Monthly Archives: August 2008
AMERICAN CITIZEN SERVICES NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 2008 – Absentee Voting, Improved English websites in Korea, & next visit to Busan
Add this blog to your favorites: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: U.S. State Department, U.S. Embassy Seoul Consular Section, American Citizen Services (ACS) Newsletter September 2008 The U.S. Embassy is transmitting the following monthly newsletter … Continue reading
Filed under Communications, Expat, Korea life, Politics
ELPGA: The English Ladies Professionals Golf Association
Add this blog to your favorites: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: One of the most ridiculous rules & penalties will be implemented in the highest level of women’s golf in the world towards the end … Continue reading
Filed under Interesting..., Korean women, Opinions, Sports, Stupid, Theories by Brandon
A Korea Movie you’ll DEFINITELY remember
Add this blog to your favorites: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: Get ready to gush out a cloud full of tears…this 2004 Korean Romance Film titled “Nae meorisokui jiwoogae” or directly translated into English “I … Continue reading
Filed under Cinema, Entertainment, Interesting Images, Korea life, Relationships, Video
A simply & silly title, but not a bad Korean flick
Add this blog to your favorites: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: Starring two of the bigger names in the Korean entertainment industry, Ji-hyun Jun & Woo-sung Jung, this flick titled “Daisy” is described by IMDB … Continue reading
Filed under Cinema, Entertainment, Korea life, Video
A funny Korean flick starring pretty Chinese star Qi Shu
Add this blog to your favorites: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: This was a funny movie I saw recently. I’ve been in a movie watching mode. Not a bad flick…especially after watching a horrible one … Continue reading
Filed under Celebrities, Cinema, Communications, Entertainment, Humorous, Interesting..., Korea life, Learning Korean, Video
One of the sadder & better Korean romance movies I’ve seen…
Add this blog to your favorites: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: I guess it was so good, they turned it into a Hollywood production in the states. It’s called “Il Mare” I guess translated from … Continue reading
Filed under Celebrities, Cinema, Entertainment, Interesting..., Korea life, Korean women, Learning Korean, Video
A great Korean Romance Flick: The Classic
This may compete with some of the better produced films internationally in terms of the story & production of a romance film. It’s called “The Classic.” If you would like to watch the entire movie, just click here for a … Continue reading
Filed under Cinema, Entertainment, Korea life, Korean women, Learning Korean, Video
Incredibly vivid and amazing photos from the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics
…was searching for video footage of the Beijing Summer Olympics that took place this past Friday. However, my search has been somewhat fruitless. It looks like there was little recorded off of t.v. or the videos haven’t floated to the … Continue reading
Filed under Impressive, Inspirational, Interesting Images, Interesting..., News, Sports
Mark Zuckerberg over at Facebook messaged me today
he said… Hey (Brandon)-(actually, I did fill in the Brandon part…) At Facebook, our goal is to give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected. More than 90 million people across the world have … Continue reading
Filed under Communications, Facebook, Interesting..., Random thoughts
Some advice on getting cell phones in Korea (for foreigners)
Mobile Woes Over for Foreigners By Kim Min-jung As many of you I’m sure already know, the prospect of integrating in to an entirely new culture can be a somewhat daunting experience. Such fears can be further widened when one … Continue reading
Filed under Announcements, Communications, Expat, Korea life, Seoul, Telecommunications
A Korean Scarface?
Add this blog to your favorites: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: A British guy said this about a movie I saw (or resaw) recently: “This was possibly the greatest film I have ever seen. It … Continue reading
Filed under Cinema, Entertainment, Great finds, Korea life, Learning Korean, Reviews, Video
Even Google is missing Randy Pausch
Add this blog to your favorites: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: On Google’s official blog, one of their most recent posts thanks Randy for being the good man he was. It says: he was “a … Continue reading
Filed under Interesting..., News, Random thoughts
An Indian’s perspective on “Working in Korea”
Add this blog to your favorites: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: Working in Korea – How different is it from India Are you planning to explore South Korea for work? If your answer is in … Continue reading
Filed under Business, Business practices, Communications, Expat, Interesting..., Jobs, Korea life, Legal, Opinions, Work
