Category Archives: History
(Male) Koreans dominate the U.S. Amateur Two Years Straight setting another record!
Last year, it was Korean Kiwi Danny Lee who broke Tiger Wood’s 14 year record of being the youngest golfer to win the United States Amateur Golf Championship. This year, An Byung-Hun (also spelled Byeong-Hun An) decided 18 years and … Continue reading
Filed under Accolades, History, Inspirational, Interesting..., Korea life, Korean Golf, Korean women, Kyopo - Korean American, News, People, Sports
King of Pop dead? Charlie’s Angel’s Queen of the blond hair do dead too?
UPDATE: Looks like multiple sources are now saying the King of Pop is dead. CNN reports “Pop icon Michael Jackson has died in Los Angeles, according to multiple reports” and the New York Times says “Michael Jackson, 50, Is Dead.” … Continue reading
Filed under Announcements, Celebrities, History, Interesting reads, Interesting..., News, Obituaries, Random finds, Weird
“Live from Busan, South Korea, it’s…”
Some of you already know, but I’ve accepted a job as the Evening Host of Busan’s English Radio station eFM. The station is at 90.5 on the FM dial and the website is http://befm.co.kr (where you can also listen … Continue reading
Filed under Announcements, Blogs - Korea Expats, Celebrities, Communications, Expat, History, Interesting..., Journal Entry, Korea life, Kyopo life, News
More motorcycle issues (possibly resolved?)
This is honestly just for my own record keeping, but after visiting a local bike shop near Pusan National University, the shop owner told me that the regulator was the problem. He even said he’ll bet on it and will … Continue reading
Filed under Advice, History, Journal Entry, Korea life, Kyopo life, Mechanical, Stupid, Transportation
Facebook.com has closed it’s doors
Can you imagine your facebook account shut down after years of uploading all your precious memories? Honestly, I also feel like Facebook is responsible for me being able to get in touch with so many past classmates and finding … Continue reading
Filed under Business practices, Facebook, History, Ideas for current companies, Interesting...
Watching the 2009 first sunrise from a warm & cozy place
Add this blog to your favorites: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: It’s a tradition for many to stay up late on the last day of 2008 to watch the first sunrise of the New Year … Continue reading
Filed under Busan stuff, Entertainment, History, Impressive, Inspirational, Interesting Images, Interesting..., Korea life, Video
Google tries to communicate in YOUR language
Add this blog to your favorites: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: Off to the right, you can see links or blue rectangle bars that allow you to translate my blog into Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Italian, … Continue reading
Unee – go Music Video (MV)
Add this blog to your favorites: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: A bit different from the normal Korean pop song
Filed under Celebrities, Entertainment, History, Korea life, Music, Video
(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
I’m now quoted by a magazine I grew up admiring…
Well, not exactly “quoted”, but cited or referred to when trying to support a point… Earlier tonight, I was just checking out my statistics as I do almost daily. Yes, I’m addicted to numbers & the traffic that my blog … Continue reading
Filed under Accolades, Education, ESL, History, Impressive, Interesting..., Korea life, News, Politics, Random thoughts
Private tutoring is outrageous in South Korea
Add this blog to your favorites: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: Soaring Education Costs From the Korea Time’s Opinion section on Monday, May 7, 2007 Radical Steps Need to Reduce Private Tutoring Soaring education … Continue reading
Filed under Business, Education, Entertainment, ESL, History, Impressive, Interesting..., Korea life, Linguistics, Statistics
Probably, the the best Commencement speech ever (part 1 of 5) – Will Ferrell’s speech at Harvard in 2003
Add this blog to your favorites: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: Will Ferrell’s speech at Harvard in 2003 made me almost cry laughing the first time I read it. After I found the video of … Continue reading
Filed under Communications, Education, History, Humorous, Impressive, Interesting..., Jobs
