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Yes!! Our Engagement
TweetMonogamous penguins: slightly unrelated, but feeling the marriage spirit!Wow. I can't believe we are engaged!!! 5 years and moving onto the next chapter! Thanks Winvian! ... Where it all took...
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Demonstrations Continue in Protest of NIS, Government
TweetDemonstrations were held in Seoul and other cities over the weekend in protest of NIS intervention in last year’s elections. Many are unhappy with the government’s continued stance of...
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All the Coffee in Korea
TweetThere is a lot of coffee in South Korea. My memory is a little fuzzy from the brief amount of time I spent in Busan in 2010, and Jinju in 2005, but I don’t remember there being this many options....
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Kuiwon’s Hanmun Primer – Words
TweetThe Tale of Chunhyang (春香傳, 춘향전) is one of the oldest Korean folk tales. Although originally in the Korean vernacular, there were a number of translations into Classical Chinese. One of them is...
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Food and Dranks – The Appetizer Round
TweetHey everyone, went out successfully last Friday, and effectively lost my voice! T__T Stayed in recouping from it for teaching on Monday, and I did a decent job of it by drinking honey citron...
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Big Gay Korean Wedding
TweetThe biggest news in gay Korea this week is of course Kim Jho Gwang-soo's marriage to long-term partner Kim Seung-hwan. The news has been all around Korean news sources, but if you haven't seen...
View Article"I'm hungry.": The declaration that launched a thousand feelings.
TweetAs sometimes happens in life, this weekend (and over the course of the last couple of weeks, in fact) I found myself thinking on some things, and then, this afternoon, a link popped up on one of...
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Our Weekend: Shark Diving and Star Gazing
TweetThis weekend has been busy, busy.On Friday Nick had a surprise in store for me, and I was instructed to be at Gupo station by 7. He hustled me onto the metro at Gupo, we rode the purple line North...
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Kyoto
TweetOn our way from Tokyo to Kyoto After the workcamp we traveled back to Tokyo to pick our lauggage, spend the night and just get ready for our next destination.... Kyoto! On Monday Sept 19th, we...
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Do You Have a Minute to Spare?
TweetIf I Had A MInute To Spare is now open to guest posts. If you have a minute or two the spare and would like somewhere to say it, please get in touch through facebook or twitter.Regular readers...
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Temple Stay: Bongeunsa Temple (Seoul)
TweetThe view from the large sized Mireuk-bul statue at Bongeunsa Temple in Seoul. (Courtesy of Wikipedia)Hello Again Everyone!!Introduction to the Temple:Bongeunsa Temple is conveniently located in...
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Evan and Rachel’s Passport Tag!
TweetAs you know we recently went on a short trip to Japan! While going through immigration and looking through our passports, I realized that I hadn’t left Korea in over a YEAR!! I was definitely...
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Busan's Beach Hike from Jangsan to Songjeong Beach
TweetNow's the perfect time to get outside and enjoy the sunny Korean weather without melting, and what better motivation for getting up and going than knowing you can end your hike on a beautiful...
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How to make beautiful pan-frined tofu and zucchini
Tweet Tofu Enthusiasts, Zucchini Lovers & Vegetarians! Here is a great way to enjoy your tofu and zucchini. Pan-fried tofu recipe Pan-fried zucchini recipe CrazyKoreanCooking.comFollow Crazy Korean...
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The End of the Summer
TweetIt’s still hot in Korea. By hot I mean warm enough to prefer shorts to trousers but pleasant enough to consider the walk, wherever it is you’re going, enjoyable. Only this afternoon it started...
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September 21st ‘Chuseok’ Meeting Registration Open!!
TweetWouldn’t you know it, our regular Makgeolli Mamas & Papas meeting falls right smack in the middle of the Chuseok holiday! As Chuseok is a traditional eating and drinking holiday, […]Makgeolli...
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South Korea Runs on Dunkin’
TweetAll the Coffee in Korea continues…Growing up in New Jersey, Dunkin’ Donuts was king. Long before Starbucks and an influx of high quality local roasters, there was Dunkin’. I can remember late...
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Kuiwon’s Hanmun Primer – Introduction to Monomorphemic Words
TweetDiagram Explanation of the Great Learning (大學圖, 대학도), one of the Ten Diagrams on Sage Learning (聖學十圖, 성학십도). Composed by Yi Hwang (李滉, 이황, 1501-1570), the Diagrams were presented to King Seonjo...
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Korean Make up Trash, Treat or Stash: Etude House's Goodbye Pore Ever Pore...
TweetTrash, Treat or Stash. The Korean make-up products I've discovered are better off in the bin, the ones you should treat yourself to every now and again, and the ones that are so good that you...
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Ooh it’s a new logo
TweetKeeping to the theme this Vegan MOFO of ‘New Beginnings’ I’m launching a new Vegan Urbanite logo. I’m really pumped for this as it’s been in the making for a while and I’m interested to hear your...
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