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Post by ginnycat5 on Aug 19, 2014 16:31:08 GMT -5
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Post by jewel on Aug 20, 2014 10:36:45 GMT -5
Tried to read this cuz it sounded so interesting. Alas, it wouldn't let me...
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Post by ginnycat5 on Aug 20, 2014 17:50:44 GMT -5
Tried to read this cuz it sounded so interesting. Alas, it wouldn't let me... I was afraid that would happen. If you live in the Chicago area, you could read it in the public library, I think. (If they still subscribe to newspapers, that is. They used to hang newspapers in racks, on long poles. I haven't looked around my local library lately, but I think they still have a reading room, with magazines and papers. The Tribune should be available online there, anyway. I hope.)
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Post by jewel on Aug 21, 2014 19:57:25 GMT -5
I'm in New York... Any possibility of copy and paste? I don't care about the pictures, just the article...?
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Post by bird11 on Aug 21, 2014 23:11:21 GMT -5
Hi Fiona, I read the Trib. all the time, so I went online and copied/pasted the article and sent it to you in a personal message-- Let me know if you have trouble reading it and I can try someting else, but this seemed the quickest and easiest for me.
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Post by jewel on Aug 22, 2014 18:34:30 GMT -5
Birdy, thank you so much for the article. I hope I didn't put you through too much trouble. I really enjoyed reading it, especially the Busan part. Last time I was in Korea, Busan was my favorite. I loved the ocean and the seafood markets, and the people there are so warm and eager to please. Busan is my mom's birth place, my dad's is Seoul.
I felt such a longing for Korea as I read this article, nothing like I felt before. I got chills along my arms and calves. It's all K-drama doing, as you can probably guess. My husband promised me we would go next summer. Right now, our plan is we would all go together, then he and my dad would come back after a week (or maybe two) because of their work and my mom and I would stay for a month. I just can't wait!!
Thank you also, Ginny, for posting about the article!
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Post by bird11 on Aug 22, 2014 20:56:08 GMT -5
I am so glad you enjoyed the article-- no trouble "messaging" it to you-- consider it payment for all the great "conversations" you have had on this board-- you keep my k-drama addiction alive! I work with a girl that was born in Thailand, and has two sisters that are currently living in Korea, in the spring she went back to visit family for a month and I told her it took all I had to not jump on the plane and go with her! Too bad people here couldn't survive with out me for a month! Thanks Ginny for posting the article!
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Post by TheBo on Aug 26, 2014 11:49:52 GMT -5
LOL on this thread. So helpful and polite you both are. It's rather like the Goofy Gophers ("After you!" "Oh, no, I insist, after you!"), only not silly, so don't go thinking I mean you sound foolish. Just very very very polite. Try this link for another article in Sideboob Post, which nobody should have any trouble connecting with: Seven things to learn from KoreaI would agree with everything except the last point, about rushing things (pali-pali). I think this can lead to irreparable mistakes being made in a hurry without adequate thought, and I think in Korea it may have led to certain changes in tradition that may not always be beneficial. Also too many old buildings being destroyed. But other than that, I think it covers things we all know and love about Korean culture. Bo
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Post by TheBo on Aug 26, 2014 14:52:45 GMT -5
I read the Trib article, thanks birdie! It was nice to get this point of view.
I am not a subscriber, but I was able to sign up for "five articles a month" for free, after giving my zip code. I wouldn't advocate wrongdoing heave knows, but I don't know why anyone couldn't just tell them a local zip code to get that option. They only need an email address to set you up and that could be anywhere.
Bo
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Post by jewel on Aug 26, 2014 16:09:05 GMT -5
Bo, I can totally tell wherever you go you're the life of the party!! Thanks for the article (sorry if I'm being too polite). I agree with you about "Ppally Ppally" philosophy of life. Everything seems to be at its fastest and bestest in Seoul it scares me a little. Here is another article I'd like to offer in return: www.dramafever.com/news/the-7-reasons-why-you-must-move-to-seoul/
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Post by bird11 on Aug 26, 2014 18:28:40 GMT -5
Hey, Bo-- nice to "hear" from you, haven't laughed much without you posting....
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Post by jewel on Aug 26, 2014 18:40:55 GMT -5
Hubby very mad no one lists the mountains - he loved hiking all the mountains when we were there last. Okay, here is another article to look at: travel.cnn.com/seoul/life/50-reasons-why-seoul-worlds-greatest-city-534720i especially love #17-palaces of Morning Calm; #34-couple couches at movie theaters (not for making out, just looks so comfortable!); and you guessed it, #41-most committed celeb stalkers (although I do feel sorry for the poor celebs). Birdy would like #30!!!
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Post by bird11 on Aug 26, 2014 21:19:53 GMT -5
Great list, Fiona-- G-Dragon may be #30, but I bet if you did the list today Taeyang would be on it! He is sooo hot these days (in more ways than one ) Would love to see those palaces, one of the reasons I like to watch the "reality" shows, like 2 days, 1 night because I get to see so much of Korea's beautiful country-side. Don't get the appeal of octopus, though someone I work with gave me a korean cookbook and I can't wait to try some dishes....wow, gotta keep dreaming that someday I may make it to Korea! (love the comment about the dog cafes, what a job, being a staffer on "plastic glove duty" )
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Post by jewel on Aug 28, 2014 12:29:18 GMT -5
I was reading the "50 Reasons" article again just now and when I got to #14 "a bang for every occasion," I was like what is a bang? Then I saw the translation. "Bang" is suppose to be "room." But the correct spelling should be "bong"! Then suddenly I figured something else out. I didn't ask but I kept wondering to myself what "wang" was, you know Birdy just turning "wang"? Not knowing was actually killing me but I didn't wanna ask in case it was something really obvious and I looked stupid (which happens a LOT, believe me). It means "king" am I right?? But why do you guys spell it "wang"? Shouldn't it be spelled "wong"?
Anyway, I just wanted to tell you this funny story, Birdy, since you mentioned the octopus. When I was a teenager and visiting Busan a whole bunch of us went to this restaurant by the sea. One of the dishes someone ordered was some kind of a sushi and because it was cut into little pieces and was so fresh... the nerves were still alive, so... the pieces were actually jumping on the plate! I almost keeled over when it was set down at our table. You're talking to a person who will not touch a steak if there's even a slight pink to it. It took all I had not to scream and run out of the restaurant. So there I am really trying to control myself, trying so hard not to embarrass my parents at the next table (the younger people sat separately). Well suddenly, one of the cousins picked up a piece of this quivering thing and sort of tossed it at me. I screamed and jumped out of the chair and EVERYONE in the restaurant looked over at me. My mom and grandmother were so mad at me - talk about looks that kill! Boy, did they ever give me a lecture on how to behave more like a "lady" when we got home. I almost killed that cousin of mine. He said my screaming face was the funniest thing he ever saw.
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Post by TheBo on Sept 11, 2014 12:05:27 GMT -5
The person who founded our board, Michael Han, a transplanted Korean who translates for a living, set up those titles Fiona, so I think we'll have to consider you overruled. Nobody better diss our Mikey. LOL. So we spell it Wang and Wang it remains.
BTW, most of the time when I see the romanization of any drama about a king, it's spelled with an "a" (Taejo Wang Geon, for instance). So maybe you are using a different romanization system?
Funny dead octopus story, fiona. Male cousins are always a scream (pun intended). I've heard similar stories about sushi, crawling shrimps for instance. Don't think I could take it myself.
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