Sunday, December 23, 2012

Merry Christmas 2012!

It's probably been about a year since I posted. =(. Time is going too quickly.
I have a reason to post today though!
First of all: MERRY CHRISTMAS... EVE EVE!
This is my fourth (and almost definitely my last) Christmas in Korea. =( It's been a great almost 4 years though. :)

Second: About a week ago I found an advertisement in my favorite coffee shop for making soap. I've been wanting to make soap for the past year or so, but haven't had anyone to show me what to do. I guess I could have bought a few books and worked from there, but it's hard to figure out the right supplies to buy and to know whether I'm doing things correctly. Anyway- this ad. I texted the number on it- and got an immediate response in English! Making soap with Jin was a blast. She's a nice lady, had three cats, AND loved Muse. Basically, amazing enough that I want to go back next month and learn how to make a different kind of soap. I didn't get any pictures while I was there, so when I go back I'd like to take some pictures with her and of her workshop.
Here's the soap I made:
 It's packaged here as a Christmas present. The pink soap was Cranberry and Fig scented. Little Christmas trees! There are little bits of yellow pieces in the trees- I made a joke that it looked like Korean radish. I'm just glad it doesn't smell like Korean radish.

And my favorite soap I made tonight. It even smells like Christmas! It's a present for Nic!

Nic's tidbits:

Happy Holidays! Here we are again in Korea for Christmas, and once again I am not allowed to open presents yet, even though they are begging me to release them from their paper prisons. Think of the children!

So Debra went on a soap adventure today, and released her inner chemist. I'm not sure if the ingredients came from the many plastic surgery clinics around here, but I'm sure we'll get to talk about it at [Rules 1&2 Nic] this weekend. The soap also granted me... POWER.
                                                       

We get Christmas off from work here (which is surprising, only get the two most important Korean ones off) so we want to open presents and then go see The Miserables for the day. Also eat food.

We went to go see Phantom of the Opera today as well, super cool. Hearing the theme music blaring and seeing strobe lights flash was quite impressive.

We're nearing the end date here in Korea, the wedding date is fast approaching!

Here's hoping that everybody's Christmas presents arrived on time, and hope to spend the holidays with more of you next year!



From Debra: P.S.:
Speaking of weddings, Nic and I recently went to a co-worker's wedding. She was gorgeous, so I want to post a picture of her here. Well, a picture of her... and Nic and me. We're such narcissists.