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Thank you

Thank you friends for the good times. If you want to contact me my number is 010-2366-2954 Continue

Posted by Bobby on August 13, 2008 at 10:19pm — No Comments

The Pogues - Love You Till The End i just want to see you when you're all alone i just want to catch you if i can i just want to be there when the morning light explodes on your face it radiates i can't escape i love you till the end i just want to tell you nothing you don't want to hear all i want is for you to say why don't you just take me where i've never been before i know you want to hear me catch my breath i love you till the end i just want to be there when were caught in the rain i… Continue

Posted by ANNA on August 12, 2008 at 4:08pm — No Comments

PERSONALITY QUIZ

Personality quiz 1.When you work on a big project, do you: A try to finish as quickly as possible? B work at it over a long period of time? C put it off as long as possible? 2. When you do something, do you: A try to do a first-class job so people will notice? B do it as well as you can without worrying too much about it? C do only what you must to get it done? 3. When faced with a difficult challenge, do you? A look forward to facing it? B worry about whether you can deal with it? C try t… Continue

Posted by ANNA on August 12, 2008 at 9:30am — 2 Comments

How to live a perfect life

How to live a perfect life 100 점 짜리 인생을 만드는 법 (get 100 out of 100 on your life) How can you live a happy , perfect life? want answers? Number all the letters of the alphabet. A-1 B-2 C-3 D-4 E-5 F-6 G-7 ... Z-26 If you work hard, can you get it? HARD WORK =(8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11) =98 How about luck? LUCK =47 Leadership ? 89 Money ? 72 Knowledge ? 96 The answer is .... ATTITUDE - 100 Don't worry, Be happy. Everything little thing's gonna be alright. Continue

Posted by ANNA on August 6, 2008 at 4:23pm — 2 Comments

Real, Balanced News

Chatter - I decided to browse The Korea Times online site today and clicked on a link called the "Dokdo Special." You can see that here. These are a list of the articles I saw: …

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Posted by Tristan on August 4, 2008 at 6:39pm — No Comments

Pachelbel on the Kayageum!

Vlog - Someone playing Pachelbel on the Kayageum (a traditional Korean instrument). The first video is Funtwo's well known rendition of Cannon Rock:

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Posted by Tristan on August 2, 2008 at 4:52pm — 2 Comments

U.S. Restores Korean Sovereignty to Dokdo

Chatter - Breaking news - and good news at that - for South Korea! It appears that the U.S. Board on Geographic Names has reinstated South Korea's sovereignty over the Dokdo islets:

A U.S. government naming agency has reversed its decision over the sovereignty of the remote South Korean islets of Dokdo, redefining the islets as South Korean one week after having recategorized them as being of "undesignated sovereignty" to reflec…

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Posted by Tristan on July 31, 2008 at 5:00pm — 7 Comments

Shocked About Prostitution?

Chatter - A translated story from the Korean Beat reveals that a Chosun Ilbo reporter was "shocked" to find unpunished prostitution in Busan, South Korea:

A reporter gathered these prostitution cards from the area around the famous Haeundae beach and took this photo with a caption noting that — you may want to sit down for…

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Posted by Tristan on July 31, 2008 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Kenneth Eng - Asian Supremacist

Vlog - Thank you, Kenneth Eng, for being an embarrassment to your race. As an Asian American, I can't help but to feel ashamed that this guy made it into the limelight - albeit briefly.

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Posted by Tristan on July 31, 2008 at 1:54am — 2 Comments

The American Empire

Pics - A picture showing the scope and span of the American Empire. Click the picture for a higher resolution. … Continue

Posted by Tristan on July 30, 2008 at 11:30am — 15 Comments

Introduction to the Controversy

(I submitted this article to Instablogs on July 15th)

Chatter - Dokdo. Takeshima. The Liancourt Rocks.

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Posted by Tristan on July 30, 2008 at 12:43am — 7 Comments

Where's the Outrage??

(I submitted this article to instablogs on July 14) Chatter - July 11, 2008: A South Korean tourist was fatally shot this past Friday after wandering into a restricted area of the Kumgangsan Mountains tourism zone in North Korea. This is currently the top story in South Korea. The tourist, a 53 year old housewife named Park Wang-ja, was shot in the chest and leg after crossing through a wire fence, which was labeled with warnings that the area was off limits. The details of her death are sketch… Continue

Posted by Tristan on July 30, 2008 at 12:42am — 5 Comments

Anybody want to climb Gwanaksan with me Sunday?

