Are you a K-Pop fan? Are you planning to cisit Korea? Well guess what? You can apply to join a free K-pop Experience Program, put on by the Seoul Metroplitan Government! Have fun everyone! Here is what VisitKorea has posted : Good news for non-Korean citizenship holders visiting or planning to […]
Our family took a work-ation to Newfoundland this past week, and I felt an obligation (a slightly selfish one), to seek out a Korean restaurant, and write a review for this blog. On our first night out, we came across a Korean restaurant, called “JKorean” near our hotel, […]
My husband has been hounding me for years to go camping. I am so not a camping person, so I’ve been resisting… I mean, I just could not see myself in a tent, freezing all night, cleaning dishes in cold water, not having a shower. Exactly my opposite […]
Guess what?! Another Free K-POP concert in Seoul! I’m so jealous of all of you in Korea right now. When I lived there, I never had a chance to see any K-POP stars, but now you can! So, snap this up. Remember last time I posted about a […]
My birthday was last month, and we happened to be in Saint John, NB at the time. Since it was my birthday, I decided I’d really like to have an amazing Yam Roll. Somehwere. Anywhere. We drove by a restaurant called “Boaz”, on our way to an appointment […]
A few months ago, our family started eating (mostly) Paleo. Which means, no dairy, grains, or processed food. That includes rice. Ah! My husband still eats like a regular typical human, but I try to adhere as well as I can to the plan. My mom suffers from […]
Guess what? The Korea Tourism Organization has a super treat for all Foreigners living in Seoul: Free K Pop Concert! Here is the official post that was released from VisitKorea yesterday: [K-Pop Event in Seoul] Are you a fan of K-Pop and will be in Seoul on Tuesday, […]
We’ve been living in Canada for four years, and it never stops being exciting when a Korean Care Package arrives! When we lived in Korea, my mom would send me coffee crisp chocolate bars, American Eagle jeans, packs of Kool-aid and Kraft Dinner, sheet of stickers for my […]
As I’ve said before, when I lived in Korea, I spent a major portion of my pay cheques on cosmetics. Oops. When I lived in Jeju, the only cosmetic shop in town was The Face Shop. It wasn’t my favouirte, but hey, you do what you have to […]
If you are crazy about Korean cosmetics (like me), but don’t live in Korea (like me), boy do I have something exciting to tell you about. Beauty Box subscriptions are huge all over the world right now. Usually you pay a monthly fee, and have a box of […]
About a month before our wedding, my husband and I partook in a very common (as in, almost every one!) modern Korean tradition of the “pre-wedding photo shoot”. At first I had a tiny tinge of “bad-luck-fear” regarding my husband seeing me in a wedding dress before the […]
Since moving back to Canada three years ago, I’ve begun to appreciate the little things that were so much more fun in Korea! Of course there were things that made me want to rip my hair out, but as time goes by, those things fade into the background, […]
A few days ago, my very first niece was born to my Korean sister in law, in South Korea. The photos I shared brought up a lot of questions about the naming process in Korea. I cannot speak for the entire country, but […]
Makgeolli is a traditional Korean milky rice wine. My husband and I enjoyed makgeolli once in a while when we were living in Korea (it is especially good, half way up a mountain, fresh and cold), but didn’t think about if often. It’s been a year since we […]
After living in Canada for three years, my Korean husband has picked up several hobbies (gardening, extreme couponing, recreational soccer), but his newest, is by far my favourite. This spring, he decided to try his hand (no pun intended) at Korean Hand Acupuncture, or sujichim/수지침. He was so […]
One of my very very favourite places in Korea is Anseong Thanks Nature Herb Village. When living in Korea, my husband and I would visit either for the day, or spend the night here, to escape the city and relax amongst the flowers and herbs. It is honestly […]
I’m always looking for an easy or simple side dish to make for my husband. Poor man doesn’t get much for banchan these days! Once in a while I have a sudden brain wave and realized that I can make Gaeran Mari/계란말이 (Egg roll!). This is quite like […]
My husband and I decided that we would hold off doing fancy first birthday photos of our baby girl until we went to Korea. I am so glad we did. The experience itself was quite unique and I’m happy we could experience it! […]
This past June, our daughter turned a year old. Following Korean tradition, we wanted to give her a big first birthday party, or Doljanchi. What’s the best way to do that? Pack up and head to Korea! We traveled about 24 hours from here in New Brunswick, to […]
I sent my mom to the grocery store for bean sprouts to add to kimchi jigae but she accidentally picked up mung bean sprouts. (Our Superstore and Sobeys regularly carry mung beans, but only have bean sprouts on a fluke once in a while). To be honest I thought they were the […]
