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Grim signs

2008-05-12T16:19:52Z

There are signs and, then there are literally, billboards of death. Ladies and gentlemen, the traffic sign to rule them all... This sign, spotted near Gangnam in Seoul (but can be spotted around in other parts of Seoul as well as in other regi...

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Random Food Review

2008-01-28T17:30:44Z

Not many times in your culinary encounters do you come across something so weird, that you just start losing your mind. Enter the ready-to-drink pumpkin soup in a can. (The can actually says: The ugly pumpkin's sweet revolt) I can't think o...

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Translation services

2008-01-27T16:19:04Z

Some things are not avoidable. Like trips to the dentist after years of guzzling coca cola, or having that conversation you're been putting off forever, or getting some work done, there are things that are just not avoidable. Like translating thi...

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The van Gogh exhibition

2008-01-26T13:59:27Z

Finally got to see the van Gogh exhibit today, and it's a very welcome thing, since I missed the chance to visit the van Gogh museum in Amsterdam, last November. So I made the 2 hour trip to Seoul Art Museum - impressions and bitching ensues... I...

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My first bungee

2007-10-17T16:21:32Z

Went on my first bungee jump on Saturday. It was good. I went to a park that had a bungee platform and promised myself that I would have a go sometime. I harranged a person with a car (public transport is not an option here). And we arranged a ...

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Shoebike and horsebike

2007-10-17T15:58:04Z

Saw these things whilst on a day out near Bundang. A shoebike! Someone created a giant fibreglass red shoe and 'shoehorned' it onto a bike. Someone prefers the right foot - and zebra butt. I looked inside the bike, and it doesn't look like peo...

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Phone numbers are easy to get

2007-10-17T15:49:04Z

One thing I've noticed living here - people post their numbers on their windshields That small plaque there... let's take a closer look. Far from soliciting people, drivers post their numbers like this in case they're parked and away from thei...

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Korean idioms

2007-09-16T12:02:34Z

"Don't make sounds which do not even constitute speech!" (Stop talking nonsense) "My Ki is blocked" (That's amazing / I can' believe it) "That's great (not sarcastic)" (That's commendable) "That's great for you" (Lucky bastard!) "You will ...

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Rice rice rice (Random food review)

2007-09-11T09:09:57Z

Korea is awash with rice. They commonly say that they don't feel like they have eaten unless they've had rice. They say something is missing from a meal without rice. In fact, the word for rice "밥" can be used in place of the word for meal "식사" a...

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Act 7. The exit.

2007-08-24T12:47:04Z

Got on a taxi, got to the airport, and caught the plane. The end.

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