
I, myself, have not had any personal "dog-eating" experiences... yet. It's supposed to be rather expensive, but do wonders for your sex drive. To be honest, since I'm single, I don't really see the point. So, maybe later.... probably not though.
She was teaching a unit to kindergarteners about how to take care of a dog. They were talking about petting it and washing it and feeding it, when one of her students said, "Teacher, you eat the dog!" And it took her several minutes to convince the student that "taking care of the dog" did not mean eating it.
I, myself, have not had any personal "dog-eating" experiences... yet. It's supposed to be rather expensive, but do wonders for your sex drive. To be honest, since I'm single, I don't really see the point. So, maybe later.... probably not though.
wait, you're supposed to refrigerate rice after you cook it?
Hey everyone,
Happy Chuseok!! This weekend is one of Korea's most important holidays: Chuseok (if you hadn't already guessed=) It's comparable to Thanksgiving in the US, and involves families gathering together in celebration of a bountiful harvest. As part of the festivities a memorial service is offered to ancestors. Traditionally, small, moon-shaped rice cakes (songpyeon) steamed on a bed of pine needles are given as gifts and consumed on a mass scale. Businesses are closed for 2 or 3 days; I get a 4 day holiday from school!
So far, the best thing about being a teacher is the gifts-I promise I'm not really this shallow. =) This week I received some beautiful rice cakes, in all shapes and sizes with all sorts of stuff in them, from a couple of students. One of them gave me a lovely box of beautiful rice cakes, and for some reason, I forgot that you refrigerate cooked rice.... I'm apparently that dumb foreigner who doesn't apply the laws of physics to strange-looking foods. So this morning after a beautiful church service (which included a celebration of the Elevation of the Holy Cross and a memorial service for Chuseok), with the Metropolitan and four other priests, whose first languages include Greek, English, Korean, and Russian, present, I tried my five-day-old rice cakes....and discovered a small village of mold on each one =( I then spent way too long (about 45 minutes) painstakingly trying to remove the mold and still have some rice cake leftover. After all, this was a cultural experience and I wasn't going to let a little green fuzz get in my way!
Then, I realized that mold just makes things taste bad. And however these cakes tasted before, they didn't taste that good now. Bummer. I just started laughing at myself as I threw them all away. =( Too bad none of you are here to laugh at me, too.
Tonight I'm going to a traditional Korean dance/music/Shaman moon-greeting festival, and I can't wait to write to you all about it. Enjoy the weekend wherever you are.
Lots of love, Maria
Happy Chuseok!! This weekend is one of Korea's most important holidays: Chuseok (if you hadn't already guessed=) It's comparable to Thanksgiving in the US, and involves families gathering together in celebration of a bountiful harvest. As part of the festivities a memorial service is offered to ancestors. Traditionally, small, moon-shaped rice cakes (songpyeon) steamed on a bed of pine needles are given as gifts and consumed on a mass scale. Businesses are closed for 2 or 3 days; I get a 4 day holiday from school!
So far, the best thing about being a teacher is the gifts-I promise I'm not really this shallow. =) This week I received some beautiful rice cakes, in all shapes and sizes with all sorts of stuff in them, from a couple of students. One of them gave me a lovely box of beautiful rice cakes, and for some reason, I forgot that you refrigerate cooked rice.... I'm apparently that dumb foreigner who doesn't apply the laws of physics to strange-looking foods. So this morning after a beautiful church service (which included a celebration of the Elevation of the Holy Cross and a memorial service for Chuseok), with the Metropolitan and four other priests, whose first languages include Greek, English, Korean, and Russian, present, I tried my five-day-old rice cakes....and discovered a small village of mold on each one =( I then spent way too long (about 45 minutes) painstakingly trying to remove the mold and still have some rice cake leftover. After all, this was a cultural experience and I wasn't going to let a little green fuzz get in my way!
Then, I realized that mold just makes things taste bad. And however these cakes tasted before, they didn't taste that good now. Bummer. I just started laughing at myself as I threw them all away. =( Too bad none of you are here to laugh at me, too.
