Next time don't order spicy
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I almost died today following Gee ordering tofu soup "spicy" instead of medium. Gee says it was perfectly fine.. nah DDWTF
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한국
I can't tell a tomato apart from a persimmon.
And Chinese people think I'm Korean.
After my first [four hour] plus group on Wednesday, one of the girls approaches me and asks me if I'm Korean because she was "so sure" that I was and had been wondering all night. My once formed opinion of my own face exuding American-ness no longer exists, shattered within my first month of being in Hong Kong, now that I've been told that I look like a local, a Korean, and questioned if I just came over from Singapore.
in other news, I got my haircut today by a guy named Jason, who was wearing floral print hammer pants.
10/17 AUX BISHOP re "INCLUDE...sinners, poor, sick..."
10/17 AUX BISHOP re "INCLUDE...sinners, poor, sick..."
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10/17 OC AUXILIARY BISHOP SPEAKS at the NEW ST. THOMAS KOREAN CATHOLIC CENTER
10/17 OC AUXILIARY BISHOP SPEAKS at the NEW ST. THOMAS KOREAN CATHOLIC CENTER
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10/12/09 PRAY FOR OUR KOREAN-AMERICAN BROTHERS & SISTERS, BETTER YET, WORSHIP with THEM, 9am, Anaheim
10/12/09 PRAY FOR OUR KOREAN-AMERICAN BROTHERS & SISTERS, BETTER YET, WORSHIP with THEM, , ST. THOMAS KOREAN CATHOLIC CENTER, ANAHEIM
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Hangul
Google celebrates the birthday of Hangul, probably the most advanced and well designed written language.
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Namu, Again
I previously tried to get some Namu Korean tacos, but by the time I got to the front of the line, they were sold out. Sold out? Then they MUST be delicious. A week later, I was back at the Namu stand at The Ferry Building.
I met with my friend, Wendy, and we both waited patiently in the heat during the lunch rush. Our game plan was to order two Korean tacos (2 for $4) and we'd split the special of the day, sloppy chosun ($10). This is definitely not your typical taco, not even similar to Kogi's (see post). Instead of a tortilla to hold the ingredients, Namu uses two sheets of toasted (Japanese and Korean - don't know the difference) seaweed. The mixture was filled with rice, kalbi short ribs, daikon and kimchee salsa and kimchee remoulade. It's small (four bites and you're done), but it was jam packed with flavor. The sloppy chosun was Namu's version of the sloppy joe - ground beef cooked in tomato and kimchee puree on a grilled bun and served with shichimi potato chips. It was a little on the dry side considering the sloppy joes I eat are seriously sloppy with a ton of sauce. But, it had good flavor and the potato chips were extra crispy with a kick of heat. Loved the Korean tacos and would definitely go back for more. Want to give them a try? Namu is only at The Ferry Building on Thursdays. Follow @NamuSF to see their specials and other happenings.
art september in london - part 2
Abstract America
until 17.01.2010
Saatchi Gallery
Untitled (Unfinished Hand) (2006) by Peter Coffin
This main exhibition in the gallery shows the talents american artist have. As the show focus on works with a so-called abstract theme, one wonder that isn't most contemporary art creations are 'abstract'?
To be honest, some of the pieces shown are not very impressive. Nonetheless there are some amazing pieces and you would just be stunned when you see in first sight, like the spiral staircase by Peter Coffin. The beauty of the piece comes from the simplicity of the geometry, and the harmonious bending of something you would feel so secure and hard everyday as a metal staircase. That is a universal beauty in its overall form, its materiality and its symbolism all combined.
Three (Cross with Balloons) (and 2 details)
Untitled (Can Sculpture) x3 views (2007) by Paul Lee
Nose (2005) at the front and Glamour Wig (2005) at the back both by Rachel Harrison
Untitled (Spiral Staircase) (2007) by Peter Coffin
Continent (2007) by Jacob Hashimoto
Another of my favourite piece is Nine -
Nine (2007) by Guerra de la Paz
Nine (2007) by Guerra de la Paz
When I walked into the room and saw this tree-like installation, I was not entirely sure what the intention of the artist is. But you would want to approach it. You want to look inside and down under the clothes to explore it. You want to walk around and experience it. It is fun. It is inviting. And I started to let my mind go figure out what exactly this work is about - why there are so many layers of clothes like a crown of a tree covering up the identity of the standing feet? Is that what we do everyday, trying to dress ourselves up in a masquerade that nobody could see our real faces?
*****Korean Eye: Moon Generation
until 01.10.2009
full photo set here
Saatchi Gallery
Homo Animatus (2007) by HyunKoo Lee
Also showing in the gallery is this show on contemporary Korean art. A fairly obvious common character among many of the works is a sense of humanity, be it the subject or the interpretation. Even some of the works may seems a bit abstract, they are in no way as abstract as the ones in the American show on the other side.
Shamoralta Shamoratha (2007) by Inbai Kim
Jangdockdae (2008) by Yi HwanKwon
Pla Mountain 09-188 (2009) by Whang Inkie
Close-up:
full photo set hereFurther reading
Official page of Abstract America
Official website of Korean Eye
