SeoulPodcast #23: EATS!
Podcast October 4th, 2008
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TV Show
“The Guard: South Korea”
Episode 1: Well, Blows Me Down!
PANELIST
Panelist: Daniel Gray (Seoul Eats)
MAIN TOPIC
EATS!
NEWS AND STUFF
Chinese Fishing Boat Took Four Coast Guard Officers Hostage!
Chinese Crew to be Charged
Blow Them Out of the Water
North Koreans Showing How It’s Done
- MiSarang snacks
- Ritz Cheese Crackers
- Cadbury Chocolate
- Danyang Day Bright Rice Crackers
- Non-dairy creamer imported from Hong Kong (includes instant coffee packs)
- Lipton Milk Tea Powder
THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO WHAA?
Hey, But At Least We’re Not as Shitty as Taiwan!
Ranked 7 our of 8 Asian nations in a poll on tourism attractiveness
Second most expensive in five-star hotel rates
Korean Electronic Passports “Hackable in 10 Minutes”
Bae Yong-joon is the face for “The Faceshop” (POPSEOUL)
Why Ambulance Chasing Doesn’t Pay in Korea (Korea Law Blog)
The damages available in the case of shocking medical malpractice resulting in wrongful death were only W15 million (about US$13,000 at today’s exchange rate).
Why I Still Hate The Korean Internet (Chosun Bimbo)
Google will probably poop in your baby’s diaper if you’re not careful. (B in J)
Stop Stealing Foreign Movie Posters. Thanks. (Marmot)
EXPAT COMMUNITY
Teach English to the stars . . . for free! (B in J)
Here’s part of an ad running on WorknPlay:
*Starting date: ASAP
*Time and Date: Will be decided after meeting but mostly it will be once a week.
1.5 hrs/1 day
*Student information : Celebrities of Climax Entertainment, CJ Entertainment
http://www.climix.co.kr/
http://www.cjent.co.kr/
(They belong to the top 5 entertainment company in Korea, They make movies, dramas, produce albums, manage stars,..etc.)
*Notice: There will be no payment. It is a volunteer job.
It is a social networking between Entertainment/ Broadcasting celebrities and English teachers.
You will have lots of fun with Top stars and CEOs.
And you will gain a popularity being as English teacher of those top stars.
(Just like Madonna’s Trainer, Celine Dion’s English teacher ^^)
We will help you to take picture with them all the time and when you write a book they will be glad to write a recommendations for you.
Jeon Ji-hyun
Kim Tae-hee
Goofy Dancing Ice Cream Girl
Preview: Gangnam Fashion Festival (GAFF)
Michael Hurt gets Andre Kim to pose for Feetman Seoul
And check out those pants…
This is a bad joke. (A Geek in Korea)
90% detention rate and two crying boys. Good job!
Korean doctors charging “foreigner fees”? (B in J)
TIME WASTERS OF THE WEEK
Not that I don’t appreciate the offer (B in J)
Behold! Our shiny replacements.
You might be tempted to put your cat in there . . .
but that’d be a bad idea.
Mokpo, ROK City took that photo of his washing machine. Reminded me of this picture and unfortunate headline that accompanied it in the Joongang Ilbo.
New Dokdo shirt on the market.
PLUGS
Survey
**Donations**
Ex-Pat Living (The Korea Herald)
SEOUL Magazine
ZenKimchi.com
KOTESOL
KOTESOL Seoul Chapter Conference 2009
NEXT WEEK
Topic: The Ansan Professor
Panelist: Robert Wicks
October 5th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Dear SeoulPodcast:
I believe I would be the best choice for North Korea’s next leader, because unlike the clumsy, inept Kim Jong-il (http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2004/ea_nkorea_06_16.html), with his ballooning score of 38 under, I can play around an 18 hole golf course and score FORTY-TWO under par.
Sincerely: Roboseyo
October 6th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
Sorry Rob, but I’m obviously the best candidate. First of all, I’m Evil Jennifer. I wear my evil on my sleeve. I also have my own country that I rule as semi-benevolent dictator – so what if it’s only in my head? I have a secret HQ guarded by fey folk disguised as cockroaches. And I’m pretty sure I’ve already ingested some melamine-tainted snickers and yet still here, so I’m obviously resistant to poison. Sounds like perfect qualifications for the next leader of the NK, right?
Plus, I’ve already had a sex tape make it to the internet. You should know Rob. You were the cameraman.
October 6th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
Rob is automatically disqualified. He doesn’t even know what the country’s called. Do you call it “Canadian bacon”? Do I call it “American football”? Only stooges and lackies call it North Korea. Clearly Rob is unfit to govern, and needs to stop distorting Korean history.
October 6th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
1. Jennifer: uh, first of all, bringing up that sex-tape will HELP my case for being evil enough to replace Dear Leader Kim Jong-il (especially if I mention that the piglets were my idea). Secondly…you can’t prove that was me holding the camera. Lots of people have shrill hyena laughs like mine that come out when they witness such things.
2. Brian: hell yeah, I call it Canadian Bacon. I was going to name it by its proper name, The Great and Illustrious Ever-Increasing Envy Of Slobbering Lower Than Dogs America; Empire of Great People’s Paradise Under The Wise and Good Leader From Heaven Kim Il-Sung, Conqueror of Nations and Master of Gods on Earth, Rightful Ruler Of The Kingdom Of Chosun And Also Dokdo, Great Lord Nation-Founder Father With a Giant Rhino Cock, but that would have been my entire twenty-five words right there.
Anyway, DPRK, I’m coming home!
Brian, you’d make a convincing case yourself for being a suitable next president of the DPRK, having spent so long around the commies in Jeollado, and also having honed your polemical skills on your blog. I’d look forward to Official Press Releases the way I look forward to Christopher Walken’s monologues in his movies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKuDYbnXBJQ
October 6th, 2008 at 11:21 pm
Yeah, but it was my idea to slaughter the piggies, then consume them on camera. Therefore, I am much more evil than you. Besides, you might have caught me in flagrante delicto with my evil little lens of love, but that just put us at a perfect angle to corroborate those mediocre cackles as coming from your mouth with digital evidence. That brings us to another point – my evil laugh is clearly superior to your measly little giggle. Every evil dictator needs to have an appropriate laugh, and mine is perfection. The Shadow himself would be creeped out by my evil laugh. I doubt you could cow the Cowardly Lion.
October 6th, 2008 at 11:47 pm
Very well. The gauntlet has been thrown down, and I shall take it up: I challenge you to an evil laugh-down, with one condition:
it must be across a plate of jjim dalk in andong. (sucka)
(ps: I coached Kelsey Grammar on his evil laugh while recording sideshow Bob for the Simpsons) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le3l8lm09Rc –are you sure you want a piece of that?)
October 7th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
bring it on! the loser drinks an entire bottle of Andong soju – in one shot! (not that it matters – my superior control over the dark side of the force renders me immune to alcohol. mostly.) Anyway, I’ll win.
But my talents are already on display in not one but TWO (not a meager one, like somebody else I could mention) episodes of the Seoul Podcast, so people can judge for themselves.