Category Archives: Unfortunate
18 year old son of a popular celebrity I grew up watching commits suicide
Donnie and Marie were always on TV when I was growing up. Their smiles lit up the networks and they seemed as happy as all can be. However, we just learned today, all is not always happy behind the scenes … Continue reading
Filed under Celebrities, News, Unfortunate
Wow! Cigarettes aren’t cheap!
Ever since quitting smoking in 1st grade (yes, I smoked for a full week when I was 7 years old!), I’ve been an opponent of cigarettes. However, my folks run a convenience store and growing up, I’ve always seen prices … Continue reading
Filed under Business practices, Companies, Interesting..., Just interesting..., News, Politics, Random thoughts, Rants, Sneaky, Stupid, Unfortunate
Breaking Korean News: A young Korean actress (Jang Jin Young/장진영) passes away at 35 years old
Another one of the young and beautiful passes away at a very young age. More pics of this South Korean actress and former model follow.
Filed under Celebrities, Cinema, Entertainment, Interesting..., Korea life, korean pop, Korean women, Obituaries, Unfortunate
Do not do this at home or anywhere for that matter… (on your motorcycle)
This is why I am trying to be careful and you won’t see me doing wheelies:
Filed under Entertainment, Humorous, Motorcycle, Unfortunate, Video
Hagwon Advice…
I’ve been around the (Korean) block a few times… More specifically, I’ve been in the English as a Foreign Language (and as CDI or Chungdahm Learning likes to call it their patented ESL programs) industry for more than five years … Continue reading
Not the best week thus far…
The other morning, I fell down the stairs in my apartment for the first time. It wasn’t a pleasant fall either… I slid down the last three or so stairs landing face down on the floor. I looked up thinking … Continue reading
Filed under Busan stuff, Business practices, Byung-hyu, Korea life, Random thoughts, Stupid, Unfortunate
Talk about sh*t hitting the fan…
If you liked the post, y not bookmark it by clicking any of the below icons: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: Is it me? Or did I just land in the country most well known … Continue reading
Filed under Blogs - Korea Expats, Busan stuff, Business, Business practices, Companies, Education, Expat, Globalization, Impressive, Interesting..., Just interesting..., Korea life, Kyopo life, Leadership, Love, Medicine, Opinions, People, Politics, Random thoughts, Rants, Relationships, Seoul, Stupid, Theories by Brandon, Transportation, Traveling, Trends Watch, Unfortunate, Video, Work
Not any given Sunday…
If you liked the post, y not bookmark it by clicking any of the below icons: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: Today was definitely not what I had hoped would be a “relaxing Sunday.” Last … Continue reading
Filed under Byung-hyu, Korea life, Random thoughts, Unfortunate
Customer Service Contact information is still a pain to get – even in Korea: Case in point – SK Broadband
If you liked the post, feel free to bookmark it: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: I recently moved. I’ll definitely be posting about the experience here because it’s literally the 5th time I’ve moved here … Continue reading
Filed under Advice, Business practices, Customer Service, Korea life, Opinions, Sneaky, Stupid, Unfortunate
Proud of myself…
It’s not often you can boast about being proud of what you do. Lately, I feel like I am definitely maturing and being less afraid of saying what “should be said.” At times, you back down since you know conflict … Continue reading
Filed under Busan stuff, Korea life, Korean women, Random thoughts, Relationships, Stupid, Theories by Brandon, Unfortunate
Google apologizes to the world where the world isn’t looking…
Save this for later viewing/reading: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: Google had some problems on their end and for a good 40 minutes on the 31st of January (2009), every search result said “This site … Continue reading
Filed under Random thoughts, Search Engine Management, SEM, Stupid, Unfortunate
What to do if you’re locked out of your home in Korea
Save this for later viewing/reading: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: What a night it’s been… I was planning on staying up late, but wasn’t sure if I would be pulling another all nighter so soon … Continue reading
Filed under Advice, Business practices, Korea life, Random thoughts, Real Estate, Sneaky, Stupid, Technology, Unfortunate
Is the Koobface worm the cause of Facebook being slow?
Save this post for later viewing: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: Is anyone else experiencing difficulty logging into Facebook these days? Over the past 3 days — which coindentally happened to be 3 days I … Continue reading
Filed under Facebook, Unfortunate
My feet are cold
Bookmark this blog/post for later reading: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: Earlier, this evening, I could barely feel my feet. We were eating in a Pojang Macha or basically an orange tent which houses a … Continue reading
Filed under Busan stuff, Humorous, Interesting..., Korea life, Random thoughts, Unfortunate, Weather, Work
