My Rocking Cradle

I am now even more impressed with the pro-activeness of the Seoul Metropolitan government. Through Hi Seoul, Seoul of Asia, it is currently taking a survey on the attractiveness of Seoul. You see, CNN came out with its “50 Reasons why Seoul is the Greatest City” article and I re-posted it here. As a reaction [...]

Its supposed to be summer until end of August. We’re starting the Fall season in less than two weeks but we never seemed to have been granted days-long of sunshine. There’s a peek every now and then but after a few hours, it’s gone. Not a decent summer holiday! Toddler’s looking out of the window [...]

The 5th Cinema Digital Seoul Film Festival is currently running at the CGV Apgujeong located at the 3rd Floor, Joyang Building 565-3 Shinsa-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul. It started last August 1 and will end on August 23, 2011. A Filipino film is included in this film festival. “Busong (Palawan Fate)” is directed by Auraeus Solito, the [...]

Yesterday was that time of the year again when I had to count another year into my age. With that, more flabs are conspicuously appearing determined to stay and be noticed. Hubby’s efforts to wake me up early in the morning were sometimes futile as I just wanted to curl up and hug the little [...]

What could be a more ajumma morning than crawling on all fours wiping puddles of water on the floor? I slept at 5:30 this morning cramming for the articles I needed to submit on deadline. At 7:30am, Second-born was kissing me on the lips and when I opened my eyes he was smiling, a very [...]

I’ve been living here in Korea for more than five years already. And each summer I never fail to see kids frolicking and getting wet in these water fountains sprouting everywhere here in Seoul: And each time I see them, I can’t understand why. Oh well, I can understand the kids’ joy playing and getting [...]

When was the last time we watched a movie? We used to just line up to purchase our movie ticket but we discovered a new way last weekend when we went to CGV Times Square. Yes, we did online reservation before. This self-ticketing corner isn’t new, either. But this time, we noticed that people waiting [...]

This day last year, we headed to Jeju Island. I actually posted about it (here are some links: Jeju Summer Vacation, The Love Land, and The World’s Most Expensive Teddy Bear) but I didn’t write about the stone heads we saw everywhere. The stone heads are called dol hareubangs. Dol means head while hareubang means [...]

One is a restaurant and the other one is a bookstore. So, what do VIPS and Kyobo have in common? This: A fifty percent discount coupon for the salad bar in VIPS. I bought some books on a trip to the mall with my Second-born. Upon paying, I was handed these coupons. I bought 2 [...]

No doubt about it, Jasmine Lee’s rising popularity is unstoppable. She’s all over the internet and here’s the latest: Latest article about her is in Korea Herald titled “A Beacon of Hope“. Just click the link and you will be inspired by her. She’s the epitome of positive energy and successful immersion into  the Korean [...]