Entries from August 2007

August 31, 2007

Regrets

I found these in a little underwear shop called “Bodyguard” here in Korea. In retrospect, I regret not buying them.

How great is that?
I originally thought that they had designed these specifically for me, but apparently the store’s mascot’s name is Alex.

August 31, 2007

Dragon Ball


August 30, 2007

Blank Canvas

Blank Canvas. The beginning of Politan.

August 29, 2007

Lani Walks for the Camera

We got Lani walking on video last night.

August 28, 2007

O’Sulloc

Eun Hye, Lani Lee, and I went to a tea farm (museum?) called O’Sulloc down on the south side of Jeju. (O’Sulloc? Is that Irish?) Here’s the documented evidence.
Here are Eun Hye and Lani in the lobby, plotting something.

I think their scheme involves me somehow.

Here’s a showcase of some tea pieces. [...]

August 27, 2007

Happenings.

We had no internet for 4 days and it was in those 4 days that everything happened that I wanted to write about here, but I don’t have time right now so I’ll just give you a recap:
We’re watching some Japanese dramas that I’ll talk about in another post later. (For those of you [...]

August 23, 2007

KAL and their silliness.

Daeguowl from Kimchi for Breakfast posted about KAL’s competition to win a space on the test flight for the new A380 Jumbo Jetliner.
I’d like to take this opportunity to explain why I was struck by the absurdity of this news.
I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it again - I’m not scared of flying. [...]

August 22, 2007

HERO returns.

Not the Jet Li film. Not the pluralized American TV series. No. This HERO is better than any other HERO on the market. Better than all other media, in fact.
HERO. The Movie.

I can’t wait! Opening day is September 9th.
Damn it! My wife will be in Japan where the [...]

August 21, 2007

Japanese is easy.

Khatzumoto wrote a blog post titled Stop Mystifying Japanese. Here’s my take on the subject:
Japanese is easy.
*GASP!*
Yeah, I know. Seriously, though. It is. The only real problem is getting a Western brain to throw away everything about language that it learned and teaching it a new way to communicate; teaching it [...]

August 20, 2007

Lani-sized

Here’s another one.

Lani-sized furniture. But 40,000 Won…($40 USD)…that’s not Lani-priced. Sorry Lani, no sofa chair for you.