Survive & Thrive in Korea
I know, I know I am a few days late posting this, but better late than never, unless of course I was posting this on December 31, 2009 which wouldn’t be too much better at all. So without further ado! 1. Money I am notorious at spending huge amounts of money on frivilous items. […]
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So, last night being Christmas Eve I ventured out to the hill in Itaewon to meet up with a friend for a drink and night out on the town. All started out well. He had brought along another friend and even though the guy couldn’t speak English my friend happily translated. We started off at […]
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Karl Lagerfeld’s Chanel vision With the Inauguration only a scant few weeks away the race is on to be the annointed designer who will dress First Lady Michelle O and her wee daughters. Heavy Weights from the world of fashion have submitted their sketches of what they would create for the next First Lady. Some […]
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The Korea Times has a great article about writer Marc Schimdt and his take on popular culture and discursive analysis. Using the 1980’s cartoon the Smurfs as one of his examples of how littler used world views, such as socialism, can be applied to today’s popular culture. It’s an interesting read so check it out […]
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This weekend in Itaewon I noticed a couple of ladies sitting in front of Starbucks with a little table. They were signing up Americans to receive their absentee ballot. These gals from Democrats Abroad will diligently stay out there every Saturday and Sunday from now till November to get as many potential voters signed up […]
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You all know about Lady’s Night in Itaewon right? Well, if not, let me tell you that every Thursday night the ladies in Seoul all converge on the bars to get their free drink on. Now the ladies know that the free drinks flow to get them their as bait for the fellas who in […]
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