The Seoul Central District Court ruled Saturday that the preschool should pay 69 million won ($51,900) to the girl, identified as Kim, and two million won to her parents in compensation.
In November 2002, a kindergarten teacher in northern Seoul asked three-year-old Kim to distribute fish cake soup to other children, most of whom were five to seven years old.
Kim spilt the soup and sustained second-degree burns on her arms and legs.
``Teachers are required, in principle, to distribute hot soup themselves, but the teacher made the youngest student help. The kindergarten and the teacher neglected their obligation to protect the children,'' the court said in the ruling.
The court estimated the income Kim may lose because of the burns when she grows up at 37 million won. It set the total compensation by adding 22 million won in medical expenses and 10 million won in compensation, in addition 21 million won the preschool had already given her for surgery.
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Kindergarten must pay compensation for burning students with hot soup.
So a kindergarten teacher in Seoul has a 3-year-old student distribute scalding-hot soup to her classmates. Here's the outcome of that.
My list of the ten most hated English phrases in Korea.
The Chosun Ilbo ran a thing yesterday called "The 10 Most Hated English Phrases." I thought it was just going to be a gruff way of referring to the top ten pop songs at any given moment, or would at least cover the ten most hated English phrases in Korea, but it was instead talking about a list developed by Oxford University. You can find their ten phrases in the article.
As for Korea, it's hard to pick just ten. I wasn't really joking when I wrote you could substitute in the top ten pop songs---since many Korean pop songs use ridiculous English---but then it occurred to me that there aren't ten Korean pop songs in circulation. You could also put together a good collection just by flipping through any book or magazine, since they will randomly throw English in there, or will hangeulize English words in order to appear sophisticated. How butchering the pronunciation of English words that most Koreans don't understand appears sophisticated is well beyond me, clearly.
Here is my list, then, keeping in mind that it's hard to narrow it down to ten and that, seriously, any phrase that turns up in a pop song would automatically jump to about number three.
Honorable mention: story, event, comeback, delicious, I'm so hot, hub, how about ____?, propose.
10. Everything not on this list. I don't mean I object to Koreans using English, but I do object to Koreans using English at the expense of comprehension. Ever browse health and beauty products at the grocery store? Ever go clothes shopping? Or watch On Style or StoryOn? Half of what's there is inaccessible to Koreans because it's hangeulized English. What does it say about people that they'd rather use broken English when Korean would perfectly suffice?
9. Do you know ____? Irritating when used to introduce some mundane piece of information, such as asking a three-year Korea veteran if he knows kimchi. Even moreso when slyly trying to divert a conversation back to a piece of Koreana, for example to a famous athlete, singer, designer, car, or to anything else remotely under the umbrella of famous in quotation marks. But in 2008 "Do you know" reached heretofore unheard of heights of hate when it became the tagline for a whole slew of Dokdo advertisements.
8. Frankly speaking - Just because.
7. Foreigner - Yes, I know that's just how 외국인 has come to be translated, and yes I know that I actually am a foreigner in Korea. Doesn't mean I don't cringe when I hear it sixty times a day and read it in the paper in every other article.
6. Oh my God - When I was a kid I would get in trouble for taking the Lord's name in vain. I no longer consider myself a Christian, so my objection isn't on those grounds. I suppose I have two objections. One is that "Oh my God" is said without any emotion whatsoever, rendering it ineffective and meaningless anyway. Second is that Korea doesn't really have the historical connection to Christianity to be credibly taking the Lord's name in vain to begin with. In both cases, then, when people blurt out "Oh my God" they're doing it not because of the weight of the phrase but because it sounds funny in English. Yet another thing divorced of any context when imported into Korea.
5. Unqualified - The media throws this around to cover all manner of situations, to teachers without advanced training, to teachers without proper paperwork, to teachers who engage in illegal tutoring, to teachers who engage in interracial relationships. I've said it before and will probably have to say it again, the government can't rail against "unqualified" foreign teachers when those imports meet the exact qualifications as set out by that government.
