Buhay sa Korea

Farewell Mishil

Betchay — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:28:20 +0000

It’s Friday the 13th, but not exactly a Black Friday. Well, for Mishil fans like moi it might as well be one. I’ve been watching the Monday-Tuesday MBC drama “Queen Seonduk” since I came back from my vacation last July. This drama is so popular that it has been a consistent top-rater in Seoul and [...] Related posts:

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Vietnam Travel Guide

Betchay — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:48:21 +0000

Last Friday morning, I attended the “2009 Metropolitan Seoul Hagwon Teachers Conference.” It was a three-hour talk about hagwon. Oops, I don’t remember what they talked about since I slept during the first and the last hour. I listened during the second hour because the topic was about “Having a Happy Contented Life” and the [...] Related posts:

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Marrying a Korean? Before you sign that marriage certificate…

Betchay — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:57:25 +0000

Before finally deciding to marry my husband, I took the time to research about what life would be for me in his country. I didn’t really have a concrete idea on what life as a “foreign” married woman in Korea would be like since information on the net was rather scarce during that time. (And [...] Related posts:

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Freebie: Wonder Girls mouse pad

Betchay — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:07:02 +0000

Last week we were craving for fried chicken and decided to order from BBQ Chicken (a Korean brand). Their “luxury” fried chicken is 16,000 won (about US$15) per order. We used the 3,000 won discount coupon we got from the nearby grocery. When I first came here, BBQ Chicken was just 10,000 won and then [...] Related posts:

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Pepero Day: 11.11

Betchay — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:04:22 +0000

It’s not November 11 yet – 11.11 – or Pepero Day as we know it in Korea. This early, you’ll see specially packaged Pepero and wannabes at the stores – from big shopping malls like E-mart to Homeplus Express and of course our neighborhood “sari-sari stores” aka “shu-peo”.

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Jang Dong Gun and Go So Yeong

Betchay — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:31:07 +0000

I’m a fan of Jang Dong Gun… and Go So Yeong (who for me is one of the most beautiful Korean stars)! To learn that they are tying the knot is a most welcome news for a fan. I’ll be giving away cigars for their offspring. LOL!

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Acquiring Korean Nationality

Betchay — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:47:33 +0000

I was so busy the past few weeks that I didn’t even know that my other blog has been offline for the past days or so. It took a phone call from a stranger, who saw my number on that blog a couple of moons ago, for me to know about it. She had been [...] Related posts:

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The KOTESOL International Conference

Betchay — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:25:18 +0000

I didn’t update my blog for a week. No thanks to a very hectic schedule that occupied even my weekends. I was down with a cold last week that I was only able to attend the Sunday session of the KOTESOL International Conference. There I finally met Nhemskie who traveled all the way from Busan. [...] Related posts:

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Kwon Sang Woo’s Tea Us in Myeongdong

Betchay — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:42:38 +0000

My nephew had a 14-hour layover in Incheon yesterday. I asked him to come directly to our apartment in Seoul and I was surprised to find him standing outside the door when I came back from sending off my son to his school bus.

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Kim Bum’s Pinoy CF with Maja Salvador

Betchay — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:22:52 +0000

It was during the height of Typhoon Ondoy that Boys Over Flowers hottie Kim Bum was reported to have flown to the Philippines to star in a CF (commercial film). The said CF is for a local softdrink brand RC Cola. He co-stars with local Pinay talent Maja Salvador. The CF premiered in the Philippines [...] Related posts:

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