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Anabelle Castro: First Filipina police officer in South Korea
Life in Korea | August 29th 2008 by betchay
I wanted to post the whole article in English but I find it difficult to find time to translate (or to even read the whole thing) because of its length. I’ve been busy the past weeks and will even be busier the coming days until the end of the read more
RIP LeRoi Moore
Life in Korea | August 21st 2008 by betchay
LeRoi Moore IS the saxophonist of my most favorite band in the world - Dave Matthews Band. I’ve been surviving the daily morning rush hour in Seoul because of them - and Ayumi Hamasaki. (They’re also in my Friendster IMEEM.) My husband, w read more
26,000 or 500,000?
Life in Korea | August 14th 2008 by betchay
I’ve noticed that I haven’t posted anything really substantial about life here for the past two or three weeks. I’ve been busy “studying.” We have homeworks every meeting and tons of readings as well. Korean students are read more
RP’s Mark Javier, eliminated
Life in Korea | August 13th 2008 by betchay
I just finished watching the 1/32 elimination in individual men’s archery between Mark Javier and his Taiwanese competitor. The score was tie until the 11th game when the Taiwanese shot a bull’s eyes and Mark, an 8. I couldn’t belie read more
The Olympics, a movie and addiction
Life in Korea | August 11th 2008 by betchay
While taking a break during our class, some of my classmates and I talked about the games at the Beijing Olympics and a popular movie playing these days. We couldn’t avoid talking about the actor in the movie who died of an accidental overdose read more
Gold for Korean archery team!
Life in Korea | August 11th 2008 by betchay
Despite my hectic schedule (I need to read 80 pages and write two papers), I managed to watch the Korean men’s archery team defeat China and Italy today. Archery is one of my favorite spectator sports. It’s just so exciting specially when read more
Park Tae Hwan’s gold and the screaming ajosshis!
Life in Korea | August 10th 2008 by betchay
I found this video of a shortened version of Park Tae Hwan’s gold medal winning swim yesterday. It rans for just a minute and 40 seconds, but you shouldn’t miss the screaming ajosshi. I was like that more than 2 decades ago whenever Gineb read more
Park Tae Hwan got the gold!
Life in Korea | August 9th 2008 by betchay
The Men’s 400-meter freestyle had just finished and Park Tae Hwan got the gold! He timed at 3:41.36 besting other competitors like Australia’s Grant Hacket and USA’s Larsen Jensen. China’s Zhang Lin got the silver while Larsen read more
Korea’s first gold in the Beijing Olympics
Life in Korea | August 9th 2008 by betchay
I was watching the coverage of the Beijing Olympics on both KBS 2 and MBC while preparing our dinner of kimchi chigae (kimchi stew) this evening when South Korea got its first gold. Choi Min Ho defeated the Austrian Ludwig Paisher, who is ranked worl read more
Greyhound tragedy
Life in Korea | August 2nd 2008 by betchay
I have been reading news stories since last night about a passenger who was stabbed and decapitated inside a Greyhound bus in Canada. The crime is so horrific and I can only imagine how terryfying it must have been for those who witnessed it. Suspec read more
Wet Korean summer vacation
Life in Korea | August 2nd 2008 by betchay
Most Koreans have their summer vacations at the same time and it usually starts on August 1st. My husband is on vacation now until the middle of next week. (So short!) We planned earlier to join his parents and sister (and her family) to Donghae City read more
Seoul: 5th most expensive city
Life in Korea | July 24th 2008 by betchay
Last year, Seoul was the third most expensive city in the world. And two years ago, it was the second most expensive city even overtaking Tokyo. It ranks 5th this year. Seoul ranked as the fifth most expensive city to live in, according to a world- read more
Cruel punishment
Life in Korea | July 23rd 2008 by betchay
I saw this on the news Tuesday night. This happened on July 18. The parents of a pupil posted the video online. It is of an elementary teacher hitting his grade three pupils with a broomstick. In the video clip, Oh strikes a boy on the hips and shou read more
Teenage deaths in South Korea
Life in Korea | July 21st 2008 by betchay
It didn’t surprise me to read a report that suicide is the second cause of teenage deaths in South Korea. Teenagers here have too much pressure when it comes to their education. Most parents want their kids to enter the SKY universities, which read more
Geum Hyo Min or Lee Na Young?
Life in Korea | July 15th 2008 by betchay
While the rest of the world are talking about the winner of the 57th Miss Universe beauty pageant yesterday, Dayanna Mendoza, the Korean netizens are judging who’s prettier between internet ulzzangs Geum Hyo Min (금효민) and Lee Na Young ( read more
Who is Geum Hyo Min?
