Weather is unpredictable in Seoul. It was spring-like for the past two weeks, but here comes the snow again…
Samgyetang – literally ginseng chicken soup – is an iconic Korean dish which consists of a whole young chicken stuffed with glutinous rice plus Korean ginseng and boiled with some other oriental herbs.
One of the most famous restaurants to have this is Tosokchon (토속촌) which is located nearby the Gyeongbukgung Palace in Seoul…
Korean music video of Seoul Song, a tourism promotional video featuring members from pop groups Super Junior and Girls’ Generation. I’ve been to most of the places in the MV, which are popular hangout spots for Seoulites but not really that charming for tourists. Ok song, cute video though…
Promotional photos for Korean pop group Kara’s latest album, Lupin. The image concept is presumably a mimic of Japanese manga Lupin which is about a band of gentlemen thieves…
Major winners of the 82nd Oscars [more on its official website]…
Best Picture: “The Hurt Locker”
Director: Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”
Actor: Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart”
Actress: Sandra Bullock, “The Blind Side”
Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”
Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique, “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
Glad to see Jeff Bridges winning; one of my favourite actors whom I think should have won something huge since ages ago. On the other hand; it’s worth noting that Kathryn Bigelow is the first woman to win an Oscar as best director.
Chinese song by Rainie Yang; Korean songs by 2am and Gavy NJ; English song by Filipina star Charice Pempengco (ft. Iyaz).
Rainie Yang – Rainie Love
Title track (雨爱) of Taiwanese pop star Rainie Yang’s latest album which was released in January 2010. Ending song for drama series Hi My Sweetheart which she co-starred with Show Luo…
TV commercial for Pepsi featuring a few worldclass football players, i.e. Lionel Messi, Thierry Henry, Ricardo Kaká, Frank Lampard, Andrei Arshavin, Didier Drogba, and also singer Akon with his cameo and song Oh Africa…
The FIFA World Cup will be held in South Africa this year, hence the theme. Sentimental wise it would be nice if there’s an Asian face in the commercial, but I guess there’s no Asian players who are ‘world-class’ enough to feature in the ad.
Bongeunsa (봉은사) is one of the oldest Buddhist temples in Korea. It’s founded in 794 and gone through difficult times as Buddhism was repressed for a long period in Korean history (it’s now the biggest religion though).
Bongeunsa is also one of the few temples in Seoul that offers short term temple-stay program which is pretty popular among foreigners.
