November 2009
5 posts
“random fact #23: you are not allowed to swim ANYWHERE in korea without wearing...”
Hanbok- traditional Korean clothing →
September 2009
30 posts
boy bands are raging in korea.
at least korean entertainment is a step above taiwanese. their media content is far superior as is their production quality - music, television (soap operas, etc.) i will have to get into the mindlessness of taiwanese media at a later time.
“Yeongeorul malsum halsu isseoyo?”
– do you speak english?
#1 dead give away for foreigners in korea. without...
flip flops.
nobody wears them there. they are too traditional. too proper/ classy. too “put together.” to my foreign taste, it does look different/ exotic (they are really into the blunt cut bang), but unlike the taiwanese girls who dye it, perm it, cut it every which way….korean have four variations of hair it seems like, max.
like i said previously, their faces are done up,...
apujeong
it’s the beverly hills of korea. if you didn’t know, the stereotype is that majority of korean women, though hot, have plastic surgery. generous amounts of it. i didn’t believe it and thought that the sources i was hearing it from were based on biases for taiwanese girls, chinese girls, japanese, etc… i came to the country and did double take at how tall, fit, and awesome...
Korean Food
food i was told i HAD to have while in seoul. I LOVE KIMCHI! i want overspiced food for life.
1/kalbi (ribs)
2/samgyeopsal (barbecued pork belly)
3/kal guksu (clam noodle soup)
4/nui (raw fish)
5/ bulgogi (marinated beef)
6/ naengmyeon (cold noodles)
7/ pajeon (korean seafood “pancake”)
8/ chicken galbi
9/ dog soup which i really couldn’t believe….. >.<
10/...
made it to seoul, I've never felt like such a...
I take for granted that living in taiwan is not truly THAT foreign to me. I can speak mandarin fluently and have been able to figure out directions/ cultural nuances from just asking. Since Korea was only the 3rd country I’ve been to, and the only one so far where I didn’t understand anything, it really was another first time experience for me.
tourist spots/ my itin for the one week...
a puke story
if this looks long, here’s the short of it: i basically entered korea with NO PLANNING whatsoever. i boarded the flight that i booked last minute, literally, with no certain place to stay, no idea of what i should do there, and not enough money/ language skills to get by.
alright, so
it’s really not all my fault. my boss didn’t tell me that we had a week off for summer...
Seoul →
thanks david
now i feel like i actually need to update my blog still.
August 2009
7 posts
“still love you :P”
– my teacher IHUA
=( !!!
Hey everyone, Greetings from the local Starbucks in sunny California! Haha, just got in last night (for all your Cali-folks, I’ve already devoured two double-doubles at In-n-out) and I gotta say, I’m already missing everyone and everything from Taipei. Waking up this morning and not having a 便當 from 7-11 was a pretty weird feeling, haha. All joking aside, I just wanted to thank...
July 2009
53 posts
