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Dinner at Lotte Hotel World’s La Seine Buffet
Tweet Last night, hubby and I had dinner at Lotte Hotel World‘s La SeineBuffet in Jamsil. We were expecting more people on the weekend, so we reserved a private room for hubby and me, my brother-in-law...
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LTW - Soft or Firm, Abe Time, & Ramen Rage
LTW - Soft or Firm, Abe Time, & Ramen Rage Tweet1. National1) Kim Jong-un softens as South Korea reacts firmlyStrong winds from North are letting up in Korean peninsula as South Korean president...
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Let’s shop ‘Folk Style’ at the Seoul Folk Flea Market
Let’s shop ‘Folk Style’ in Seoul. TweetOnce upon a time the Seoul Folk Flea Market (서울풍물시장) vendors set up shop around the Cheonggyecheon Stream in Seoul, Korea. Now they return each day to...
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I Think I’m Turning Ko-re-an
Tweet“My very chains and I grew friends…”—Byron, The Prisoner of ChillonI thought Korea was the worst mistake of my life when I first came here. “It was the worst, most painful, mind-destroying,...
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Super Onze
TweetListening to this music is like being lost in a tornado. Feelings of joy and sadness, praise and lament, wrap me in ecstasy…everything great about American music in its purest form: rap, blues,...
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The 15th International Woman's Film Festival in Seoul
TweetWhile Jeonju's film festival only had one queer film (seriously, just one!), the Woman's Film Festival in Seoul has a whole section, Queer Rainbow, devoted to queer cinema! The festival starts on...
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Korean Gifts to Send Home
TweetJenny finally got her package over the weekend, so I can finally let everyone else have a nosey at what I decided to send to her. I think most these things along would make great little presents...
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A Catch Up
TweetFor the past two weeks I’ve been stuck in a mini-post rut. I dilemma if you will.A couple of weeks ago my grandfather passed away back in Ireland, which meant a return home at short notice. I...
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ARKPop Podcast#67 – Talking About This Was a Mistake
Tweet You’ve been waiting for a while now… Download Episode 67 – Talking About This Was a MistakeNews Armywatch: YesungU-KISS creates a subunit consisting of Kevin, Eli & AJ. This is how that...
View ArticleWhy So Sick?
TweetI think I should color-code a calendar with all the illnesses I experience in Korea. In the States, I am a person that is rarely ill. I don’t know if it has to do with the different schedule,...
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Exploring Korea’s biggest bamboo forest: Jungnokwon
TweetWind blows through the leaves above. Bamboo shoots sway back and forth like giant sea anemone in an ocean of air. I could swear I saw a ninja flying above too. The Jungnokwon Bamboo Garden is a...
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Helping Sarah Graydon
Tweet From: http://www.gwangjunewsgic.com/online/lets-help-sarah/ Sarah Graydon, an English teacher in Gwangju, has been sick and hospitalized at Cheonnam Hospital for over a month now due to...
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The King Midas Of Shit
TweetSo I started watching the original version of this movie right on the heels of The Empire Strikes Back, and realized two things at once:a) I haven’t seen this in, like, ten years. b) For good...
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Korean Girls Love Me Through Two Layers of Glass
TweetIt’s a familiar fact of life in South Korea for many of our expats, especially if they look notably different than our ROK neighbors: the stare.I have mostly come to peace with it. I admit it, I...
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Korean Make Up Trash, Treat or Stash: Etude House Pearl Extract Face Mask
TweetTrash, Treat or Stash. The 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 should definitely...
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Was Kaesong a Hole in the Korean Iron Curtain or a Subsidy to the Kim Monarchy?
Was Kaesong a Hole in the Korean Iron Curtain or a Subsidy to the Kim TweetSo it increasingly looks like the inter-Korean Kaesong industrial zone is closed for good. (The Wikipedia write-up is a...
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As I briefly mentioned the other day, I went to Show! Music Core...
TweetAs I briefly mentioned the other day, I went to Show! Music Core (쇼! 음악중심) on Saturday. Seizethenamjas scored tickets through a friend and was sweet enough to invite me. (We really are the lucky...
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The Floating Mosque of Kota Kinabalu
TweetI waited days for an epic sunset in KK. Finally, on my last night, I got what I wanted. Like they say, half of photography is just being there. The City Mosque as it’s called, is surely one of the...
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Why I’m Learning Korean Again
Tweet Yup! I’m going to study Korea again. I finally got a lot of time and “some motivation” from my husband, and well. maybe from my in-laws, too, who always tell me I’ve been in Korea for 3 years but...
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Studio “Nemo” in Hongdae ~ My first Korean Photo Studio Visit!
TweetEver wonder how so many Koreans have such pretty photos? Even online shop photos on places like G-market always look so lovely and professional, right?? Well this is all thanks to the numerous...
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