Life in Korea | July 15th 2008 by betchay
The hottest topic today among Korean netizens is not Dokdo, nor is it North Korea and it’s not US beef either but a girl named Geum Hyo Min 금효민. She has been dubbed as 유튜브걸 (Youtube Girl) and 인터넷 얼짱 (Internet Ulzzang - b read more
Miss Korea Lee Ji Sun’s interview
Life in Korea | July 14th 2008 by betchay
Can Lee Ji Sun, Miss Korea representative to Miss Universe 2008, speak English? She attended the famous Parson’s School of Design in NYC so it is expected that she can speak the language. Here’s her Miss Universe interview (Daum). SHARET read more
Miss Venezuela is Miss Universe 2008
Life in Korea | July 14th 2008 by betchay
Another Venezuelan, Dayanna Mendoza, won the Miss Universe title. She’s the fifth Venezuelan to win the title since the first Miss Universe in 1951. Our bets Miss Korea, Lee Ji Sun, and Miss Philippines, Jennifer Barrientos, did their best Th read more
Miss Korea at the Miss Universe 2008
Life in Korea | July 13th 2008 by betchay
The Miss Universe 2008 beauty pageant is being held today in Vietnam. This year’s Miss Korea representative is Lee Ji Sun, who attended the Parson’s School of Design in NYC. Korea has never won a Miss Universe title. Honey Lee, last year& read more
South Korean killed in North Korea
Life in Korea | July 11th 2008 by betchay
Two areas in North Korea are accessible to South Koreans for tours - Mt. Geumgang in the East and Gaesong in the West. I haven’t been to any of those areas and while my husband’s family have plans to go there, I intend not to go with them read more
Changes to the EPS (Employment Permit System)
Life in Korea | July 8th 2008 by betchay
The changes to the EPS or Employment Permit System are official. I guess this is good news for the foreign workers in Korea as they can now work continuously for five years without interruption. The government have also stepped up in protecting the r read more
Gun rights
Life in Korea | June 29th 2008 by betchay
My friends and I met last Saturday, and one of our topic of conversations (over coffe at The Coffee Bean) was how relatively safer it is in Korea compared to our home country. I’m not sure if you’ve noticed that in most Korean movies, th read more
Filipinos in Gyeonggi-do’s English Zone?
Life in Korea | June 26th 2008 by betchay
For some reason, there seems to be a RUSH to learn English. The government seems to be intent on placing foreign teachers in public schools. The Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education is seeking to to recruit approximately 600 university students f read more
EPS extended to 5 years
Life in Korea | June 8th 2008 by betchay
This news article says that the EPS, which is currently effective for three years, will be extended to five years. Laborers under the current EPS system renew their visa every year for up to three years. With this new rule, they could stay in Korea f read more
$15 Billion in Korean English education
Life in Korea | June 3rd 2008 by betchay
For spending an estimated $15 billion a year on English education, you’d think Koreans would be speaking better English. Parents send their children to private English academies or hagwons, summer and winter English camps, trips abroad (that read more
Mike White
Life in Korea | May 25th 2008 by betchay
I first read about Mike White in a popular ESL forum. He was the 14-yr old American who died at a jjimjilbang (sauna) in Daegu City. They said he’d drowned, but when I looked at his picture, I asked how? Last Thursday night, I read the transcr read more
Moon Bloodgood
Life in Korea | May 21st 2008 by betchay
Photo from MyDaily Ever heard of Moon Bloodgate? Suddenly Koreans are interested in her (judging by how her name has shown up on Daum’s list) after a KBS special Wednesday evening. I watched the special myself, but I didn’t finish it. Mo read more
the beef on US beef
Life in Korea | May 16th 2008 by betchay
The hottest issue in Korea now is on the importation of US beef, as part of the Korea-US FTA. My husband has been sleeping late lately watching all the debates and documentaries on TV regarding this subject. Koreans (not sure if they are the majorit read more
Who is Choi Yeo Jin?
Life in Korea | April 25th 2008 by betchay
Choi Yeo Jin is one of the most searched celebrities in internet portals today. She attended yesterday’s 2008 Baeksang Awards in a long printed gown with a halter neckline that barely covered her breasts. On some pictures, part of her right nip read more
Subway line 5 scandal
Life in Korea | April 11th 2008 by betchay
About a week ago, a video of two men kissing and having oral sex in a car on subway line 5 spread on the internet. It was one of the most popular searches last week. News portals showed blurred captures. The title of the scandalous video is ´지하 read more
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