A few weeks ago I read in Groove Magzine an article about fun outdoor things to do. One of them referred to a mountain called Gwanaksan. A week or so later I went over there and walked about halfway up it. There's several trails. I took the one which followed a stream. It was very pretty so I went slow and took lots of pictures which can be seen (along with a few thousand others at www.dropshots.com/seoulsalsero). I really enjoyed it though and I'd like to go back and actually take the main r… Continue

Posted by art williams on July 29, 2008 at 8:08pm — No Comments

DECISION MAKING CRITERIA

Interesting: Right or Wrong?

A group of children were playing near two railway tracks, one still in use while the other…

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Posted by sravan on July 22, 2008 at 6:30pm — 1 Comment

come to my blog, guys~

http://blog.naver.com/dlfemdtoa it's my blog address. if you wanna to talk with me or know about me, come to my blog and leave a message to me.ㅡ▽ㅡ Continue

Posted by Saemi on July 20, 2008 at 9:30pm — 2 Comments

SADDEST SONG

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Posted by joy on June 28, 2008 at 1:00pm — No Comments

ONLY ONE

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Posted by joy on June 28, 2008 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Life In North Korea Must Be Harsh...

Pics - Firefox 3 launched yesterday. Are you one of the millions enjoying your new toy? Although Mozilla is aiming to set a new Guinness Book record for the most downloads in a single day, it looks like they won't be getting any help from North Korea. … Continue

Posted by Tristan on June 19, 2008 at 6:18pm — No Comments

Happy Thoughts

My Words - Must....think....happy thoughts...UGH!

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Posted by Tristan on June 11, 2008 at 5:36pm — 2 Comments

Mad Cow Jokes

My Words - There's only one way to dispel the growing frustration most Americans, foreigners and Koreans are feeling at the moment - through laughter at the absurdity of our situation. Are you familiar with Chuck Norris jokes? Make a sarcastic joke stating absurd statistical, scientific, or historic evidence pertaining to American Beef and hilarity ensues. My friend John and I cooked some up to help you guys get started: Mario Kart Wii will be released in Korea minus some features contained… Continue

Posted by Tristan on June 11, 2008 at 9:00am — 1 Comment

Science Not Good Enough...

Talk - U.S. Ambassador Alexander Vershbow added fuel to the fire last week with some comments he made about South Korea's looming plans to break an international trade agreement with the USA. He expressed dismay with the government's decision to halt beef imports and was quoted as saying, "We hope Koreans will begin to learn more about the science and about the facts of American beef." The UDP leader, Sohn Hak-kyu fired back by stating, "The ambassador ha… Continue

Posted by Tristan on June 9, 2008 at 10:43pm — No Comments

2 Girls 1 Cup - Gregory Edition

My Words - Gregory, who supports Hillary Clinton, decided that he was going to bash my candidate (Barack Obama) by writing foul things on my classroom board. So, I got even - Even Steven.

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Posted by Tristan on June 5, 2008 at 2:33pm — 2 Comments

Barack Wins BIG!

Talk - Breaking news! Senator Barack Obama is now the presumptive democratic nominee for the presidency of the United States of America. Go Barack! Go USA!

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Posted by Tristan on June 4, 2008 at 11:41am — No Comments

Foreign Monkey Intrigue...Oh My!

My Words - Watch the video below and see my response to him. This is currently a featured video on Korea's youtube, no doubt because most people here find it intriguing that a foreigner can speak Korean AND agrees with what's going on here.

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Posted by Tristan on June 4, 2008 at 9:35am — No Comments

where is my passion?

just do anyting. don't worry about it. goahead. (anything you want comes true.) Continue

Posted by Saemi on May 22, 2008 at 10:33am — No Comments

More Mad Cows

My Words - Today, in Post Office class, some of our students decided to write letters President Lee Myung-bak and Bush. I have preserved the integrity of the two letters and they read exactly as they are written: Letter 1 Dear Lee Myung Park, Hello? I'm Kim Dong Hwan. How are you? I'm good. Why are you import crazy cow? everybody don't want… Continue

Posted by Tristan on May 20, 2008 at 1:09am — 1 Comment

Fire!

