korea - day 9 - GyeongJu

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

i am embarassed, but i MUST complete this series. day9 of our korea trip was a trip to GyeongJu.  Joseph had read in the travel books about this place as the place to go to see Cherry Blossoms in korea. I briefly mentioned it to my uncle and next thing you ...

korea - day 8 - DMZ and War Memorial

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

sorry for the lateness. i've just been lazy. these posts take a lot of effort (cos they're wordy) and planning (because i don't want to inundate you with too many pictures) joseph and i started planning the trip to the dmz before we left for korea. at first i ...

korea - day7 - LotteWorld

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

as i noted in the previous post, we took my cousin's kids to Lotte World. first let me explain what Lotte World is. it's an amusement park inside and extremely large mall. (the mall of america also has some "theme parks" but I've never been, so i don't know what ...

korea - day5 - Seoul City and National Museum

Monday, April 7th, 2008

my posts seem to get longer and longer, but only because we're doing more and more in korea. during the reprimand from the other day (re: day4 post) my cousin mentioned a tour bus that runs through seoul called "seoul city tour" they've got 4 different tours. palace, downtown, night and convention ...

korea - day4 - secret garden, seoul tower, street market

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

so in my attempt to show joseph around seoul finally, i wanted to take him to the street market. that morning at breakfast i was thoroughly reprimanded by my aunt, uncle and cousin who demanded that i take him to see more things. so instead of just showing him things ...

korea - day3 - korean folk village

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

one of my favorite places to visit as a kid was minseokchun (korean folk village). for the americans the closest analogy would be... korean version of williamsburg colonial village. it's also where they taped various korean period tv shows like "daejanggeum". it doesn't sound very exciting. why would this be such ...

korea - day2 - orientation

Friday, April 4th, 2008

day 2 was really our first day in korea, and it was really about orientation. relearning where things were like bus stops and the exchange rate. thankfully we bank with an international bank and my aunt also uses the same bank we do. my aunt drives us to this building that ...

laptop stands

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

lots of people like to ask me about general computer stuff.. i'm a bit of a geek, but not as geeky as some. i tend to know bits and pieces of most computer related things. but i'm definitely not an expert in anything specific. but one thing i do know ...

more chopsticks!

Friday, February 29th, 2008

ok i must have an obsession with silverware because this is the third entry about it (choplery, pen cap silverware) . >_< as most asian folks do, i use chopsticks pretty often. not just for eating food, but also to grab things from very tight spaces, and stir my drinks for example. chopsticks ...

how to spot a cylon

Monday, December 17th, 2007

so  joseph really likes this show called Battlestar Galactica (BSG for short).  SciFi has been creating these new posters as "propaganda" items: i think only true BSG nerds would buy this poster. maybe i should get one for joseph. buy it here: Amazon - "How to Spot a Cylon" Poster - $19.95