Nice article on Psy’s recent rise to fame here. And an even better one that takes a closer look at the video here. It was coming across that that made me take a second look and see, as they say,…
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The Timbuk2 classic messenger bag: a review
As part of my birthday jamboree week a while back I bought a couple of things to try an fill the void in my life where meaning should be. And so, why not pass on some of that info to…
Tagged with: bad service, bag, messenger, product review, seoul, timbuk2, wangshimni
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Posted in local and/or general
monster island
I noticed on the google earth that near the namtaeryeong (남태령) station on the line four there is this plane of quite large proportions. And there is no landing field there. It’s not one of those shots where a plane…
day at the rat races
What I’m enjoying this week: Bald Guy brand Chinese pickles. Only available: from china. I love tearing open a new packet and getting that limey chinese pickle smell. J-e is in Tsingtao for a few weeks for work and has…
Tagged with: chinese pickles, cost of living, food, gluten, potato, seoul
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Posted in local and/or general
Live from a wintery bunk-bed We moved to central-south seoul yesterday. It was a long day but not impossible. For an old guy, the moving man was quite friendly, and the land lord seemed friendly too, even if the real-estate…
shev-rah-lay
Pronunciation: no one does it right except me As you know, there’s no differentiation between the ‘L” and ‘R’ sound in Korean, with results often turning out hilarious. And I could forgive this full-size neon ad I saw in the…
Tagged with: advertising, chevrolet, korea, linguistics, seoul, translation
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osmo, sis
Here’s a hot tip from your pal YS that is of especial relevance to people living in Seoul. If you are like me and come from a land with low population density, and additionally, if people periodically drive you nuts…
buy 1 get 1 free!
“What do you do?” “Oh I’m an artist. Y’know, like, an art artist.” Went to an art sale/exhibition in Seoul last weekend. I have this terrible attidtude toward korean art. I know that ultimately it’s no good but I can’t…
kimchibilly night @DGBD
I went to watch some live music last night. Korean rockabilly bands. It was pretty okay. Missed the first group, but the other three I did see got progressively better as the night went on, finishing up with the main…
serious business
It occurred to me that I better write something here now or a whole month would slip away with no entries, which causes havock with the archives page. Been mostly busy with procrastinating about study—hard at it, sometimes spending nine…
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