Translations

I got an e-mail from Mrs. Sung the other day. It’s a mix of English, dictionary English and romanised Korean.

I’m lost.

A prize to anybody who can make sense of it:

Weekend Round-Up Part One

Well silly old Hairy-Armpits (Mrs Sung) is a bit miffed that I didn’t get home until midnight on Monday. I tried to explain that I couldn’t exactly say no when the President of the Korean Kumdo Association invited me for tea, but she doesn’t understand. *sigh* I think I’m having my rebellious-teenager era now. I’m so misunderstood! *revs up motor-cycle*

Let There Be Tonkatsu

On the one hand, I’m happy that my blog is getting lots of hits. I assume that most of them are from people who adore me. On the other hand, I’m getting some weirdos too. Here are some of the search terms that people used to find my blog today:

Disclaimer

Where to begin…well, first I want to say that I’m going to cover a few “controversial” topics today. There’s no guarantee than I’ll handle them well. Please bear in mind that I’m not trying to offend anybody and if I do, I’m sorry. I’m just being honest

It Was The Best of Times, It Was The Worst of Times

Today was the halfway point of my time in Korea. It began as the worst day ever, but ended as one of the best.

Konglish Is What Fillds The Void

Today I went out and did a touch of shopping in Incheon’s big underground market/mall. It follows the subway lines and takes hours to see everything. The stuff is dirt cheap and some of it is of equally poor quality. Especially the Konglish on t-shirts:

Independence Day

If there’s one bad thing about my host family, it’s that they can be TOO nice a lot of the time. I’m not allowed out to explore, there’s always somebody insisting that they’ll go along with me. I appreciate their concern and I enjoy their company, but I’m used to being independent on holidays. I’m a good traveller and I never get lost. I like discovering things for myself and learning from my own mistakes.

Seoul Sister

First off, let me say that this has nothing to do with the tragi-comic demise of the famous PopSeoul blog. RIP in Peace.

The title refers to my very first visit to Seoul on Friday 25th. It was…underwhelmed. I had a great day but all that I saw of Seoul was through the train window. We went to the National Museum of Korea and if there was anything else nearby, I didn’t see it. But that’s enough moaning for now – have some pictures:

Huzzah For The Lap Top!

I finally got my laptop up and running with an Internet connection that’s so sexy-fast you won’t believe it!

Now I can show you some of my photos taken so far~