Monthly Archives: June 2008
(K/Gyopo) Korean American In-Bee Park wins the U.S. Open
“Korean teenager Park In-bee holds the U.S. Women’s Open championship trophy after finishing at 9-under for a four shot victory. At 19, she is the youngest ever champion of the U.S. Women’s Open.” I watched this Gyopo girl when she … Continue reading
Filed under History, Impressive, Korean women, Kyopo - Korean American, Kyopo life, Sports
So, it seems…people on the ‘net are addicted to “Korean women”
Save this post for future reference: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: My recent experiment called “SEM Experiment: Are people online mostly interested about sexy Korean girls?” seems to prove that my previous post titled “Koreans … Continue reading
Filed under Fashion, Interesting Images, Interesting..., Korea life, Korean women, Search Engine Management, SEM
(another) AMERICAN CITIZEN SERVICES NEWSLETTER JULY 2008
These can be useful for the expats in Korea… U.S. State Department, U.S. Embassy Seoul Consular Section, American Citizen Services (ACS) Newsletter July 2008 The U.S. Embassy is transmitting the following monthly newsletter via its warden system as a public … Continue reading
Did you know we only have 30 days to live?
That’s what some critics of the “most powerful atom-smasher ever built could make some bizarre discoveries” when turned on in August. The story about the $5.8 billion dollar collider was published by the AP on Yahoo here. “…critics fear the … Continue reading
Filed under Impressive, Interesting..., News, Random thoughts, Science
The Karate Kid Redux: Never Back Down 2008
…or should we say Karate Kid V? Right before I grab a meal at home, I check out some of the local video sites to see if there’s a good flick on. I usually look for a recent movie like … Continue reading
Filed under Cinema, Entertainment, Interesting..., Opinions, Reviews
More proof why Google will continue to dominate…
Competitions for Business Plans or other events like Science competitions that supposedly try to make it fun for people basically to compete & win something actually have some other intent behind these that the competitors sometimes don’t know about. The … Continue reading
Filed under Business practices, Jobs, Opinions, Random thoughts, Sneaky, USA, Web Dev, Work
SEM Experiment: Are people online mostly interested about sexy Korean girls?
Save this post for future reference: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: One of the most popular posts on my blog is one about how I rant (real briefly) about Korean women being the sexiest dressers. … Continue reading
Wondering why the “Wonder Girls” are so popular…
Borrowing this from Wikipedia, “The Wonder Girls (Korean: 원더걸스) are a South Korean-American girl group.[1][2] They are produced by singer-songwriter Park Jin-Young and are signed to his talent agency, JYP Entertainment.[2] Each of the five original members were selected through … Continue reading
Filed under Interesting..., Korea life, Music, Opinions
Free hosting & they pay you?
Just tripped over this site when looking for some China Business News sites: http://www.ziddu.com The site has a lot of visitors monthly — like close to a million visitors making me feel like maybe it’s relatively legitimate & possibly sticking … Continue reading
Filed under Entrepreneurial life, Interesting...
Top English words translated into Korean (phonetically)
I’ve mentioned this site before, but Wordcount.org keeps track of the top used English words in the world (possibly from an English, English perspective [UK]). I thought it was be kind of fun to translate these into how Koreans say … Continue reading
Filed under Education, Globalization, Korea life, Learning Korean
Facebook forcing you to be grammatically correct?
That’s an interesting “Nazi” like request. Rather, who says you MUST be one way or another? It’s YOUR option to join facebook and it’s your option to write as you will. Why is now required that people become more grammatically … Continue reading
Filed under Business practices, Facebook, Interesting..., Random thoughts
“FIRE!” Can I write this on the Internet without creating a clear and present danger?
The saying that you shouldn’t shout “fire” in a crowded theatre is a common one. It’s explained here even on Wikipedia.org. However, there are people or bloggers constantly writing things to spook up controversy or content that they think might … Continue reading
Filed under Random thoughts
More support for Facebook: Facebook pushes past MySpace internationally
Facebook overtakes MySpace globally By Caroline McCarthy, News.com Posted on ZDNet News: Jun 23, 2008 9:13:30 AM New figures from metrics firm comScore show that, in May, the battle of the social-networking sites may have gained a new front-runner: Facebook … Continue reading
Google fails to deliver the top websites over and over…
Google is the best search engine right now, but honestly, the best is not enough. As a consumer, I like to find the “best of…”, the “top websites [in a particular category]“, etc. However, whenever I search for websites like … Continue reading
One of the most scenic places in Busan: Dong-baek (Island) Park
Dongbaek Island Park is one of the few places in Busan I’ve said these past two years “I must come back here.” I wish I had my camera with me earlier tonight when traversing through Dong baek Island Park again … Continue reading
Filed under Interesting..., Korea life
