Korea: my life, my story: buksuwon

Thursday, September 17, 2015

Arigato Momma - Ramen in Suwon [수원]

Arigato Momma - A Ramen Shop in Buk-Suwon [북수원]
2015.07.05 @ 북수원 한일타운 [Hanil Town, Buk-Suwon]

Lately, I've been going on really long walks, and this has aided in the discovery of some new restaurants and locations around Suwon. I'd heard about Arigato Momma from a few other friends, but I'd never been able to find it. It's a Japanese ramen restaurant about a fifteen minute walk from my house. It wasn't my favorite ramen, but it definitely did the job of satisfying my ramen craving.

( Ramen & Beer)

( This shelving was modeled after the Osaka subway system. )

( Summer Menu )

Hongdae Ramen Paldalmun Market Suwon Hwaseong Honey Samgyeopsal

How to get Arigato Momma:

Hwaseo Station [화서역] (Seoul Subway Line 1) - Exit 1

Go out exit 1 and follow this map, or you can take a taxi to KT Wiz Park. You can tell a taxi driver this. "Suwon KT Wiz Park ka-ju-se-yo." "수원 KT 위즈 파크 가주세요." It's across the street from KT Wiz Park.

( This is what the restaurant looks like. It's on the 2nd floor. )

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Points of Interest in Suwon & Seoul

Friday, March 14, 2014

End of our first semester as Lykeion [리케이온]

( Young & myself, with our LJ5 class. )

Winter Is Over
2014/02/26~27 @ 수원 [Suwon]

Since we've made the switch from Avalon to Lykeion, things have been going well. This last semester has totally flown by. It was a very fun semester for me with very few students. The biggest class I had contained six students. I built some good relationships with some awesome kids. Here are photos of not only my kids, but also a lot of my other favorites.

( The LJ twins, Henry & William )

( Henry wanted to take my photo, but I wouldn't let him hold the camera. This was the result. )

( Lina )

( Jack )

( Kyle )

( Albert )

( Salmon loves having his picture taken. )

( Cily )

( Scarlet is Salmon's sister. I also teach their older sister Juliet in my 청심 [Cheongshim] class. )

( Mandelina )

( Melissa was impossible to photograph. She was great at evading the camera. )

( Sue )

( Celia, with her LJ4 class. )

( Wyatt wanted a picture with this kid, but he wouldn't get out of his chair. He literally picked him up out of his chair and created this photo. )

( Some of GI girls; Julie, Cindy & Julie K )

( Charlie's awesome. I teach him in regular classes and in 청심 class. )

( Kelly & Gina from GA )

( Myself and my GA class, the highest level students we have. I love this little class; the three girls are so goofy and brilliant. )

( Kelly )

( Gina )

( Julie )

( My GI class. Another amazing group of kids. )

( Julie is another student I teach in 청심. She sees a lot of me. )

( Sally was one of my old LJ students. She was begging for candy. )

( Kevin's a good kid. )

( We call this wild man Taekwondo Tom. )

( James Lee may be the strangest and most enthusiastic student I've ever met. )

( Benjamin is one of those students that has been around forever. )

( Coil, Tom & James are all fun kids. Coil loves Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and all things related to space. I'm really excited that he's in one of my new classes for next term. )