Food blogging isn’t my forte, though I like food; there are others, even here at the Hub of Sparkle who have me beat in that department. However, Man Bites World is a food blogger from Los Angeles who has set out to eat food from a different country every day, and he did a [...]
Archive > November 2008
Happy Suwon!
This is part of an ongoing, occassional series where Fatman packs it up and leaves the bright lights of the biggest city in Korea for other fabulous destinations around the country.
Suwon (수원) is just a short trip from Seoul, and offers some sweet eats.
But first, some history:
Let’s not be coy. Suwon owes its [...]
How Cool Is That? Ordering Food in Korea Redux
Under the “Awesome Things about Living in Korea” file, Otto Silver, at “I, Foreigner” linked to a helpful, informative video about ordering food to your home in Korea. Takeout Delivery is a wonderfully cheap, and convenient part of living in Korea, and it’s not hard.
Here is the video from Otto, which goes step by [...]
Hub of Suspended Sentences
For a country so preoccupied by what the ‘outside’ world thinks of it, it really boggles the mind that court rulings like this are even made. I can’t even begin to tell you how angry I am right now. Despite Korea’s shining infrastructure, high speed internet connections, and top of the line handphones, it’s tragic [...]
Hub Sparkling!
What happened at the Hub of Sparkle’s first real life meet-and-greet?
Roboseyo revealed his secret identity: Cyclops!
Delicious food was consumed.
And much merriment was had. Be there for the next party, same hub country, same hub hilarity!
The remaining oft-requested evidence against Roboseyo photographs of the Hub of Sparkle Party can be found here at the [...]
Good cause for Champagne and Chocolate, “Seoulstyle”
The Seoul Writer’s group is celebrating the release of its first anthology with champagne, chocolate and social awareness. Join us for good food and bubbly at Dear Chocolate in Apgujeong on December 6th from 7:00-10:00 pm. All proceeds from the event will benefit the Korea Sexual Violence Relief center and moonbears.org, an organization dedicated to [...]
One Laptop Per Child now at Amazon
Whether you’re looking for the perfect charity this Christmas or you want to do your part to stop the growth of terrorism, Amazon is now taking donations for XO computers supporting the OLPC program. Here is an OLPC News blog if you want to keep up with the latest goings on.
Contrary to what [...]
Massive Server Failure!
I don’t know why our server decided to take a big flying fail for two whole days, nor why there isn’t any word from our otherwise pretty reliable hosting provider, Dreamhost. This is a massive failure, not only of technology, but of our confidence in them as a provider of services. Two whole days? The [...]
How to Shoot at Someone Who Outdrew Ya (Ji Man-Won: Dick of the Week)
Post Title explained at the end.
Soundtrack: “I’m An Asshole” by Dennis Leary (uhh… warning: some bad words in this song)
so then, to balance out that unrestrained joy-down from my previous post…
Other bloggers have already documented how conservative Critic Ji Man-Won, and a bunch of netizens, actually attacked Moon Geun-Young for anonymously donating to various charities.
Add [...]
How to Love the Heck out of Korea
(this is the expanded version of something first published at Roboseyo, expanded here, and now cross-posted there as it first appeared here: including more pictures!)
I know, I know, everybody’s been wondering, “You seem like a cheery cat. So what makes a happy expat, Roboseyo?” well, fortunately, the guru is open for advice, with a [...]
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It’s on Saturday evening.
Have 6.5% of middle and high school girls sold sex?
Today’s Korea Times has an interesting article titled “Female Students Vulnerable to Sex Trade on Internet.”
One in every three female secondary school students in Busan were found to have received sex trade proposals while chatting online, according to a survey by the Ministry of Gender Equality Monday.
The ministry questioned 2,012 female students in the southeastern [...]
