I hadn't been watching any CNN on Saturday, so I was SHOCKED when J informed me that former President Roh Moo-hyun committed suicide.

It's simply shocking to find out that a former president commited suicide. This just speaks so much to what kind of pysche the Korean people have.

Roh, who had campaigned for clean government, was being investigated ( Read more... )

This is the reason for my LJ nick.


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When I saw the sign cafe BALICAT, I immediately thought of the Filipino word balikat. It seemed like a pretty weird name for a cafe, but for one reason or the other, Tes and I went inside this "cat cafe." (This was a week ago? or was it two weeks ago? I forgot!)


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When I first saw this shop's sign in Itaewon a couple of months (or was it years) ago, I had to do a double take.

Did it really say what I thought it did?

Well... it's been months or years since then... and the sign is still there.

Someone must `f-ing' love this shop.


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Hongdae is getting to be more and more like Harajuku for me. The funky street style, cool shops, artsy stuff, bars, noraebangs and yes... crepes.

There's this crepe shop that Tes & I tried out last weekend. It was pretty good... but it was hard to choose which crepes to try. I ended up with just a crepe filled with bananas, mocha cake and mocha ice ( Read more... )

Okay okay, I admit it. I watch more 미드 (US shows) than I do Korean shows. To be totally honest, I simply don’t watch any Korean shows, unless there’s literally nothing on the other 100 channels, or if it’s being forced on me like Boys Over Flowers ( Read more... )

I’ve noticed a lot of places are using THE with their names. The use of THE in names of restaurants and stores seems to imply that it’s THE BEST. ^_ ( Read more... )

The MoMA Design Store launched the Destination: Seoul product collection in New York last month. Apparently, the response has been very good. New Yorkers are digging the stuff ( Read more... )

꽃보다남자 aka Boys Over Flowers is the hottest thing on Korean TV right now. To be honest, I’m not so much a fan ( Read more... )