Oh, well, I was sleeping like a baby an hour ago. And now I'm wide awake. Why? Because the fire alarm went off and it was 00:40! It was loud (of course, it is the FIRE ALARM) enough to wake 'Salda the baby' up - I tried to call the security guard, but it didn't work. So, I went out of my room in my pink striped pj, and in the hallway, I could see the people living on my floor. I sniffed - but no smell of fire. I asked an ajumma what was the matter, and she told me she had no idea either but it n… Continue

Posted by Salda on May 20, 2008 at 1:00am — 3 Comments

secret to life

I just finished reading "secret" written by Rhonda Byrne. There has been a hype of it and everybody I know was reading it or at least talking about that book. So I took it up and within a day, I mindlessly gulped it down. I haven't done bookreivews since my school years. So this is an attempt of book review but in a shaky form. Anyway, reading a book is one thing and writing on it from your point of view is another because books can affect and touch everyone in a different way. "Secret" touched… Continue

Posted by kylie Chung on May 19, 2008 at 2:30pm — 1 Comment

모든 일들이 마음먹은대로 이루어 질꺼야.

내가 계획했던것, 내가 생각하는것. 내가 해야만 하는것들. 그 모든것들이 이루어 질꺼야. Continue

Posted by Saemi on May 19, 2008 at 8:24am — 1 Comment

In the morning -

The fact that you have a right does not mean 'You are right'. Don't get confused. Yeah, you may have all rights to do whatever you want to do, I mean, yes, you do. But you are not gonna be always right. Continue

Posted by Salda on May 18, 2008 at 5:32am — No Comments

Face Transformer -

http://morph.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Transformer/index.html I just ran into this link. :) Continue

Posted by Salda on May 18, 2008 at 5:15am — No Comments

Saturday -

I had an exam today, and I think it went quite well - thinking of how I've been doing these da… Continue

Posted by Salda on May 17, 2008 at 7:00pm — 3 Comments

be a great man.

진짜 열심히 공부하자. 내 눈과 머리와 가슴을 넓히고 세상과 통할 줄 아는 사람이 되자! 아자아자 화이팅~♡ Continue

Posted by Saemi on May 17, 2008 at 8:44am — No Comments

Dealing with foreigners

Hey, it isn't always easy to talk to foreigners. It isn't just a barrier of langauge hindering the communication and causing breakdowns. I guess there are more than differences of appearances. Koreans feel somewhat inferior and akward in the presence of westerners while they feel snub and proud when the other Asians are nearby esp. those from less priviledged countries. I might be biased in thinking so but it somehow bothers me very much. I am just trying to be nice to people then again I am not… Continue

Posted by kylie Chung on May 9, 2008 at 8:10pm — 1 Comment

Love you to death

죽도록 사랑해 by MC몽 (feat. Lena Park) So, this is one of my favorite times - Friday night. Want to… Continue

Posted by Salda on May 9, 2008 at 6:53pm — 1 Comment

American Beef - What's the "Beef?"

Talk - Big news on the Korean peninsula today! It looks like Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, more commonly known as "mad cow disease," is rearing its ugly head. Oh, wait a second, that was six years ago on another continent. … Continue

Posted by Tristan on May 8, 2008 at 12:30am — No Comments

Period -!

As Tristan and many other people in the history said and wrote already, LIFE IS SHORT. Now that reminds me of Tolstoi. Have you ever read "The Three Questions", one of his works? In the story, the prota wanted to know the answer for the following three questions. When is the most important time in one's life? Who is the most important person in the world? What is the most important thing in the world? You know, today, I lost very important one in my life. I was too obsessive and possessive ab… Continue

Posted by Salda on May 7, 2008 at 9:30pm — 4 Comments

Life is Short

My Words - Today I witnessed something very terrible. I was standing on a corner in Suyu trying to hail a taxi with my friend Sohyang. A small terrier walked by us that looked exactly like this: … Continue

Posted by Tristan on May 6, 2008 at 3:34pm — 1 Comment

Being silly

*Being a part of someone's life - either you 'were' or you 'are' or... you 'will be-forever'. It's raining outside and I want to drink some beer - but I am a loner - maybe too lazy. I was in the rain this evening and it's been quite a long time that I do so. In the rain, I wished I could be a doll of salt or sugar - whatever - so that I can melt down and disappear in this world. awww - yeah, I know, I am silly, and that's just me. Anyways, it's getting dark outside, still raining, and I'm gonn… Continue

Posted by Salda on May 4, 2008 at 6:00pm — No Comments

A Video of Our Night in Hongdae

Happy Birthday Vincent!!

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Posted by Tristan on May 2, 2008 at 1:01am — No Comments

i wanna do that.

making foreign friends. talking to them. meeting them. and remember memory. Continue

Posted by Saemi on April 30, 2008 at 11:37am — No Comments

Breaking my 'walls' - one by one

1. Nowadays, I'm doing many 'unusual' things for me - such as learning hip hop dancing, singing aloud when I'm alone, meeting new people - off line...(that's what I did just today.) You know what, I was really afraid -_-;;; (believe or not) and excited at the same time.. When I got off the subway at Hongdae station, I really didn't know what to do - I took a look around and there were so many people, which I haven't seen for a long time... Anyways, I have to say that I was really unusual today… Continue

Posted by Salda on April 26, 2008 at 11:00pm — 2 Comments

A video of me!

