HEY! Pass the Lemote Con! This show is horrible!
I'm still trying to figure out why they chose to shorten the long English words "remote control" to simply "remote con." I definitely prefer the shortened English version "remote." It's faster, easier, and makes more sense. But this is Korea, where people do things all the time that don't make sense. For example, just a while ago, a friend told us about this older man he saw walking down the street with a surgical mask on his face to filter the pollution out of the air. Strange you think? Not so much, the air is pretty bad here. No, the strange thing is that he had the mask pulled down under his chin so he could smoke a cigarette! I guess he wanted to choose his own pollution.
I saw another guy, a westerner this time, walking down the street with a cigarette in one hand and a Coke Zero in the other. He doesn't mind dying early from cancer, but he'll be darned if he doesn't fit into his own coffin.
Yes, this is a wondrous country we currently live in.
Do you have any ironic stories? Have you seen any contrary people lately?
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Just Watching Some T.V.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Lin-suh
The short and sweet of it is that "lin-suh" is a word they use for conditioner - the kind women and some men put in their hair after they wash it with "shampoo" (which sounds the same in English and Korean). Last year, Jen had me look at a bottle of something and tell her what it actually was. She had previously gone to the store to look for Lin-suh but had accidentally picked up shampoo instead. So THIS time, she had me read the Korean (I sounded out Lin-suh and told her it was conditioner). When she got over her excitement she noticed the bottle was a little dirty and traded it with the bottle that was beside it. You guessed it ---- when she took the bottle out of the bag at the house, she read the Korean "shampoo!"
Needless to say, we haven't bought a bottle of shampoo in long time. We DID have to go back to the store for a bottle of conditioner.
That's all for today, enjoy the next question.
Needless to say, we haven't bought a bottle of shampoo in long time. We DID have to go back to the store for a bottle of conditioner.
That's all for today, enjoy the next question.
Friday, May 8, 2009
Weekend Getaway
Sorry for the length of this post, but we wanted to give you a glimpse of the blessed weekend we had!
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Konglish - Clashic libingtel
WOW! I am so impressed with the number of voters this week! You all get an A+ for participation. The correct answer for this week's Konglish quiz was "a cheap apartment." I saw a sign that had the words written on it in Korean last weekend and the place looked like a dump. It was right on the edge of downtown Seoul. Congratulations to those of you who picked the right answer. Have some Kimbab on me! Enjoy the next Konglish Quiz - "Lin-suh."
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