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Blogging about life, food, travel, entertainment, being an expat in Korea. The owner is a stay-at-home mom to a Filipino-Korean in her early 30s, married to a Korean and adjusting to life in a foreign land.
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Yoon Eun Hye’s triangle kimbap hair
Yoon Eun Hye is on the cover of Cosmo Beauty (Korean edition) for their August issue. She’s sporting what netizens are calling as “triangle kimbap hair”. I thought that it’s a ...
Most Beautiful Female Korean Star
Who’s the most beautiful Korean female star according to a survey of television entertainment reporters in Korea? Kim Tae Hee (김태희) Kim Hee Sun (김희선) Han Ye Sul (한예술) Song Hy...
Kwon Sang Woo - Son Tae Young wedding announcement
Awwww… actor Kwon Sang Woo is going to get married soon to Son Tae Young (a former Miss Korea contestant turned talent and now stars with Lee Jun Ki in Iljimae). Their wedding will take place on...
Lee Hyo Ri, copycat?
The video of one of Lee Hyo Ri’s songs in her new album is available on the internet. The song is “U Go Girl” and in one scene she played a nurse reminiscent of Christina Aguilera...
Dashing Daniel Henney
I post about the 45th Dae Jong Sang or Grand Bell Awards last Friday night. Daniel Henney, of course, attended the event and won Best New Actor. He deserves it I’ve always loved Daniel Henney ...
Korean Beauties at the 45th DaeJongSang Film Awards
The 45th Dae Jong Sang Film Awards was held in Seoul’s COEX Convention on June 27, 2008 at 8:30 PM. Of course, it’s another red carpet photo opp for most actors and actresses attending the...
Kim Sun Ah, photoshopped?
Kim Seon A’s (Kim Sun Ah) before and after photoshop images is the most viewed post on Daum’s bulletin board. Blame it on her new drama, Every Night, that people are talking and will be ta...
2008 Asia Song Festival
I’m going to post this a little early for those who might be traveling to Korea in October. I attended the 2007 Asia Song Festival with my friends last year. Tickets were free and a lot of popul...
Every Night (Lee Dong Gun and Kim Sun Ah)
How’s Lee Dong Gun (이동건 - Lovers in Paris) nowadays? He and actress Kim Sun Ah (김선아 - My Name is Kim Sam Soon) had a press briefing yesterday afternoon at the National Museum in Seou...
Suicide: a B-boy group member
South Korea has one of the highest suicide rates among OECD countries. What baffles me is that even high profile celebrities and rich people kill themselves. In the past five years I’ve been her...
We Love You Korea - the 2008 Dream Concert
Intrigued! “We Love You Korea” is this year’s banner of the Dream Concert. The show features top Kpop entertainers like TVXQ, Super Junior, Epik High, Wonder Girls and MC Mong. I hav...
Song Hye Gyo and Hyun Bin in a drama!
I’m not sure if I read it correctly (since ONE report said Won Bin)… but I’m sooooo excited! It has been four years since we saw Song Hye Gyo in a drama. Her last one was “Full...
Kim Min Soo of Monday Kiz
Oh! Kim Min Soo, the other half of the duo Monday Kiz died early this morning in a motorcycle accident. He was 24. He and Lee Jin Sung debuted in 2005 with their first album titled “Bye Bye Bye....
Choi Min Soo’s in trouble
Choi Min Soo used to be in the list of my favorite Korean actors. I loved him in the hit Korean drama Sandglass together with Park Sang Won (Jang Dong Gun’s co-endorser for Parkland), Go Hyun Ju...
Fashionistas at the Baeksang Arts Awards
Don’t you just love to see (and judge) what your favorite (and not-so-favorite) stars are wearing during an awards ceremony? Just like at the 2008 Baeksang Arts Awards, photographers and fans al...
2008 Baeksang (Paeksang) Arts Awards
I was watching the 2008 Baeksang Arts Awards on TV while mopping the floor. It was held at the National Theatre in Namsan Park early this evening. I would have gone there but I had an appointment and ...
Pink Ribbon Marathon (with Jang Dong Gun and Kim Tae Hee)
Jang Dong Gun and Kim Tae Hee were at the Pink Ribbon Marathon in Busan City last April 20th. That day, my husband also joined a marathon called Inwangsan for the benefit of scholars in Jongro distric...
Lee Byung Hun’s new drama “Iris”
I’m so glad to read that Lee Byung Hun will be back on the boob tube via the drama IRIS. This is his first after the highly successful “All In”, where he met and fell in love with So...
Lee Dong Gun returns to Korea
Lee Dong Gun returns to Korea. He flew from Sydney and arrived at 6PM. He was carrying his brother’s ashes in an urn wrapped in white silk. Witnesses have noted the tears in his eyes. They will ...
Two men charged over Lee Dong Gun’s brother’s death
Here’s a story from the Sydney Morning Herald. The two men charged are 18-year olds Michael Lee and Ivan Wong. Another senseless death. I feel sorry for Lee Dong Gun and his family. I also feel ...
Lee Dong Gun’s sad news
I read about the story of two Korean students stabbed in Sydney. Tonight, I’ve been reading that one of the victims is Lee Dong Gun’s younger brother. Lee Dong Gun gained popularity in the...
Song Il Guk’s traditional wedding
Pre-wedding photo Song Il Guk is officially married to an official (정승연 Jeong Seung Yeon). Last Saturday, my husband and I went to the province to visit my parents-in-law. (Can’t access t...
Star look-alikes
This is on the top list Daum’s Star Zone BB. Who resembles who? 1st: Kwon Sang Woo and Baek Sung Hyun 2nd: Choi Ji Woo and Park Shin Hye 3r: Shin Hyun Joon and Lee Wan 4th: Lee Byung Hun and Jin...
Who drives what?
Korean actors Bae Yong Joon and Jang Dong Gun both endorses the Korean car brand “Hyundai” (현대 - which is pronounced as hyeon-dae). BYJ’s CF came out two years ago while JDG̵...
Sandara Park - T.O.P. MV
It’s finally online… Big Bang’s T.O.P and Sandara Park’s much-awaited MV of Gummy’s (really 거미 or Spider) song “Mianhaeyo”. This was posted online five mi...
Sandara Park-T.O.P. kissing scene?
This was just posted an hour ago on Korean news portals. First images of the “highly publicized” music video of Gummy’s song “Mianhaeyo” or “Sorry” featuring ...
Sandara Park is finally in the news!
The number one most searched topic on Daum this afternoon is Big Bang’s T.O.P. and Sandara Park’s kissing scene for singer Gummy’s (거미) new music video “미안해요”...
Hanayori dango: Korean version!
I saw Meteor Garden almost six years ago when it shown on ABS-CBN in the Philippines. A few years later, I saw the better Japanese version and fell in love with the series once again. Korean version?...
K Star style: nosepicking!
Can you imagine the gorgeous Won Bin picking his nose? He still looks cute. For most, nose picking is disgusting but the celebrities we look up too are only human and sometimes a tissue is not readily...
Kim Sun Ah’s S-line
Three years ago, actress Kim Sun Ah starred in the hit drama “My Name is Kim Sam Soon” with Hyun Bin and Daniel Henney. She gained seven kilograms for the role of a thirtyish old maid. Thi...