Tonight I'm going to a traditional Korean dance/music/Shaman moon-greeting festival, and I can't wait to write to you all about it. Enjoy the weekend wherever you are.
Lots of love, Maria
martedì 9 settembre 2008
"Maria Teacher"
Hello everyone,
I'm sorry I haven't been very good about keeping this blog up. So much has been going on these last few weeks, it's been a little challenging to maintain it. That being said, it occurred to me that I haven't written anything about the reason I'm here: to teach English!
So, a short (or rather as short as I can possibly make it) message about the school where I teach and the children in it.
I teach from 11:30-7:20 (not including lesson planning and grading!=) Mon.-Fri. (thank God no Saturdays!) The day begins with two kindergarten classes, with a lunch break in between. Lunch deserves it's own blog because most of the time I don't know what I'm eating, and it's always fun to see little kids gobble up dried squid and kimchi and octopus soup like it's no big thing. So that'll be the next blog maybe.
In Korea parents choose to send their children to an English-speaking or a Korean-speaking kindergarten. SLP (Sogang Language Program) runs an English-speaking one. Once a week we do science "experiments" with the kids. Once a week we do art class. The rest of the time it's fun workbooks with lots of coloring pages and stickers, from which I would love to learn Korean, but alas, they have things like conversation practice for adults who want to learn a foreign language-blast!
My kindergarteners are amazingly adorable. They call me (sometimes with a whiny voice), "Maria Teacher." I love it! There are already tons of fun stories, so I'll save those for their own blog. That way you can get to know each one.
After kindergarten comes my "real job." As part of an after school program, I teach students of all ages (from 5-13)* and all levels (from "a is for apple" to full-on essay and journal writing in English). Once again, these classes are much more interesting with personal stories about the crazy things the kids do, so I'll save that for later. But for now, just know that I love being a teacher. I even like the grading (thus far...) and I am taking notes. So far, I enjoy kids, but you really don't teach until the kids are older. Until then it's a cross between babysitting and charades. =)
The school is a clean, safe, and new environment for them to learn. A little on the sterile side, I will admit, but it's beginning to feel like home, which is a comfort. I mostly just love being surrounded by children's books all day. I'll share tons more as the year goes on, but here's a start. Thanks for reading=)
*PS: just a note about Korean age calculations. They add 1 to 2 years to Western age for the time in the womb (I think), so I really have no idea how old the kids are. For the kindergarteners I just calculate based on how many teeth they are missing. For the older kids, it's a bit more difficult....
PPS: sorry about the lack of photos on the blog! I'm still trying to figure that all out, but photos there will be!
I'm sorry I haven't been very good about keeping this blog up. So much has been going on these last few weeks, it's been a little challenging to maintain it. That being said, it occurred to me that I haven't written anything about the reason I'm here: to teach English!
So, a short (or rather as short as I can possibly make it) message about the school where I teach and the children in it.
I teach from 11:30-7:20 (not including lesson planning and grading!=) Mon.-Fri. (thank God no Saturdays!) The day begins with two kindergarten classes, with a lunch break in between. Lunch deserves it's own blog because most of the time I don't know what I'm eating, and it's always fun to see little kids gobble up dried squid and kimchi and octopus soup like it's no big thing. So that'll be the next blog maybe.
In Korea parents choose to send their children to an English-speaking or a Korean-speaking kindergarten. SLP (Sogang Language Program) runs an English-speaking one. Once a week we do science "experiments" with the kids. Once a week we do art class. The rest of the time it's fun workbooks with lots of coloring pages and stickers, from which I would love to learn Korean, but alas, they have things like conversation practice for adults who want to learn a foreign language-blast!
My kindergarteners are amazingly adorable. They call me (sometimes with a whiny voice), "Maria Teacher." I love it! There are already tons of fun stories, so I'll save those for their own blog. That way you can get to know each one.
