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

Korean Movie Trailer: The Taste of Money

April 20, 2012

I haven’t posted anything for more than a week. I blame my six-year old computer! Just when I decided to buy a new one, it is working like new again! Anyway, the official movies for Cannes Film Festival in 2012 have been announced. One movie in competition is the Korean film by Director Im Sang-soo [...]

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Representative Jasmine Lee

April 12, 2012

Jasmine Lee is one of the proportional candidates of Saenuri Party who won a seat at the congressional elections held yesterday, April 11th. She is the first naturalized Korean to win a seat at the National Assembly. 300 parliamentarians were elected yesterday. Saenuri, the ruling party, won 152 seats including the 25 proportional representation that [...]

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Korean Elections

April 11, 2012

Today, April 11th is the congressional elections in South Korea. We voted for a party and congressman. I like the elections here. It’s peaceful, efficient and fast – the total opposite of the elections in my home country. I don’t remember hearing any candidate getting killed nor did I see tons of posters in public [...]

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Philippine Airlines’ Multicultural Family airfare

April 2, 2012

HT to Ate Ning of Jeonju! Philippine Airlines is offering special fares for the multicultural families for the month of April. The departure date is from April 5th to April 30th and the tickets are good for one year. One-way airfare are only 190,000 won while the round-trip tickets start at 418,000 won. If you’re [...]

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ABS-CBN News: Anti-multicultural group in Korea criticizes Pinay candidate

April 2, 2012

The campaigns are on-going and the elections in Korea is only several days ahead. On April 11th, we will be selecting candidates for congress as well as our party of choice for the proportional representatives. Is April 11th a non-working holiday? Not necessarily as some employees will have to report for work that day. Anyway, [...]

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Did Jasmine Lee lie about her education?

March 29, 2012

Currently, Jasmine Lee is trending as the hottest topic on Korea’s cyberspace. The bad thing is, people are talking about an alleged “education forgery” scandal. They said that in one TV show on KBS2, she (or the caption) claimed that she went to medical school. It could’ve been the difference in our educational system that [...]

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I Love Korea because…

March 26, 2012

I love Korea. And I love Seoul. I love seeing the taxes we pay working for us. I love watching the politicians passionately fight for their principles. (Seriously!) I love that I could eat street food without hesitation. I love taking the subway to work and seeing Han River during the day and at night. [...]

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F6-1 Korean Spouse Visa

March 26, 2012

The F-6-1 visa or the Korean spousal visa supersedes the F-2-1 visa. Remember that you need to have all documents completed and no agent can guarantee issuance of visa. Only the Korean Embassy can tell you if you can get a visa or not. The only way for you to know is to go there [...]

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Spring snow in Seoul

March 24, 2012

Was it just a few days ago when I was lamenting that we didn’t have much snowfall this winter? Don’t you just love it when you know it’s spring and you get a surprise snow fall? Today is March 24th (two months later it will be my son’s 6th birthday) and the last day when [...]

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Korean Food Product: LaBest Red Ginseng Ice Cream

March 24, 2012

I looove ice cream. Who doesn’t, anyway? I just love Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream. Their concoctions are oh-so-creamy, not too sweet and they have a range of unique flavors. Too bad they only have branches in Ohio and they only deliver in continental US. Here in Korea, my favorite brand of ice cream is Cledor. [...]