4. Okay - It was bad enough when people just used this in place of "yes." But since Lee Hyori's hit song "U Go Gull," with the bridge of "OK OK OK," people wander around now saying it for no fucking reason.
3. I'm fine thank you and you? - An oldie-but-goodie and mainstay of EFL curricula that summarizes in one sentence how futile teaching here can be. After years of English study, and after eighteen months of sporadic lessons with me, 75% of students can only respond with this to my question "How are you?" More frustrating, many students choose to respond this way---yes, that car accident joke is well-known---either to get a rise out of me or because they don't want to invest any more time into giving a thoughtful answer.
2. Unique - Just because something exists in Korea, doesn't mean it's unique to Korea. Just because something has a slight regional variation, doesn't mean it's unique to Korea.
1. Sexy - This word should not be in circulation here, ever, in any situation, because they'll just screw it up. They'll use it to describe some model with bug eyes and plastic tits. Or they'll use it to describe choreography that belongs in a Fatboy Slim video. Or they'll use it to describe eight-year-olds. It must stop.
Anything you'd like to add?
As for Korea, it's hard to pick just ten. I wasn't really joking when I wrote you could substitute in the top ten pop songs---since many Korean pop songs use ridiculous English---but then it occurred to me that there aren't ten Korean pop songs in circulation. You could also put together a good collection just by flipping through any book or magazine, since they will randomly throw English in there, or will hangeulize English words in order to appear sophisticated. How butchering the pronunciation of English words that most Koreans don't understand appears sophisticated is well beyond me, clearly.
Here is my list, then, keeping in mind that it's hard to narrow it down to ten and that, seriously, any phrase that turns up in a pop song would automatically jump to about number three.
Honorable mention: story, event, comeback, delicious, I'm so hot, hub, how about ____?, propose.
10. Everything not on this list. I don't mean I object to Koreans using English, but I do object to Koreans using English at the expense of comprehension. Ever browse health and beauty products at the grocery store? Ever go clothes shopping? Or watch On Style or StoryOn? Half of what's there is inaccessible to Koreans because it's hangeulized English. What does it say about people that they'd rather use broken English when Korean would perfectly suffice?
9. Do you know ____? Irritating when used to introduce some mundane piece of information, such as asking a three-year Korea veteran if he knows kimchi. Even moreso when slyly trying to divert a conversation back to a piece of Koreana, for example to a famous athlete, singer, designer, car, or to anything else remotely under the umbrella of famous in quotation marks. But in 2008 "Do you know" reached heretofore unheard of heights of hate when it became the tagline for a whole slew of Dokdo advertisements.
8. Frankly speaking - Just because.
7. Foreigner - Yes, I know that's just how 외국인 has come to be translated, and yes I know that I actually am a foreigner in Korea. Doesn't mean I don't cringe when I hear it sixty times a day and read it in the paper in every other article.
6. Oh my God - When I was a kid I would get in trouble for taking the Lord's name in vain. I no longer consider myself a Christian, so my objection isn't on those grounds. I suppose I have two objections. One is that "Oh my God" is said without any emotion whatsoever, rendering it ineffective and meaningless anyway. Second is that Korea doesn't really have the historical connection to Christianity to be credibly taking the Lord's name in vain to begin with. In both cases, then, when people blurt out "Oh my God" they're doing it not because of the weight of the phrase but because it sounds funny in English. Yet another thing divorced of any context when imported into Korea.
5. Unqualified - The media throws this around to cover all manner of situations, to teachers without advanced training, to teachers without proper paperwork, to teachers who engage in illegal tutoring, to teachers who engage in interracial relationships. I've said it before and will probably have to say it again, the government can't rail against "unqualified" foreign teachers when those imports meet the exact qualifications as set out by that government.
4. Okay - It was bad enough when people just used this in place of "yes." But since Lee Hyori's hit song "U Go Gull," with the bridge of "OK OK OK," people wander around now saying it for no fucking reason.
