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I've spent the past week wondering what to write about for today's blog entry. I don't want to start writing about specific groups or even specific genres for another couple of weeks, so I was wondering for most of the week what I could write about. It's one of those things where there's just so much to write about that you end up not knowing what to write at all because you don't even know where to start I have that problem a lot XD But when I signed on today, I found that a couple of artists that I like have released digital singles, and so in that I have found my topic for today :D Digital singles - tracks that you can legally download from the artist's/label's website - are something that certainly aren't exclusive to the... Show more

For your reading pleasure my daughter is going to tell us all about her experience at a 찜질방.  So, in Korea, there are these things called 찜질방. usually, there's a 목욕탕 there too. When I went to korea a few years ago, a few of my friends had talked about a 찜질방, but I didn't know what it was, only that it was 'fun'. So this year I got to find out. I went there with a couple of my friends and upon entering the building, it appeared to be just a 목욕탕. The person at the counter gave us some  pink uniforms (shorts and a T-shirt kind of thing). Then we went up a few flights of stairs and put our things in some lockers and changed into our uniforms outside of a small 목욕탕. Then we went up more stairs and into a big room. There were people (men,... Show more

I spent my Christmas traversing around Korea, so I'm sorry I can't tell you what happened on Christmas Day. Perhaps I'll have some things to report after my next visit. Today I want to share about something I got from them just before my vacation. On Friday that kicked off the winter holiday, my friend Josh and I had a little Christmas party with the elementary boys. We went to Costco, bought some snacks, and rented Harry Potter. That evening, after dinner, I couldn't find any of the official orphanage staff. The kids were a little rowdy, and they don't really listen to us well, so I was looking for a Korean adult. One of the boys told me that 오마 was out "buying clothes." Seems like a strange errand for 7PM on a Friday, doesn't... Show more

Hi everyone, did you all have a good start of the new year? From reading the signboard, can you guess what this pub is emphasizing? :) If you can, you really understand a lot of Korean! But even if you don't, don't worry because it's an old saying, and it's only a part of the original saying. The saying goes "배보다 배꼽이 크다." which means "Your belly button(navel) is bigger than your stomach." Korean people say this when someone forgets what's really important and ends up making or doing more of something that is extra. For example, when you see someone taking a taxi and paying 100 dollars in order to go shopping to a cheaper mall and save 50 dollars, or when you see someone cooking just for three people and buying the amount of... Show more

I decided that for this entry, I would take a look back over 2007 and talk about my favourite releases of the year. I'll even be linking to some of 2007's MVs! And a couple of my friends are into slightly different artists, so I even asked them for some of their own highlights of the year, so that I could bring you guys a bit of a variety. 2007 saw the release of a lot of good stuff. I hate to think how much money I've spent this year buying new releases as well as older ones. We'll start off with a couple of albums that were the highlights of 2007 for me. (HipHop) The year started off with a bang, with the release of Epik High's fourth album, Remapping The Human Soul. It was 2 discs packed full of amazing hiphop, and I really,... Show more