#buuz

[gkathleenk]

MONGOLIA

DAY ONE

To get to Mongolia from the US, you have to have a layover. The layovers are usually in Seoul, Beijing, Moscow, or Istanbul. Many people land in one of those 4 cities and then take the train to Mongolia. You do not need a visa if you are visiting for less than 90 days, but you must have a valid passport. When packing for Mongolia, make sure to bring breathable and clothes for the warm weather. The climate in Mongolia is high, cold, and dry, with the average summer temperature being 50° to 80 °F, and the winter being 32 °F.

The place I decided to stay in Mongolia was a Ger in Ulaanbaatar. This place is a collection of gers, each acting as a different room in a house. You share the living room, kitchen, and bathroom with your host, Oyuntsetseg. It costs $68 USD a night, but since Mongolia uses the Mongolian Tugrik (MNT ₮), it cost 231,018.54 ₮ a night. I spent 2 nights, so it ended up being 461,956.05 ₮. Oyuntsetseg accompanies her guests to the markets and into town, and she even makes you food. People said that Oyuntsetseg was very nice, but it was difficult to talk to her because she mainly spoke Khalkha Mongolian (main language of Mongolia), and not a lot of English.

After settling into my ger, Oyuntsetseg said she had to make me food, so she made me the cuisine that Mongolia is known for. Buuz. Buuz is a Tibetan-style dumpling. Inside the dumpling is either minced lamb, mutton, or beef, and it is flavored with onion or garlic. Some people make it with sprouted fennel seeds as well. Oyuntsetseg made my buuz with mutton inside, since that is her specialty. The buuz was served with rice and cabbage. For dessert, Oyuntsetseg makes her guests Boortsog which is a fried dough pastry, and it is the most common cookie in Mongolia.

Since I was in the capital of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, I could do a lot of things. Ulaanbaatar has a population of 1.5 million, which is about half of Mongolia's population of 3.3 million. My ger was only an hour train ride away from the main city of Ulaanbaatar.

The first thing I did in Mongolia was visit The Fine Arts Zanabazar Musuem. Admissions for the museum is 15,000 ₮ ($4.43). Their upcoming exhibition is “Airag Feast” which is named after a painting made in 1995, originally painted by B. Sharav and about the resolutions of the Mongolian government. The exhibition features the actual painting, along with photographs, 2D animation, and other paintings are influenced by the original piece of art.

After visiting the museum, I went to Genghis Statue & Gorkhi-Terelj National Park with Oyuntsetseg. The reasoning behind the statue of Genghis Khan is because Mongolians recognize him as their founding father, and without him, Mongolia would not exist. His statue is 130 feet tall and made of stainless steel. The statue points east towards his birthplace. You can go inside the horse that Genghis Khan is riding in the statue. Nearby the statue is Gorkhi-Terelj National Park. The highest point in the park is Avkhan Mountain which is 2664 meters tall.

DAY TWO

In Mongolia, Buddhism is the majority religion, with 51.7% of their population practicing. Their second-biggest group is nonreligious people, that percentage being 40.6%. And finally, their third biggest is Islam, with a percentage of 3.2%. Buddhism first arrived in Mongolia in the 2nd century BC, but it became widespread in the 16th century.

I decided to look at Buddhist temples in Ulaanbaatar today. I stopped at Gandantegchinlen Monastery. The temple was founded in 1809, and between 1944 and 1989, it was the only active monastery in Mongolia. Today it is the center of Buddhism in Mongolia, there are more than 100 resident monks. In the temple, there is an 85-foot statue of Avalokiteśvara (who is a tenth-level bodhisattva) made of gilded bronze. The name Gandantegchinlen is a Tibetan word for “complete rejoicing.”

After the temple, I went to Lake Khövsgöl, which is the largest freshwater lake in Mongolia based on volume. Second-largest by ares after Uvs Lake. I had to fly in from Ulaanbaartar to Mörön to get to the lake. The lake is named Huvsgul in English texts, and Далай ээж in Mongolian text, which means 'Ocean Mother.' The lake is 5,397 feet above sea leave, 85 miles long, and 860 feet deep. Lake Khövsgöl holds 70% of the freshwater of Mongolia, and 0.4% of the freshwater in the world. I don't know if that is a large amount or not. You can get a tour of the lake, but only if you were staying at one of the cabins or gers located along the water. The water is very calm, so many people like to go sailing or kayaking. There is a good deal of wildlife around Lake Khövsgöl, including, ibex, argali, elk, wolf, wolverine, musk deer, brown bear, Siberian moose, and sable.

DAY THREE

I am leaving Mongolia today. I enjoyed my time here. Mongolia is full of culture and beautiful scenery. I also loved Oyuntsetseg and I will forever miss her. I am glad that Mongolia isn't like a super touristy place, so I didn't have to go to all these little stupid shops with expensive stuff. The climate here was amazing, it was like Minnesota but better. Let's see if the Philippines competes with this amazing experience.

[hilite-head]

Sharing culture through film+food

Sharing culture through film+food

[hazelkjt]

“See? Told ya, authentic Buuz can’t be beat! Not quite as spicy as how my mother would make it but still real good, huh?”

[asteraegis]

[in her monotone voice] mine for the taking.

i need her to go to the azim steppe--

[heyhopperart]

Anyone in the mood for some warm Buuz?

C'mon.. Just a little bite?

[winterdeepelegy]

@junelezen 19 - Food "Excuse you, Buuz? This is my sushi."

[tenuuchlegch]

Some article: The star of 6.3 was the Filipino bread animation!

Me: ??? Buuz is a Mongolian dish?