It's lame. My first vlog entry gives you a tour of my apartment. I hate the sound of my voice yo!

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Posted by Tristan on April 24, 2008 at 2:06pm — 6 Comments

Language Exchange.

I am now looking for friends who can teach me English. I love English but I don't really have a chance to improve my speaking.. If anyone is interested in this, pls leave a meassage to me. Probably I can also help and teach you Korean, too. And hope I can share not only languages but also culture or our lives so that become good friends. ^^ Continue

Posted by Min on April 22, 2008 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Digging For Skeletons

For the most part, everyone that goes abroad has some specific purpose deeper than what it may seem like on the surface. People don't go on extended excursions or vacations just because they want to "get away from the stresses of the everyday grind".. Hell, I can do that at my house by simply unplugging my phone, computer, and turning my handi phone off - and it's a lot easier on my bank account for sure. In fact, I have a pretty good feeling most people simply want to go to a place where they g… Continue

Posted by Sky Muhammad on April 11, 2008 at 12:55pm — 1 Comment

Your Only Best Friend

My Lens - Bad English. I love it, especially when it's meant to advertise some sort of Asian product, company or character. Here, we have a Japanese advertisement for God knows what. Click the image for a higher resolution: … Continue

Posted by Tristan on April 7, 2008 at 5:21am — No Comments

Sometimes...

Sometimes, I forget what I have to do and just be lazy. Today was the day. I had to go to the department store to find my shoes back, I 'had to' read some books, I had to make some props for my class tomorrow, but I didn't do any of them. I stayed home all day long, except for an hour - when I went out for a nice walk. (The cherry blossoms were awesome...looking at them made me kinda calm and feel alive. ) Ahhhhhh.... I feel so lost. What is wrong with me? Maybe, just because it is spring. Continue

Posted by Salda on April 6, 2008 at 9:30pm — 1 Comment

A New Look

My Words - I've never experienced growing out my hair before. In fact, I used to give myself a buzz cut every Saturday because it had grown too long; something I became quite adept at doing alone. I want to let my hair grow really long - maybe midway down my back. The latest lesson I've learned is that you should probably get the ends trimmed at least once every three months. Split ends are something you probably can't prevent for too long. If you don't w… Continue

Posted by Tristan on April 5, 2008 at 1:30am — 1 Comment

Our Belligerant Little Brother to the North

Talk - North Korea is back at its usual shenanigans. This time the DPRK's (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) officials have threatened to turn South Korea into a "sea of flame and ashes." … Continue

Posted by Tristan on April 3, 2008 at 11:45pm — 3 Comments

Rick Rolled

Talk - Are you familiar with the expression, "Rick Rolled?" This relatively new internet phenomenon is leaving thousands, maybe millions, of web surfers dead in its wake. A "Rick Roll" is an internet prank wherein the browser may find an interesting link. The link is usually disguised, inconspicuously, as a news link, information site, etc. However, when the unsuspecting user clicks the link, he/she is redirected to an old Rick Astley video (usually… Continue

Posted by Tristan on April 1, 2008 at 5:19pm — No Comments

Good Sold Underwear Are Not Returnable

My Lens - Remember folks that the good sold underwear are not returnable to exchange. More hilarious English on the road. I snapped this picture in a local shopping center in Kota Kinabalu Malaysia. Click the image for a higher resolution. … Continue

Posted by Tristan on March 31, 2008 at 10:21pm — No Comments

Back in Seoul

My Words - Don't believe the rumors! I'm not dead to the world...yet. In fact, I returned from an enchanting 16 day trip to Sabah, East Malaysia yesterday morning. I made sure to document the trip quite thoroughly with my camera and you'll be able to view the photos through www.hipmoderncluedin.com. =) … Continue

Posted by Tristan on March 31, 2008 at 10:00pm — No Comments

I have msn address finally!

haha- my e-mail address is dlfemdtoa@hotmail.com. please adding me as a friends^^ I want to talk with you ~ Continue

Posted by Saemi on March 29, 2008 at 11:07pm — No Comments

The truth and a way to live.

