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Have a stellar new year!: Seol-lal, 2nd Start in Korea
Posted on February 13, 2010 3 Comments
I am a big fan of do-overs. They can be used to cheat in card games, apologize to a friend, earn a better score on an exam and salvage a bad home haircut. My new favorite do-over strategy has to be the Lunar new year, or as the Koreans call it Solar. Koreans have in more modern […]
They call me Wae-guk
Posted on December 21, 2009 2 Comments
I grew up taking my shoes off inside the house. My parents appreciated this in order to save our wood floors and I always enjoyed feeling cozy in a pair of socks or dancing between the kitchen and back yard barefoot. As I grew older and visited other people’s homes it seemed very natural to […]
Hula-Hooping in Hangul
Posted on November 11, 2009 1 Comment
Hitting the gym in the States provokes thoughts of a culture highly conscious of their physical appearance. A culture that will pay often exorbitant fees to enter, a small fortune to clothe oneself in appropriate attire, and big bucks on top of the line accessories to make the experience more enjoyable (iPod, utili-belt, sweat band…) […]
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