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i was doing my daily bus-ride-thinking, when it just occured to me that there is no real “competition” when it comes to business.take for example, McD’s, KFC and BK, the 3 most prominent players in the fast-food industry. it seems that they are “competitors”, but are they really? if someone - let’s call him john ...
heh heh. love the alliteration in the title strawberries are now selling at an affordable price!before, they used to be like 5000won for 1 box, now it’s 4000-5000 for two boxes, depending on where you buy them from. 4000 if you buy them from the back of trucks, and 5000 if you buy them ...
went to watch the devil’s game (official site (korean), movie page on hancinema.net (english)) with soo-jeong today.basically the plot is about a young, struggling artist (played by …
gotta love the last panel! heh heh. pooch and percy never fail to bring a smile to my face. somehow they remind me of a bickering, loving old couple. from sinfest.net
is it just me, or does anyone else think that the taiwanese hosts should not have to apologize for making fun of the sgrean accent?why should they apologize for stating a fact? it’s true that singaporeans speak that way, it’s true that singaporeans do not use grammatically-correct english, and it’s true that singaporeans don’t speak ...
i have just finished watching sliding doors, and it was really nice. don’t know why i didn’t catch it when it was released in 1998 (gosh, has it been 10 years?!), but as all latecomers like to say, better late than never. i’ve always wondered about alternate universes and stuff like that, and if in ...
oh. my. freaking. god.hahahaha this is priceless!! and the ajumma pledge!!via mongdori, where user suddenlysusan has kindly translated the ajumma pledge into english.i vow to keep my perm nice and tight.muahahahaha oh. my. god. this is another one of those only-in-korea things.
i just called UPS and i got really fed-up with those voice-automated phone systems where you have to wait for the machine to finish rambling before you speak your option, after which you are forced to listen to another round of rambling before speaking your options again (yeah in UPS’ case it is not “for ...
met up with LX yesterday, who arrived in seoul in the morning to begin her working life in korea! found out we have a lot in common, and i think i may have just found someone to explore the nooks and crannies of seoul with me. hehehe.we went to this department store at yeongdeungpo ...
the latest xkcd comic made me smile.heh. somehow i found it really cute.
movies watched over the past 2 weeks:- if only- hors de prix *- pathology- all dogs go to heaven- premonition- the godfather 1, 2 *- beetlejuice *- girl, interrupted *- the terminal- trainspotting *- analyze that *let’s see how long i can keep this up. i really really want to watch the dark knight! ...
last week, me, roy and jean went out to the supermarket to get some stuff for our picnic (lx was still lazing at home, hehe).we were deciding on what fruits to get, so i pointed to a bunch of red grapes (see picture below) and asked him, “how about grapes?”he took a look at them ...
the hardest part about moving to a different place is not the goodbyes, nor the abandonment of a familiar and comfortable life(style), nor the acknowledgement that, unlikely as it may be, the possibility that you may never again cross paths with the people you met nor the place you are leaving does exist, and is ...
odaiba, tokyo, japan.just a teaser of what is to come. haha.nah, actually it’s one of my favourite shots that i took during my weekend in japan (man, i like the sound of that very much — “weekend in japan”. maybe soon i’ll be saying things like “lunch in paris”, “dinner in sapporo”, “breakfast in germany”, ...
no idea what’s the name of this fruit…bird attack!rows of dragon fruit cactiorchids waiting to be packed then exported
i have had a bad start to this day, and it shows in the things that i have written this morning.if you don’t mind my french, hop over here to read.good day.
there are people who possess a healthy dose of ego, self-love and confidence, and then there are people who appear to be confident but do not actually think very highly of themselves.the latter group of people usually have low self-esteem and can be rather insecure about themselves, and it shows in the things they do. ...
so i walked out of the arrival hall to find sachiko waiting for me. it’s so nice to see her again! it’s only been, what, 3 months? but it felt like it’s been such a long time since we last met.she then accompanied me to take the train to my hostel, which is located ...
ivy has just started a language writing project, so for those of you who are learning a new language, be it japanese, korean, spanish, french, german, whatever, and want to join in, see here for more details!i just started one at haneul.languagediary.com, and hopefully i’ll won’t lose steam too quickly.blogging in korean can get quite ...
a few days ago, the best friend asked me:mari: let me guessmari: you are blood type B or Omari: am i right?mari: hahahame: hahaha why?me: i’m Ome: but my sis and dad are Bme: so i guess i also have B blood in me somewhere?mari: MUAHAHHAHAHAmari: it’s true it’s true!!mari: hahaahhame: what???then she forwarded me ...
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