Christmas themed wallpapers (1280×960) of Korean actress Shin Se-kyung, provided by lingerie brand Vivien which she endorses. Image via Cutkillavince [Fr].
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Merry Christmas
JYP Nation – This Christmas music video
Korean entertainment agency JYP Entertainment has released This Christmas, a special music video for the festive season featuring affiliated artists Wonder Girls, 2PM, 2AM, Miss A, Lim, San-E, Joo and the boss (JYP) himself. Some photos after the MV.
SNSD, Samsung China, Christmas
Teaser photos of Korean pop group Girls’ Generation for Samsung China’s Xmas campaign…
Merry Christmas and Happy 2010
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year =)
I know it’s a bit early. I’m already in holiday mood though, and I need a break for housekeeping and to prepare for my big Korean trip next month.
Hence, this will be the last blog post for 2009, see you all again in 2010.
Wallpaper by Entity1660, featuring characters from the Haruhi Suzumiya anime series as reference.
Fukubukuro – Japanese lucky New Year bag
Fukubukuro (福袋; lucky bag) is a grab bag filled with random items and traditionally on sale for a substantially discounted price on New Year’s Day in Japan. Thousands of Japanese shoppers would line-up early morning on January 1st to hunt for the goodies at department stores and shopping outlets.
According to Wiki, Fukubukuro was originated from Ginza’s Matsuya Department Store in late Meiji period (1868-1912) and has since become a widespread custom in Japan . The practise was probably first used to offload excess merchandises, but has now evolved into marketing and branding campaigns.
The items in the Fukubukuro is not quite as random compared to early days… lots of the lucky bags now are themed accordingly (gadgets, apparels, toys etc) and sometimes offered by a particular brand. The shoppers have a good chance of getting what they want, or at least not totally unwanted items.
Image by Nathan. AFAIK the custom is well adopted by the Taiwanese too.
Merry Christmas and Happy 2009
A bit early I supposed… but this is likely to my last post in 2008.
Yupe, going to take a really long break. Want to settle some unfinished business, i.e. house cleaning, bills clearing etc… would also like to spend some time to reflect on what I did in 2008 and planning on what to do in 2009. It should be a wise idea to stay away from blogging for a while to focus on the needy stuff.
Thanks to all of you who have been following this blog throughout the year; the time spent on maintaining the blog wouldn’t be as enjoyable without your support. Enjoy the rest of 2008, see you all again in 2009!!!
