My Rocking Cradle

I am on a mission: Not to go near people with a lot of negative vibes!
While I appreciate other mom’s desire to be friends with my son, I also have a need to protect my son to be the boy that he is right now - free-spirited, sometimes naughty, sometimes stubborn. I don’t want him [...]

Shoppers who are always on the look-out for grand sales will want to be in Seoul from July 21 to September 23.  5,000 shops all around Seoul are participating in this Grand Sale and discounts of up to 60% will be offered. Coupons are available and can be printed online.  More information are available here.

Thanks for the free tickets, Cathy!
One weekend, we decided to bring Little Dynamo (and Baby Dynamo, of course - though he can’t understand a thing yet) to Samsung Children’s Museum in Songpa-gu, Sincheon-dong for our weekend date.
It’s a good place to bring kids to. Kids will have a lot of fun without the feeling of [...]

As if the heavens can feel the heaviness in every South Korean’s heart, gloomy sky clouds over Seoul today. As a family, all we wanted to do was to sleep forever in bed. We eventually got out of bed after 11 in the morning. Looking out of the window, the streets are empty, the sky is [...]

Little Dynamo went home last Friday with a Korean flag and a Red Devil’s horn. He was so excited he told me he will shout “Daehanminguk” (Korea).  We all know now that Korea won over Greece 2:0 last Saturday night.
My toddler was proud of his flag and his horn. He was prouder when he showed [...]

I found a pre-school for my Little Dynamo. Kinder Liebe. 
I was overjoyed when I visited the place for the first time and discovered that the Directress speaks English. For a foreigner like me who doesn’t speak Korean, this is a relief and this is the most important factor in choosing my son’s pre-school.  Important too was the rapport [...]

Flea markets are weekly sights in some of the apartment complexes around Seoul. They usually set up their tents in the parking lot left vacant for the scheduled time to accommodate them. This particular flea market was in Tae Young Apartments in Mapo-gu last week.

Noticeably, they are well-organized as the tents are set-up in almost the same way in [...]

One of our family time is doing the weekly grocery together. Since the opening of Lotte Mart in Lotte Castle which connects to the Gongdeok Station in Mapo-gu last year, we have been doing our grocery here. Not only is it near, it gives us the convenience that other Lotte Supermarkets cannot. It delivers our grocery for free. [...]

When you become a mommy in Korea, you don’t expect any helper around unless you’re financially blessed. Lucky are those who live with their in-laws (in terms of having free baby-sitters). But in so far as looking into the lives of ordinary Korean moms (whose circle I am happily friends with), these “ajummas” have to [...]

My Little Dynamo has a very positive attitude towards school. If you went to a school where your grandfather is the university president, I don’t think someone will make it a less positive experience for you:-).
When I went back here in Seoul, I was hoping that Kinder Schule (where my son used to go before [...]