[lesenbyan]

[ID: FFXIV dialogue box from Chambui. She says "But enough about Domans- let us speak of buuz instead! Surely your mother of father made you some when you were little? A Xaela who never eats buuz is never a whole Xaela!" /end ID]

lines directed only and completely to Cynthia that make Eve feel just a little bit more alienated from herself

[mistdrinkersblade]

((I also just think Syla visiting the Azim Steppe and the locals just being enthralled with him is cute. Big rabbit on campus))

[nymfaia-archive]

Struggled to sleep last night and had multiple brainworms:

Jullus being surprisingly good at magitek repair and eventually joining the ironworks gang, re-looping Cid and co back into working in Garlemald at some point

(Re: above, Jullus with his hair in a tiny nub ponytail and magitek oil on his hands from working under a unit. S e x y)

[emcapi-gaming]

i don't post about them NEARLY enough tbh but Ardwin and Zero are so. gay. i am thinking about them 24/7.

[eemamminy-art]

I was thinking today, who taught Jullus how to make the buuz steamed buns? Then I imagined this:

Magnai: that blue haired ironman has vexed me Lyse: What do you mean? Magnai: He is unlike any man I have seen.. *angry blush* Lyse: Awww :3 Cirina & Sadu: making out & not listening

and hear me out... magnai is 7'1" and jullus is 5'6"

please imagine how funny this would be

[dragonsongmakhali]

<<...then let me be evil.>>

[[You never wanted to hurt anyone, but the world never gave you a choice. You did the best you could with what you had, but every innocent mistake you made was held against you when it counted, every crossroads led you down the wrong path no matter which way you went. No matter what you did, the odds were stacked against you. It wasn't fair, and you are sick and tired of being told what a monster you are for things out of your control. Well, fine. They want a monster? YOU'LL GIVE THEM A MONSTER!]]

Poor Makhali. I could definitely see her snapping if she lost too many friends. She's very high spirited, but that can only last for so long - too many hits, and even she will just go '...fuck it.'

tagged by @iron-sparrow - I had an inordinate amount of fun designing evil!Makhali, thanks for the tag! I've included a full-body shot of the outfit, because it's my new obsession.

tagging: I'm so deeply far behind the tl that I'm not sure who's gotten their hands on this one yet, so I'm going to go with the Silliest Option - go through my activity feed, and scoop up a bunch of names in a bug net with reckless abandon. If you've done it for all the characters you could possibly want to, Makhali owes you buuz instead.

@vasheden @cassieoctavia @shadesofblades @pumpkinmagekupo @but-first--tea

@hazelkjt @arcanecircles @ubejamjar @jump-n-dive @chadhunkler

[What type of villain are you?] quiz link >>here!<<

[voidsentprinces]

Join FFXIV we got:

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So join FFXIV today.

[hazelkjt]

— “just hold me.”

Touched Starved Prompts Write up below ----------

And here she was, back home...a home she shouldn't have left in the first place. At least, that's what Hazel thought now.

It was early in the morning in Reunion but the are was still bustling with Xaela from myriad tribes going about their business. Chambui, the usual Buuz seller was hard at work selling the meat buns to any and everyone around. The other merchants among the tribes were beginning to set up shop as well, the Qestir tribesmen and women keeping silent vigil over the locale.

Hazel began to unconsciously shrink herself down as to try and not be noticed. She grew up in the Steppe for sure, but with her non-traditional clothing she grew accustomed to in Eorzea she looked no different than another traveling Xaela who did not call this place home. Why she was trying to hide herself she didn't fully understand herself. All Hazel could recognize was that she wanted to get through Reunion with as few people recognizing her as possible.

Thankfully it would be fairly simple. The Kha very rarely travel to Reunion at all so the odds of running into another tribe member should be fairly low. Once Hazel was through, it was simply a matter of making her way to the cave system and traveling back to the tribe...

Her hand involuntarily goes to grip her sword, forgetting still that it was shattered. Her expression turns somber as she stares at the empty space on her hip. She failed, plain and simple. She wasn't ready to go out and travel the world...there was no place for her out there. To see all the world has to offer? She was a fool to try and follow such an unattainable dream, she was-

"...Is it truly you?" A soft spoken voice calls out from behind Hazel, one she knew all too well. One she heard in her dreams many, many nights. Sure, she could have been talking to anyone...but Hazel knew. She knew. She freezes, blinking away tears as she turns around. Behind her is a short Xaela woman wearing a black and red tunic...the colors of the Kha tribe. But even without the clothing she could never forget the woman in front of her.

"M...mo...mother...?" She chokes out, the word almost becoming stuck in her throat. Without warning, Janis Kha's eyes shoot open entirely and she runs forward. Hazel nearly stumbled back from the full weight of her mother crashing into her. "I cannot believe it! You truly are back!"

The daughter was shocked by her mother's actions, almost too stunned to move. Janis was always more openly affectionate than Hazel's father but never to this degree. "M-mother, I...I-I..." Hazel begins to speak, but feels the tears welling up again. Any further and they would spill out. In response to this though, Janis hugs her daughter tighter.

"Shhhhh...just hold me...let all your worries wash away...we cannot have you a tear filled mess when your father sees you, now can we?" Janis's words always could cut into Hazel's heart. The dam had burst open and Hazel began openly sobbing, holding her mother close. "I'm sorry! I'm sssoo, so sorry! I-I couldn't...I didn't...I..." She could barely get the words out between the tears.

Janis keeps her breathing steady, unmoving while Hazel began shaking. She looks up at her daughter with the same warm and gentle smile that Hazel recalled from her childhood. "Everything is okay, everything is okay. You, Hazel, are my brave and dear hunter. You have no reason to apologize, for you have done no wrong. When you are ready, we can start the journey back home. Baato and I cannot wait to hear what grand adventures you have been on!"