kimchi chine

Of the two main department stores here, I would say I prefer Homeplus for quality.  However, being as susceptible to advertising as I am, the E-mart jingle just keeps me coming back for more (at least two/three times a week). I'm sorry, but this song is just too damn catchy.  Give it a try!  Doesn't the melody just make you want to fill your shopping cart with more crap you don't need?  And the only words in the song are "Happy, happy, happy E-mart"!  How could you NOT like it?

And so do I.  At the end of the year, Anmyeondo holds a shrimp festival.  Basically you mill around a ton of shrimp stands and pick out what you want.  Some of the sellers have little restaurants in the back so they can cook your delicious shrimp for you while you get wasted on beer and soju in the middle of the day (no seriously, it was like 12 o'clock). Of course I had to take Clarence on this little adventure.  He's hardly forgiven me for not taking him to Mudfest, but I think the copious amounts of shrimp he consumed made up for it. More pics here .

And my school is no exception. Earlier we spread out our finest cabbage right in front of the playground and put those tiny little hands to work. Yep, our kids make our kimchi. It's both delightful and frightening at the same time. On another kimchi note, does anyone know about a pill people take here to kill bugs in their stomach? Apparently people eat so muck produce that they religiously take this pill once a year. Anyone? More pics after the jump - Posted using BlogPress via HEDWIG Location:  Kimchi Factory

He's most known (by me) from the romcom "1st Shop Coffee Prince."  It's great.  I'm posting the trailer below.  If you don't know it, watch it.  Then reread this post and get super excited. 1st Shop Coffee Prince Trailer Uploaded by CharlieluvM . - See the latest featured music videos.

Vlog 12.2: A Celebrity is in the House from Chine Anikwe on Vimeo . There is a celebrity in Daejeon. I repeat there is a celebrity in Daejeon. Gong Yu and Su Jeong Kim in "Finding Mr Destiny" (김종욱 찾기) . Well, they might have left by now actually, but they WERE here and I got video of it.  And I could have missed I if I had kept my previous appointment to watch Harry Potter on Wednesday or even the 3 PM showing today. But by fate I ended up seeing the 6 PM showing of one of the greatest Harry Potters to date (seriously, props to David Yates, the cast, and crew for this one. So cannot wait for the next one), and all of the sudden there's a mad rush of people (mainly girls) across the theater entrance. Apparently the main actors were giving a speech before or after their movie. I got video of them coming out of the theater.  Anyway, this video's really shaky. Waiting for Kristie's much steadier video later. More info after the jump!

We had our annual English festival at the end of October. The kids dressed up performed songs, dances, and and awesome take on The Three Little Pigs. I took lots of pictures so check that out. Also took some video. Here is the first one. Light Green class preformed Pololo's Barabam for the English Festival. If you're unfamiliar with the awesomeness that is Pololo, don't worry. I combined the two videos into one mighty videofest. Vlog 10: October English Festival from Chine Anikwe on Vimeo . More videos to come if I'm not feeling lazy.

A couple months back Daejeon hosted its first ever rock festival (details here if you're really interested).  Though the concert itself was prematurely shut down by police due to various noise complaints (apparently we expats know how to throw down), I was able to get a few pics and video in before that. My pictures mostly capture the off-site activities happening close to Expo Park, but I managed to get video of some band being awesome. Vlog 11: 1st Daejeon Rock Festival from Chine Anikwe on Vimeo .

A picture of the 5 year olds playing in the school yard. For a city that doesn't get much snow it's really coming down out there! Maybe it will be a white Christmas afterall. That or grey and dirty depending on how long the snow sticks around. [UPDATE] Not only did I take better pictures (available here ), but I actually joined in on the snow fight.  Thus I am appropriately renaming this post. Old, blurry picture of the 4 year olds after the jump! - Posted using BlogPress via HEDWIG