kimchi chine

Though SOME people have voiced their opinions over the my blog's abundance of K-pop, I feel that these circumstances are special.  I love BIGBANG and I love Gmarket.  The combination of the two is simply thrilling. So take that and enjoy.

In honor of Veterans Day (and as an added bonus, the G20 Summit), my class celebrated Pepero Day again. For those of you who don't know, Peperos are sticks made of crackers with chocolate in and sometimes wrapping around them. They're supposed to look like 11s, which is why they're given on Nov. 11th (no correlation with Veterans Day whatsoever). I was very confused last year, but (despite the fact that this is Valentine's day in it's most commercially tainted form-- thank you Lotte) this year I came prepared to give my kids the cavities they well deserved.  Happy Pepero Day!! - Posted using BlogPress via HEDWIG Location: My classroom... Not teaching of course

Found this little stand roaming the streets of Wolpyeong yesterday. She was ringing a bell and singing between taking sips from her cup. I think she was selling tea from a cart. It's a nice way to get noticed. I don't know of anyone bought anything though... - Posted using BlogPress via HEDWIG

I take so much issue with this. Having had the swine flu virus the year previous, I FAIL to see what's so happy about viruses. Also, why does the picture look like a dog? Apparently these are all the rage among the teens here. Yet another thing on my to-destroy list. - Posted using BlogPress via HEDWIG Location: Caffe Bene of course

So I was in yet another iPod accessory store to get a nice case for Hedwig when I stumbled upon this little beauty. See! Even though we don't get Deathly Hallows until a month after the rest of the world, do not be fooled. Mature South Korean residents love Harry Potter too! And we've showed that love with a wonderful Lego statue displayed in the children's book section. Yay! - Posted using BlogPress via HEDWIG Location: Wolpyeong-dong,Daejeon,South Korea

Taken from the LA Times . Kimchi Crisis and Gov’t Policy From Dong-A Il Bo  It was a bumper year for both vegetables and fruit in 2008 because of good weather. Consumers were happy because they could buy produce at bargain prices, but farmers, who saw the price of Chinese cabbage and white radish plummet, gave up harvesting them and plowed up the land. The farming of Chinese cabbage was good last year as well, so South Jeolla Province, the country’s largest supplier of Chinese cabbage for kimchi production, cut output, and promoted kimchi consumption. Farmers were not happy, however, because they could not get their desired price in a bumper year. Things have drastically changed this year, however, The price of Chinese cabbage has tripled or quadrupled this year from last year, and restaurants rarely serve kimchi to their customers. This is because of the Chinese cabbage shortage, which las fueled fears of a kimchi crisis. The government began a crackdown under the suspicion...

Miss A: Breath I didn't initially like Miss A (I tend to look at everything from JYP with a skeptical eye after Wondergirls and 2PM.. they all just seem overrated), but Bad Girl Good Girl eventually grew on my enough to purchase the single.  This is the rookie group's second single, and it's instantly catchy. The MV is cute too. I like the variety of camera angles and speeds.  The song itself LOOSELY reminds me of the Vengaboys... f for nothing else because of its upbeat energy.  Anyway enjoy the MV below! It has subtitles so you can understand the the heck they're saying!  BGGG is included after the jump for funsies. Source:  AllKpop