Dave spotted this shirt at our local grocery store.
“Parachuting it seem to be casual.”
Do you agree??
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Dave and I saw this coffee shop sign in Seoul Station.
Sounds a lot like Cinderella, but are you as confused as we were?
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While Melissa and Mendi were here we walked through a street market and saw this shirt on sale for only 5,000 won (about $5)!
Sometimes seemingly innocent words end up meaning something a little bit more scandalous…
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This is a total generalization, but I’ll go out on a limb here and say that Koreans seem to be completely obsessed with POOP! You can find it in many different forms… from toilet museums, poop shaped snack food to poop that you can wear.
Today’s Say WHAT?! is a pair of socks that I picked up at Daiso, a huge dollar store chain in Korea (and Japan). At the top it says ddong, which literally means “shit.”
Would you wear these socks?
Say WHAT?! Wednesday is back!
After a summer hiatus, Say WHAT?! Wednesday has returned. I know you’ve been missing it so I’ll get straight to it…
Last March, a group of us went to Daegu to a place called Woobang Tower Land. It’s a really fun amusement park. There is actually a tower and at the top of it there is a revolving restaurant. We decided to venture up to have some lunch. As it turns out, none of us were in the mood for “robster” so we decided to pass.
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Cute iPhone cases are all the rages in South Korea, but this one caught me off guard…
The back is weird enough, but SCROLL DOWN to see what the front says!
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My dear friends Mendi and Melissa are visiting me in Korea. We have been having a great time wandering around my neighborhood. We saw some AMAZING things, but it wasn’t until the end of the night that we saw something that made us speechless. But Melissa still managed to pose for a photo…
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This week for Say WHAT?! Wednesday, I’m going to reveal why buying this gift bag (found at a stationary supply store in South Korea) could link you to a terrorist organization. Click on the photo for the reveal.
I don’t know about you, but this made me Say WHAT?!
(Disclaimer: Nothing in this post will link you to a terrorist organization. It’s just a joke based on the weird English found on this bag.)
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English is so popular here that it almost doesn’t matter what something says, Koreans will buy it just for the writing. This week’s Say WHAT?! is one of the best examples I can think of to prove my point.
During my first year teaching in Busan, I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw one of the most popular 6th grade girls wearing the shirt below.
If you can’t make out the writing, it says…
I’m
A
Virgin!
(THIS SHIRT IS OLD)
A year in photos – Day 14
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Saturday, March 10
I took this photo today at Woobang Tower Land in Daegu. I went on a road trip with Dave, Shanna and Jamie (the duo has been affectionately named Shamie). We were going to eat in the revolving restaurant in the tower, but as it turns out, no one was in the mood for robster.
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