3. I'm fine thank you and you? - An oldie-but-goodie and mainstay of EFL curricula that summarizes in one sentence how futile teaching here can be. After years of English study, and after eighteen months of sporadic lessons with me, 75% of students can only respond with this to my question "How are you?" More frustrating, many students choose to respond this way---yes, that car accident joke is well-known---either to get a rise out of me or because they don't want to invest any more time into giving a thoughtful answer.
2. Unique - Just because something exists in Korea, doesn't mean it's unique to Korea. Just because something has a slight regional variation, doesn't mean it's unique to Korea.
1. Sexy - This word should not be in circulation here, ever, in any situation, because they'll just screw it up. They'll use it to describe some model with bug eyes and plastic tits. Or they'll use it to describe choreography that belongs in a Fatboy Slim video. Or they'll use it to describe eight-year-olds. It must stop.
Anything you'd like to add?
South Korea, Ireland sign pension deal.
So does this mean English teachers from Ireland will be able to get a pension refund at the end of their contracts? Or at least have their contributions transferred into their domestic funds? From the Irish Times, via A Food Journey in Korea:
Here's the press release from the Department of Social and Family Affairs. As commentor wylies99 said on the Dave's thread, make sure your employer pays into your pension, as there's a very good chance your school will have no idea about this new agreement. No word on what this agreement will actually mean for Irish in Korea, though.
If anyone can find any Korean-language information about this, please pass it along. Yes, in case you were wondering "Ireland" is hangeulized the same as "Island," meaning news searches for this story turned up a lot about the popular boyband FT Island.
An agreement has been signed between Ireland and South Korea to protect workers’ pension rights.
Similar social security agreements are already in place between Ireland and the US, Australia, Canada and New Zealand.
Social and Family Affairs Minister Mary Hanafin said the deal will enable people who have paid social insurance in both Ireland and Korea to receive full pension entitlements.
Here's the press release from the Department of Social and Family Affairs. As commentor wylies99 said on the Dave's thread, make sure your employer pays into your pension, as there's a very good chance your school will have no idea about this new agreement. No word on what this agreement will actually mean for Irish in Korea, though.
If anyone can find any Korean-language information about this, please pass it along. Yes, in case you were wondering "Ireland" is hangeulized the same as "Island," meaning news searches for this story turned up a lot about the popular boyband FT Island.
The worst part about foreigner neighborhoods is the foreigners.
An article in Stars & Stipes, a US military paper, about the gentrification of Itaewon, a neighborhood in Seoul known for its relative diversity. An excerpt:
Yes, Itaewon is pretty much a hive of scum and villany, and yes the article is generally about how Koreans are coming to accept Itaewon both in spite of and because of its foreign population, but still.
Many South Koreans said their fear of foreigners — particularly American soldiers — has kept them from shopping or eating in Itaewon. But more South Koreans say they are visiting the area, some hesitantly.
Jeon Min-kyung, a 23-year-old college student studying Chinese, first visited Itaewon last spring with her friends, and found the area "marvelous" but the foreigners wearing hip-hop clothes "scary."
Some of her friends liked it and continue to visit; some of them felt scared and never returned. She said most Koreans, even those her age, haven’t been to Itaewon because of its reputation as a place full of foreign criminals.
Jeon has gone back repeatedly, mostly to try new foods at foreign restaurants. But she only goes during the day because she doesn’t think it’s safe at night. The more time she spends there, the more comfortable she feels around the foreigners, she said.
On a recent afternoon, Kim Ji-yun, a 38-year-old housewife was in Itaewon shopping for a fake Louis Vuitton purse. The area is the best place in Seoul to buy knock-off brands, she said, and she usually shops there three or four times a year. But she said Itaewon is dangerous, so she always leaves before dark.
"The streets … have too many foreigners rambling around," she said. "I think the brand name shops opening lately on the main street are only a skin-deep change."
Yes, Itaewon is pretty much a hive of scum and villany, and yes the article is generally about how Koreans are coming to accept Itaewon both in spite of and because of its foreign population, but still.
