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m’s birthday celebration
another piece of sky | September 24th 2008 by k
the weekend before i left for sg, me, lx, hannah and S attended M’s birthday celebration at curry town, one of the more authentic indian restaurants in seoul (prices seem pretty reasonable too!). i’m lazy to write, so here are some pics f read more
mini-UN meeting
another piece of sky | September 21st 2008 by k
on friday, lx and her friend S arranged to meet with hannah but hannah never turned up, and her phone was switched off. assuming that hannah simply got drunk, lx thought nothing more of it. the nexy day, she got a call from jess saying that hannah fa read more
i meant literally
another piece of sky | September 4th 2008 by k
“She waited on tables as usual that day…” while i was reading during lunch, boss2 came over and asked to look at my book. i passed it to him, and asked him to try reading it. that was the first sentence of the page that i was at. th read more
busy saturday
another piece of sky | August 29th 2008 by k
is there special something about tomorrow that everyone is planning something??? 1: hannah asked me to go clubbing with her tomorrow night with lx 2: my ex-classmate asked me to meet up with her and her current classmates (whom i don’t know) 3: read more
yeongdong grape fest
another piece of sky | August 24th 2008 by k
so, the original plan was to meet at seoul station at 6.40am to catch the 7.20 mugunghwa train to yeongdong, but as i mentioned in the previous entry we kinda sorta met with an unexpected glitch. teehee. sooo, after some last-minute improvisation we read more
when life throws you grapes…
another piece of sky | August 23rd 2008 by k
sometimes i should really STOP ignoring my gut feeling. i’ve had that nagging feeling since the night before, but i ignored it. i thought to set my alarm, but decided to switch off my phone since lx was setting hers. just before we went to bed, read more
is this cheating?
another piece of sky | August 19th 2008 by k
i have been asked many times by my korean “friends” to help them translate–note: it’s translate, and not edit, which means that i do all the dirty work–their and their friends’ resumes/CVs/cover letters into englis read more
taking bets
another piece of sky | August 17th 2008 by k
the sis, her bf and i visited the casino on the thursday (with lx) and friday that they were here–thursday because we attended a function at the hilton hotel and they had a casino there; friday because it was part of our original plan. we bumpe read more
picture time~
another piece of sky | August 10th 2008 by k
i’ve stayed here long enough that i no longer carry my camera with me wherever i go, so i’ve only taken a few pictures while bringing the sis and her bf around. here are some pics from the past few days–the sis & her bf took a read more
waffling around pizzas
another piece of sky | July 28th 2008 by k
saturday i went to edae with lx and her sis-in-law who was in seoul over the weekend, and we decided to go for some waffles. we passed by this cafe specializing in belgian waffles (MMMM!!), which according to lx has made quite a name for itself. my p read more
the accidental protestor
another piece of sky | July 20th 2008 by k
met lx for a movie on sat evening at the jongno area, and after the movie lx wanted to walk from jongno to city hall. as we were walking we noticed a group of people gathered in the middle of the road, and there were vans and cameras scattered around read more
of egos and taxi rides
another piece of sky | July 19th 2008 by k
there are people who possess a healthy dose of ego, self-love and confidence, and then there are people who appear to be confident but do not actually think very highly of themselves. the latter group of people usually have low self-esteem and can be read more
2008 ajumma festival
another piece of sky | July 6th 2008 by k
oh. my. freaking. god. hahahaha this is priceless!! and the ajumma pledge!! via mongdori, where user suddenlysusan has kindly translated the ajumma pledge into english. i vow to keep my perm nice and tight. muahahahaha oh. my. god. this is another o read more
indian food and a taxi ride
another piece of sky | July 1st 2008 by k
met up with M for indian food last night (he’s canadian indian, so he knows the people working at the restaurant)… and i think i’ve found a gem! prices are reasonable (by korean standards–22,000won for 2 people), the serving i read more
free service
another piece of sky | June 29th 2008 by k
my phone somehow reset itself and everything got erased–all my smses, phone numbers– so i met up with eunhee after work on saturday to get my phone fixed. we went to SK telecom’s yongsan branch, and eunhee had told me that i should read more
