Buhay sa Korea — Pinay, Seoulite, Working Mom, and Wife to a Korean

Korean Food Product: Market O Real Brownie

January 31, 2012

I love brownies and I used to bake them back home in the Philippines (with a recipe I clipped from Seventeen Magazine sometime in the late 1980s), where I could easily get ingredients. When I came here, it was quite difficult to find cocoa powder. One time I bought a can of cocoa but it [...]

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L.A.’s Koreatown

January 30, 2012

While on vacation in Los Angeles, we tag along my brother who had to visit the Philippine Consulate located at Nara Bank Building along Wilshire Blvd. Since we didn’t want to wait inside the Consulate, my son and I took the time to take a leisurely walk. In downtown L.A. is the Koreatown. Along Wilshire [...]

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Korean drama and movies on Netflix

January 28, 2012

Why don’t we have Netflix in Korea? When I was vacationing at my sister’s house in Ohio, I watched DramaFever on my tablet. When my son doesn’t use the television downstairs, I searched for Korean drama and movies on Netflix. Can you guess what the show is? It’s “Boys Over Flowers”. Netflix also has the [...]

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Namiseom by train

January 27, 2012

Namiseom (Hangeul: 남이섬) is one of the tourist spots in Korea that I’ve been to several times. I’ve also posted about some of those trips on my blog. The last time I was there was in early November, when my two sisters from the Philippines came to visit us. We went there on their third [...]

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Free Korean Language Classes

January 26, 2012

My son would be entering elementary school next year. Because of this, I’ll be seriously taking Korean language lessons. In my almost nine years, I’ve attended Korean classes for less than six months and I don’t even study at home. Oh-no!!! Luckily, I met a Filipina here who told me that Dongdaemun-gu offers free Korean [...]

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KC Concepcion is “bootylicious”

January 25, 2012

I’ve been reading about KC Concepcion’s cover photoshoot for Rogue Magazine for the past few days. I’m one of her more than a million twitter followers ;p Oh I also enjoy reading Sharon Cuneta’s tweets, especially when she tweeted about her childhood. Anyway, KC’s cover for Rogue Magazine is out. It’s a little sexy but [...]

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12 지신 (Ji-shin) or Korean Animal Signs

January 24, 2012

새 해 복 많이 바드세요! (sae hae bok manhi padeu-seyo) means “may you receive a lot of blessings in the new year”. It’s how we greet each other during the lunar new year in Korea. We celebrate the lunar new year for three days. This year, the holiday fell on January 22-23-24. The 23rd is [...]

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Charice Infinity Tour – Live in Seoul

January 19, 2012

Charice is coming back to Korea! And this time, she won’t be singing just a song or two because she will come back for a concert. It’s official. The concert is part of her “Infinity Tour”. Tickets are now on sale. Charice Infinity Tour – Live in Seoul will be held on March 21, 2012 [...]

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Korean dramas with English subtitles

January 18, 2012

We’re back in Korea and I’m totally missing the warmer weather in California. I have only been out of our apartment for a few hours on Tuesday afternoon before I started coughing again. At least I have my Toshiba Thrive to keep me entertained. I would love to have my hands on Toshiba Excite, which [...]

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Azkals United vs Icheon Citizens FC

January 17, 2012

Wanna see a friendly soccer match between a team from the Philippines and a team from Korea? If you’re in the Philippines on January 21st, you can watch the game betweens Azkals United and Icheon Citizens FC. It will be held at the Rizal Memorial Stadium at 7:00 PM. They are doing it to raise [...]