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Saw this sign at the handicapped bathroom in a nearby bookstore, and couldn't resist taking the pho...

I looked out my window this morning to this sight:I don't know what was wrong with the old sign - it looked fine to me. Anyway, these guys are way braver than ...

As I have been studying Korean the past few weeks, there was something nagging in the back of my head that I couldn't put my finger on. Finally it hit me the other night as I was going to sleep. One of the things foreigners will often complain about with Korean is the grammar. English sentences are constructed SUBJECT - VERB - OBJECT, while Korean sentences are SUBJECT - OBJECT - VERB. English...

I've stared at these subway signboards many times over the past few years, and only yesterday did I suddenly realize how it works. I guess I'm slow. Along the bottom row of the sign, usually it will be blank or have text belonging to the message. But, when the train gets close, suddenly an image of a train will appear. The train slowly crawls along the bottom of the sign. What I realized was...

I've been meaning to post about this for some time now. I am a member of Delta Airline's frequent flyer program Skymiles. In fact as of last year I crossed the million mile point. Awhile back they offered to send me e-mails weekly showing special fares and deals, and I signed up. But every once in awhile, I get an email like this:"Looks like we're not running any special fares for you this week...."You'd...

Got this cute little widget recently as "service" when I bought a package of batteries. As an electrical engineer, I feel it is my responsibility to have plenty of batteries on-hand. It took me awhile to figure out what exactly this device was. The package was all in Korean, and being attached to a pack of batteries, and having a battery-like shape, using it with toothpaste was not exactly the...

In the southeast United States, almost all homes and offices have central air conditioning. The typical Korean home or shop uses a stand-alone aircon (that's Konglish for Air Conditioner). These are usually free-standing or wall mounted, units with the heat exchanger located outside. Here are two examples of the wall mounted style from my apartment:Here are a couple of free-standing units photos...

Yesterday I wanted some bread, but it was raining and I didn't have my umbrella. So I stopped at a closer bakery that I seldom use. The loaf of bread that I chose was identified as "corn bread". Well, in America our corn bread is made from corn flour. Here, this bread appears to be just regular bread with, you guessed it, CORN inside.Not at all what I expected, but good nonethele...

My second day in Tokyo was so-so. Woke up and enjoyed a western breakfast at the hotel buffet which was included in my room price. Then I packed up and checked out, leaving my bags with the Bell Captain. The various tour packages' times didn't work well for my schedule, but they suggested a good trip I could take would be to visit the Tokyo Tower, the world's highest self-supporting steel tower. I...

Saturday early I ventured to Tokyo all by myself for the weekend. I started the morning by waking up at 4am, and I ate my first ever McDonald's breakfast in Korea. There is a McDonald's restaurant next to the subway station entrance that is open 24 hours, so I stopped and ate the healthy (not) and delicious Sausage Egg McMuffin. For this trip I flew to the Haneda Airport in Tokyo from Gimpo Airport...