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Kim Jong Il is dead! by buhay sa korea on Dec 18, 2011North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is dead! His death was announced only on Monday, December 19th while he died on Saturday, December 17th at 8:30 in the morning. He apparently died due to physical fatigue. In South Korea, the military has declared an e...

The Miracle of the Han River by buhay sa korea on Dec 15, 2011Seeing what’s happening in the Philippines kinda makes me lose hope. It seems that the only way for the sick man of Asia to get better is for it to start from scratch! I have been watching TV Patrol and I have also been reading Pinoyexchange on...

Janggu: a Korean drum by buhay sa korea on Dec 12, 2011I am currently organizing the pictures that I have in my external hard disk. I have about 600 GB worth of pictures and videos. I might need to get a new HDD soon. As I was looking at the pictures I took this year, I saw this picture of a Korean drum.

Korean Elections by buhay sa korea on Nov 12, 2011The last time I saw one of my husband’s niece (which was actually last Sunday during his cousin’s wedding), she said that her class learned about the elections in the Philippines. She asked me if it was true that a Filipino had to write d...

All that Pepero by buhay sa korea on Nov 11, 2011So how many boxes of Pepero did you get yesterday? I got several from my kids last Thursday but I didn’t take them home and we just ate them in class ;p It’s something that I learned in Korea – when you have food be prepared to shar...

Blog giveaway: 11.11.11 Millennium Pepero Day by buhay sa korea on Nov 6, 2011I was surprised to see my husband’s cousin on one ad of “Pepero” – Korea’s popular pretzel stick snack. My son asked why he (the cousin) was on the banner outside a GS25 Convenience Store. My husband’s cousin is an...

Hangeul Day by buhay sa korea on Oct 8, 2011October 9th is when we celebrate Hangeul Day 한글날 in South Korea. And Google celebrates with us.

Homeplus virtual subway store in South Korea by buhay sa korea on Sep 7, 2011Got this from a friend’s FB post. Homeplus is one of the three top supermarkets in Korea, the others are E-mart and Lotte Mart. Our favorite has always been E-mart, and I’m going to post about shopping there later on ;p Six weeks after gi...

August 18th Civil Defense Drill by buhay sa korea on Aug 19, 2011Last Thursday morning as I commuted to Nowon-gu, the subway train driver repeatedly announced on the PA system that there will be a civil defense drill at two o’clock in the afternoon. I had so much fun during the day meeting other Filipinas th...

Throwing away furniture and appliances in Korea by buhay sa korea on Jul 21, 2011D-2. Two days from now, we’re going to move into our new home. We feel quite sentimental since we’ve lived in our current apartment for eight years. I would certainly miss my son’s drawings on our wall. Anyway, I’ve been sorti...