High Heel Trash Service
If you’ve been in Korea long enough to notice peoples shoes, you’re sure to have observed the overwhelming population of high heels. Not only are there more pumps than a girl would know what to do with, but if you stop and listen… you can hear the pitter-patter of ladies walking, jogging, running, dancing, jumping, leaping, spinning, sliding, galloping, marching and probably moonwalking in high heels. They wear them everywhere! Seriously.
Blog of the Month: The Grand Narrative
When you get to a new country and start noticing the subtle (or not-so-subtle) cultural differences, it’s easy to become an armchair philosopher and make half-baked social critiques. What’s less easy is to pose critiques and questions online complete with facts, statistics, images and videos that make the argument come alive. That, in a nutshell, [...]
Translation of YTN Video on Kim Yu-Na
An upcoming documentary on Kim Yu-Na will also feature the sights of Seoul as a background.
Silence on the Subway
There are a couple of things I always carry around in my wallet. There’s my alien registration card for one, and of course cash. But the third thing, absolutely essential and indispensable, is my subway map.
Building Community in Seoul
Saturday was the first 2S2 (Second Saturday, 2:00PM) meetup near Anguk Station. For those who don’t know, this is an attempt to build to build community and camaraderie between expats.
