Archive for July, 2005

the full monty

Sunday, July 31st, 2005 Posted in Only in Korea | 2 Comments »

Last night's live broadcast of MBC's Music Camp is making headlines all over Korea... the reason? two members of the indy band "RUX" went full monty. As in totally ... Read more..

Tourist visa to Korea for Pinoys

Sunday, July 31st, 2005 Posted in Expat life | 287 Comments »

If you're a Filipino and you want to go to Korea, the first thing that you must do is to acquire a visa... and it isn't easy! More than a decade ... Read more..

Battle of the Soju (models)

Saturday, July 30th, 2005 Posted in Hallyu, K Women | 2 Comments »

Soju is one of Korea's traditional liquors. It's the beverage of choice for any samgyeopsal (pork belly) party. Just imagine the combination of soju, fatty samgyeopsal and cigarettes ... Read more..

Camile’s Hangin’ On

Saturday, July 30th, 2005 Posted in Entertainment | 1 Comment »

Listen to Camile's song Hangin' On Aside from Jasmine (who recently released her first album), another Filipina-American to watch out for is Camile. They were together in American Idol's Season ... Read more..

Kim Sam Soon’s Daniel Henney

Saturday, July 30th, 2005 Posted in Hallyu | 41 Comments »

"My name is Kim Sam Soon" is by far the highest rating Korean drama this year... partly because of the main character (ala-Bridget Jones Kim Sam Soon), partly because of ... Read more..

Daum’s JDG mini-planet vs. Naver’s Lee Jung Jae blog

Thursday, July 28th, 2005 Posted in Hallyu | 1 Comment »

The two stars of "Typhoon" have their own sites that fans can visit. Jang Dong Gun (Taegukgi) has a mini-planet in Daum while Lee Jung Jae (Sandglass) blogs for ... Read more..

GOM Player

Saturday, July 23rd, 2005 Posted in Gadgets/technology | 19 Comments »

Two days ago, I bought a 200 GB Samsung hard disk drive and an external casing at the Yongsan Electronics Mall. I have a 40 GB hard disk currently ... Read more..