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Hi everyone. I'm back with another mind map, and it's about the month of February. These are the things that come to my mind as I think of the 2nd month of the year. Would you please share with me what you usually think of when it's February?

The weather at my house has been very cold (by California standards) this past week. We have had snow several times, although it did not stick. Yes, that is my favorite kind of snow, the stuff that says hello and then leaves. The snow in my wife's hometown (여수시) is similar; it typically does not stick for too long. One thing that winter and snow do bring with them is skiing. I never learned to ski growing up as it wasn't very accessible, it was expensive, and my parents aren't skiers. We now live fairly close to a small ski resort and the local schools offer skiing every Friday during the ski season, so my children have all learned how to ski. The Korean children that we have had in our house have also been skiers, including the boy... Show more

Sorry for my lack of entry last Tuesday! I'm starting Uni in a few days, and last week I decided I would be clever and get ahead in the material, which sort of not-so-cleverly threw me off my schedule with everything else. But here I am, back again~ and this time, I thought I would "review" an artist that I really enjoy :D So, allow me to introduce you all to ... Drunken Tiger, or 드렁큰타이거. Drunken Tiger is a hip hop group that released their first album in 1999. With influential and even controversial lyrics, Drunken Tiger is often seen as being one of the pioneers of Korean hip hop, in a time when pop still heavily dominated the music scene. While not much has changed and pop is still perhaps the biggest seller, it was artists like... Show more

The local Korean grocery store can be a cultural connection that, for many, goes largely untapped. The most obvious link to Korea through the local grocery store is the food. The store can be a source for many spices and foods not found in a regular chain grocery store. These include the mundane like curry powder, red pepper powder, soy sauce, fish sauce (젓갈) as well as the more hard to find like 고추장, 된장, 쌈장, 미역, and Korean soda pop and 요구르트 (my children love that stuff). The best food stuffs to get in the grocery store are the prepared foods. Sure, you can get "Wong's Kimchi" as your local Raleys or Vons but it is horrible, pasteurized, and not much more than pepper and cabbage. Each Korean market will have different tasting 김치 because... Show more