Survive & Thrive in Korea
MACALICIOUS I have news. I crossed over to the dark side. I bought a Mac. I know this may not be earth shattering for most of you, but to a die hard, tried and true PC lover like myself it’s like the end of the world or perhaps the beginning. Time will tell. To tell […]
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The Swine Cometh! My friend just sent me a link of facebook to an organization called Rate My Hogwon. They have an aticle up about teachers in Korea being rounded up for testing postive for Swine Flu. The teachers were all in the same training program for their chain of schools and now have been […]
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Double Gold Standard? So, over in the Korean Herald an article talks about how a well to do millionaire single lady has yet to find someone to put a ring on it. The lady in question has been in business over 20 years and has accumulated a 20 billion won fortune, roughly 16 million US […]
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Looking for something to do this weekend? Well, the Gangnam Foundation for Arts & Culture is putting on the 2009 Gangnam Fashion Festival. The festivities will be celebrating Korean Fashion with a series of shows spotlighted by designer Andre Kim. On Sunday the merriment continues with an outdoor bazaar which includes face paiting, eco-bag making […]
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Also in Nampodong is the hillside escalator. It’s actually a series of several escalators that leads up to Yongdusan Park. Think of Yongdusan as the Southern Seaside Namsan of Busan. The towering hill doesn’t quite match the massiveness of Namsan in Seoul but it gives it a good try. Yongdusan, also called “Dragon Head Hill […]
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Gwangalli Beach is the second most famous and popular beach in Busan. The highligh feature of this stretch of sandy wonderment is the Gwangan Bridge that crosses the beach connecting two points in the city. At night in lights up a myraid rainbow of colors. By day its presence enchances not detracts the beach experience. […]
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