roy says the darndest things
another piece of sky | June 27th 2008 by k
last week, me, roy and jean went out to the supermarket to get some stuff for our picnic (lx was still lazing at home, hehe). we were deciding on what fruits to get, so i pointed to a bunch of red grapes (see picture below) and asked him, “how read more
conversations of the night
another piece of sky | June 25th 2008 by k
so i met up with a friend from canada last night after work, and we chatted till the wee hours of the morning… ok not really, we met at around 9.30pm and talked till about 1.30am, by which time the buses have all stopped running so i took a tax read more
young love 2
another piece of sky | June 2nd 2008 by k
when our bosses went out for their meal, junghwan stood in front of us and sheepishly said, “누나들한테 물어볼 게 있어요…” (i have something to ask you all) seeing that he found it hard to express himself, min-joo told h read more
snipped
another piece of sky | May 26th 2008 by k
since last week, boss has been switching on the a/c after lunch. this can only mean one thing: summer has officially arrived!!… not. it’s actually still quite cool in the early mornings and nights. which is just puurr-fect. anywayyys. i w read more
drunken quotes
another piece of sky | May 25th 2008 by k
met up with LX and roy after work yesterday, walked around itaewon a bit cos LX wanted to see what it was like, then headed off to dongdaemun to meet her korean friend’s brother, her other colleague louis and his gf. went into doota’s dai read more
crazy day
another piece of sky | May 23rd 2008 by k
so, as promised, here is roy! haha. didn’t take many pictures on that day cos we were too preoccupied with the actual moving. boxes to be trashed. it’s so funny cos we kept teasing him about him being so ajusshi (i.e. uncle), and LX s read more
a weekend with LX
another piece of sky | May 23rd 2008 by k
so on LX’s first weekend here, we went to take a look at the hi!seoul festival which was held at city hall. this is LX. this is me. this is a funny butt. our notes! the “world peace” one is mine, and the one on top is LX’s read more
i am randomness redefined
another piece of sky | May 21st 2008 by k
whee! new look! decided to change it cos everyone has been teasing me about the rainbows (GAY PRIDE FTW!! hoho), especially dan, who insists that i have lesbian tendencies. WHY he would think that i have no idea (actually i do, but =x); maybe it̵ read more
young love
another piece of sky | May 20th 2008 by k
so junghwan is currently chasing after this girl, and the girls in our office are all rallying behind him and giving him advice on how to chase the girl. he sent an sms to her asking her out for a movie tonight, and he showed us her reply. “you read more
the korean male mcp syndrome
another piece of sky | May 18th 2008 by k
as i do not have many male korean friends, my knowledge and experience of the korean male mcp-syndrome has been mainly limited to the anecdotes of my friends (both korean and non-korean). so yesterday, thanks to roy, i got to experience first-hand th read more
ooohh fun!
another piece of sky | May 18th 2008 by k
i had a very fun weekend! it’s a pity it’s over already. the weekend always goes by so FAST -_- so LX finally found a place to stay, and i spent the whole day yesterday helping her to move. her colleague roy, whom i’d met once befor read more
because i’m not supposed to be good at english
another piece of sky | May 15th 2008 by k
i don’t know what it was like in old baghdad, but our whole economy is built on people working why must people work, master? well, to make a living. and then? and then, well, one day they hope to work long enough so they can save up enough mone read more
crossroads
another piece of sky | May 11th 2008 by k
whatever the outcome of the result that i am expecting to receive in june, i have decided to leave this company at the end of july, and i’ll tender my resignation after i return from london. i have had lots of time to think about this, and this read more
changes are in order
another piece of sky | May 7th 2008 by k
i’m thinking of leaving this company. we had a meeting yesterday, and i had a 1-to-1 discussion with my boss and, on top of telling me that he’d given me a slight pay raise, he told me something else which i think was supposed to encourag read more
another random encounter
another piece of sky | May 4th 2008 by k
met up with LX yesterday, who arrived in seoul in the morning to begin her working life in korea! found out we have a lot in common, and i think i may have just found someone to explore the nooks and crannies of seoul with me. hehehe. we went to thi read more
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