a timer
ceramic teapot (a big one with a ceramic strainer - the metal ones give the tea a slightly metallic flavor) - I found a lot of small ceramic ones but I'm trying to find a big one so I can brew a bunch of tea at once and then keep it warm using a tea cozy... Oh. I need one of those too.
tea cozy
I was going to list some of the websites I usually go to but for some reason I can't find them. X.x Oh well. It's weird how apparent the differences are though. To sound snobbish, basically you can't brew tea for too long or else it becomes bitter - people who say tea is bitter steep their tea for too long. I mean black teas are supposed to be more on the bitter side but most teas are actually quite flavorful. :D So I bought some oolong tea from Taiwan (apparently it's famous there) and it's really good!
And I suppose while I'm at it, I'll add other things that I want/am debating whether or not to get:
Coffee maker - I realized that the packaged coffee that Korea makes so well (Maxim Mocha Gold i think is a favorite here...) isn't all that great. Although ground coffee isn't that good either, I would imagine it's better than the packaged stuff that comes w/ the sugar and cream in it already. I tried to buy the pre-packaged black coffee (which is pretty good btw) but it also contains sugar.
Oh. I've been trying to get into coffee tasting and the like but it's a lot more complicated than tea (and wine actually).
So far all the cafes I've been to brew a pretty typical cup of Americano. Perhaps I should be trying the expressos. I dunno. I really want to go to Europe (I think it was Italy that had good coffee?) and have like good coffee. Meh. Perhaps I'm being pretentious.
To continue with my wishlist:
DSi - I have a DS Lite and I've been thinking about selling it and getting a DSi. In the states of course. I don't want something all in Korean. I've decided that trying to read things in Korean is a headache. Especially after trying to work on a cover letter in Korean. Ugh. (And unfortunately, I'm still not done. Working on it makes me sleepy, which means I'm extremely unproductive while working on it. -_- haha)
That's about it. There isn't really much else that I want. I hope I'm not being too pretentious about things in the States. I realized that in the end Korea usually has some kind of equivalent so I shouldn't be too concerned about it.
I found basil at a Korean department store the other day (Hyundai Department Store by COEX for those that are curious) so soon I think I'll be able to find pretty much everything that I need. :D
Now if only they had Sriricha (and I mean the one with the rooster on it, not any of those other fake brands...)...
On a completely different note, this week was a complete bust. I slept through this entire week (I feel like it was much needed sleep but the fact remains that this is a week wasted) and didn't get anything done (ok when I say nothing done, I just mean very little. I still did accomplish some work, just not as nearly as much as I would've liked). I've been keeping track of my finances for once and I think I need to find a job like SOON or else things are going to start looking bad. I'm going to see if I can hold out until December so I can chill with the family when they come for (American) Thanksgiving.
I also need to work out. I feel like I constantly say that but I really do! I suppose sleeping a lot has its benefits because I've only been eating 1-2 meals a day as a result. But this can't be a good thing. Meh! I shall start muay thai again. Hopefully next week. ^_^
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