semi-dried persimmon
Originally uploaded by jabberer.

one of the best natural sweets in the world!

raw mi-yuk (wakame)
Originally uploaded by jabberer.

my hometown being so blessed with sea food – there’re at least three

kinds of seaweed with every meal at home. the raw wakame (in Korean,

‘mi-yuk’) is brown and can be eaten as is. i tried this very one -

somewhat salty, but quite unique taste! when boiled, things get very

soft and somewhat shrunk in volume.

i’ll revive the stream of postings here as of today :-)

my typepad account has been suspended for a while (if you haven’t noticed it yet) and then i was on holiday in south korea for a month or so. i’ll stick with typepad while i’m on the lookout for a more sustainable solution for my web presence.

back in helsinki for a week, the weather has been incredible; office incredibly quiet. wicked humans are – i already miss the chills and the crisp air of the winter time.

(image: a table being prepared for a memorial ceremony for my great grandfather in south korea – a simplified, modern version of the table this is.)