After kindergarten comes my "real job." As part of an after school program, I teach students of all ages (from 5-13)* and all levels (from "a is for apple" to full-on essay and journal writing in English). Once again, these classes are much more interesting with personal stories about the crazy things the kids do, so I'll save that for later. But for now, just know that I love being a teacher. I even like the grading (thus far...) and I am taking notes. So far, I enjoy kids, but you really don't teach until the kids are older. Until then it's a cross between babysitting and charades. =)
The school is a clean, safe, and new environment for them to learn. A little on the sterile side, I will admit, but it's beginning to feel like home, which is a comfort. I mostly just love being surrounded by children's books all day. I'll share tons more as the year goes on, but here's a start. Thanks for reading=)
*PS: just a note about Korean age calculations. They add 1 to 2 years to Western age for the time in the womb (I think), so I really have no idea how old the kids are. For the kindergarteners I just calculate based on how many teeth they are missing. For the older kids, it's a bit more difficult....
PPS: sorry about the lack of photos on the blog! I'm still trying to figure that all out, but photos there will be!
giovedì 4 settembre 2008
I have a few minutes in the morning....
and I just thought I'd take this time to say a couple things about bananas, juice, and sugar (yum!)
A quick note first though about my mom's ridiculous ability to foresee my needs and problems. Picture this: my living room, covered with clothes, toiletries, books, and other random crap I insist on having with me when I travel. To all of this my mom is frantically and clandestinely (I might add) trying to pack food (it's the Greekness I think=). She packs: honey, nuts, dried fruit, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt, sugar packets (in case Koreans don't eat sugar=), cookies, Pringles, and a lunch. I love you, Mom!
The funny thing is she had no idea how hard it really is to find sugar around here! As it turns out, coffee is quite popular, but when you buy it at the store, it comes in dry form with sugar and (dry) milk already added! so thanks for the sugar, Mom. But turn down the foresight, if you please, it's freakin' me out=)
On a side note, I love bananas here cuz they're half-size. And I'm not the biggest banana fan to begin with, so this works perfectly for me. I don't have to commit to an enormous banana this way. I can handle my little one, and before I know it, I've eaten it-it's a good thing! Unfortunately, all the other fruit is really expensive. Blast my birth in California. Now whenever I go pretty much anywhere in the world, the fruit seems expensive and horrible-dang it!
Finally, the best thing about Korea (no, not really-just one of the amazing things) is how much juice they have. No one has juice like this. For example, a new favorite of mine: aloe juice. Yes, that's right. The stuff that you use in the form of a cream to relieve your itchiness....it just became digestible! And it's amazing! The juices are incredible, and the variety is outstanding, so this might be just the time to seek help for my caffeine addiction, and switch it up to another drug of some kind.
There's lots more to say about food, but I thought I'd start with this. Talk to you soon! And Happy September!
Love, Maria
A quick note first though about my mom's ridiculous ability to foresee my needs and problems. Picture this: my living room, covered with clothes, toiletries, books, and other random crap I insist on having with me when I travel. To all of this my mom is frantically and clandestinely (I might add) trying to pack food (it's the Greekness I think=). She packs: honey, nuts, dried fruit, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt, sugar packets (in case Koreans don't eat sugar=), cookies, Pringles, and a lunch. I love you, Mom!
The funny thing is she had no idea how hard it really is to find sugar around here! As it turns out, coffee is quite popular, but when you buy it at the store, it comes in dry form with sugar and (dry) milk already added! so thanks for the sugar, Mom. But turn down the foresight, if you please, it's freakin' me out=)
On a side note, I love bananas here cuz they're half-size. And I'm not the biggest banana fan to begin with, so this works perfectly for me. I don't have to commit to an enormous banana this way. I can handle my little one, and before I know it, I've eaten it-it's a good thing! Unfortunately, all the other fruit is really expensive. Blast my birth in California. Now whenever I go pretty much anywhere in the world, the fruit seems expensive and horrible-dang it!
Finally, the best thing about Korea (no, not really-just one of the amazing things) is how much juice they have. No one has juice like this. For example, a new favorite of mine: aloe juice. Yes, that's right. The stuff that you use in the form of a cream to relieve your itchiness....it just became digestible! And it's amazing! The juices are incredible, and the variety is outstanding, so this might be just the time to seek help for my caffeine addiction, and switch it up to another drug of some kind.
There's lots more to say about food, but I thought I'd start with this. Talk to you soon! And Happy September!
Love, Maria
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