I feel that if you always tell the truth - it is an easy thing to remember. You do not have to remember what little white lie you told to whom. Just tell it like it is and people will like you or not for whom you are. There is no control over it. Just be your self and every thing will fall into place. If people do not like you then the HELL with them. I prefer that people like me or not for who I am. Take it or leave it. If someone does not like you then forget about it. If they do not like you… Continue

Posted by Bobby on March 23, 2008 at 9:30pm — 4 Comments

Destination: Malaysia

My Words - I'm sitting here now, wasting time. I'm almost finished packing. Destination: Sabah, Eash Malaysia. I love this place. Beautiful beaches, rainforests, mountains and people. In some ways it's comparable to Thailand, minus the excessive amount of foreigners. It's everything good rolled up in one. I look at it as a continuation of the break I took last week going to Busan, South Korea. I just need to get away from Korea. … Continue

Posted by Tristan on March 14, 2008 at 9:42pm — 1 Comment

Adventures in Language Education

One of the (few) things I treasure about the current academy I work at is the amount of adult classes I get to teach. Don't misunderstand - I really really love children, and teaching them can be a blast. However, after about 3 hours or so of dealing with ill-behaviour, temper tantrums, and accidently putting my hands in the "occasional" booger, it's pretty nice to get to associate with people at your own maturity level. It also makes for really comic relief at times, and today is an especially… Continue

Posted by Sky Muhammad on March 12, 2008 at 4:47pm — No Comments

6 months

i've been in korea for nearly six months. some benchmarks i still have no idea what i'm doing in the classroom my students are progressing, but not as quickly as i'd hoped; i don't know what else to do my apartment is getting cleaner, except the mold under the wallpaper is getting darkgreener i've had a pet dog for a few weeks, but then i let it go becaause he really didn't like staying in my apartment i broke up with my girlfriend i've alienated a few friends, primarily because they drink way… Continue

Posted by justin on March 11, 2008 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Heavy Eyes

My Words - I'm updating because I haven't had the chance to sit down and type out an adequate entry in some time. I'm actually exhausted beyond measure. Every day, since this past Friday, has been filled to the brim with activities. I felt like I was going to crash and burn, really hard, if I didn't get out of Seoul. My scandalous social life was starting to take its toll on me. I can't really complain though because, in the long term, it keeps things exc… Continue

Posted by Tristan on March 11, 2008 at 12:30am — No Comments

Just because - just being silly

1. I don't like sweets. Why? Because they are sweet. 'Sweet' is ok, but 'sweet sweet' is not ok. The sweetest sweets ever that I had was the greek cookies that I ate as the dessert for a thanksgiving dinnder in 2003. It was too sweet - enough to make all my body cells shievering. :b 2. Today, I got 4 donuts from my best friend and I was happy though I think I didn't express my being happy enough. I was happy, because recently, I have had a craving for some donuts - but I was too lazy to walk to… Continue

Posted by Salda on March 10, 2008 at 11:06pm — 3 Comments

No Naked

My Lens - My friends Alex and Cara Flowers took this hilarious picture on their recent trip to Indonesia.… Continue

Posted by Tristan on March 7, 2008 at 1:07pm — No Comments

It's 3 a.m. and Hillary is Dreaming

Talk - Take a moment, get out of the media spin zone, and lets find out what really happened two days ago and how significant it was. I was reading an article by Marc Cooper on the Huffington Post (click there for the article) and thought it was so good that I had to share it with you. To summarize it:… Continue

Posted by Tristan on March 7, 2008 at 7:41am — No Comments

The Yellow Dust Cometh

My Words - The yellow dust is here! Spring has come and, once again, Korea is bein… Continue

Posted by Tristan on March 4, 2008 at 7:09pm — No Comments

Helsinki Street Fashion

Talk - For those of you that know me well, it's no secret that I absolutely adore Japanese street fashion. So, it comes as no surprise that today I was ecstatic to discover Helsinki Street Fashion which is comparable, in many respects, to what you can find on the streets of Harajuku, Shibuya, Shinjuku and Ginza, to name a few. Helsinki, the capital of Finland, is apparently populated by a lot of stylish people. The street fashion scene in Helsinki is really a wonderful breath of fresh air. I'm… Continue

Posted by Tristan on March 4, 2008 at 12:08pm — No Comments

Violence in Gaza

Talk - The recent spread of sporadic violence in the Middle East, especially around the Gaza region, has made recent headlines. Have you ever wondered why Israel and Palestine have been unable to maintain any term of prolonged "peace"? Lets take a look.

A picture say… Continue

Posted by Tristan on March 3, 2008 at 7:00am — No Comments

Bill Cunningham is an Idiot

Talk - Bill "Willie" Cunningham served as a crowd warmer before John McCain made an appearance at a rally in