Saturday, January 3, 2009
The Kosin University Christmas Tree Festival.
Kosin University in Busan had a Christmas Tree Festival (고신대학교크리스마스트리축제) from December 2nd through January 4th (tomorrow), though I didn't find out about it until yesterday. Looks festive, so maybe next year.
More pics from the festival website and from a Naver search.
Many South Koreans don't like Japanese, finds the Journal of Self-Evident Results.
Actually, it's from the Chosun Ilbo, although the article doesn't say who conducted the poll, who was interviewed, or what the point was. All in a day's work.
The dislike, and often hatred, of the Japanese is something that runs far deeper than a survey or a blog post, and will be around for a while I suspect. Koreans tend to have unfavorable opinions of many nationalities, their feelings toward individuals within those nationalities notwithstanding, so these numbers are reflective of not only cultivated anti-Japanese sentiment but of xenophobia in general.
I spend more time hanging around Japanese people these days, and just got back from a few days in Busan with my girlfriend and her friend from Takamatsu. Now, you can't apply what happens in Busan to the rest of the country, because given the proximity to Japan and the number of Japanese tourists it's only natural to find shops and clerks catering to that demographic. But I noticed salespeople going out of their way to help my Japanese companions, moreso than people do to me or to other presumptive English-speakers. Walking around Nampo-dong just about every store and stall had salespeople who could converse in Japanese, and The Face Shop---which uses "Yonsama" as its spokesperson---had a fluent Japanese speaker on the floor. On the other hand when I walk around I usually get ignored or I get somebody barking one or two English words at me. Pretty much the same thing happened in Insa-dong as well.
These different attitudes could be for a number of reasons, but chief among them I believe is that the Japanese have money. More and more Japanese are travelling to Korea to take advantage of the exchange rate, and are looking to spend money, whereas youngish-looking Caucasians are presumably English teachers just wandering around to kill time.
Most South Koreans feel unfriendly toward Japan with 62 percent, far outnumbering those who do, a poll finds. But 50 percent of Japanese feel friendly toward Koreans, as against 41 percent who do not.
The figures are down from a poll conducted in the wake of the 2002 World Cup in the two countries, the proportion of Koreans who felt friendly toward Japan was 42 percent, and that of Japanese who felt friendly toward Koreans was 77 percent. That can probably be traced to recurring disagreements over Korea's Dokdo islets, which Japan is trying to claim.
The dislike, and often hatred, of the Japanese is something that runs far deeper than a survey or a blog post, and will be around for a while I suspect. Koreans tend to have unfavorable opinions of many nationalities, their feelings toward individuals within those nationalities notwithstanding, so these numbers are reflective of not only cultivated anti-Japanese sentiment but of xenophobia in general.
I spend more time hanging around Japanese people these days, and just got back from a few days in Busan with my girlfriend and her friend from Takamatsu. Now, you can't apply what happens in Busan to the rest of the country, because given the proximity to Japan and the number of Japanese tourists it's only natural to find shops and clerks catering to that demographic. But I noticed salespeople going out of their way to help my Japanese companions, moreso than people do to me or to other presumptive English-speakers. Walking around Nampo-dong just about every store and stall had salespeople who could converse in Japanese, and The Face Shop---which uses "Yonsama" as its spokesperson---had a fluent Japanese speaker on the floor. On the other hand when I walk around I usually get ignored or I get somebody barking one or two English words at me. Pretty much the same thing happened in Insa-dong as well.
These different attitudes could be for a number of reasons, but chief among them I believe is that the Japanese have money. More and more Japanese are travelling to Korea to take advantage of the exchange rate, and are looking to spend money, whereas youngish-looking Caucasians are presumably English teachers just wandering around to kill time.
How many foreigners do you think they consulted before they tried this foreigner-friendly plan?
Considering all the problems with driving I don't think this ought to be such a high priority.
The government will make road signs more foreigner-friendly, the Ministry of Public Administration and Security said Friday. The government will spend 100 billion won ($76 million) to add English abbreviations such as ``Blvd.'' (Boulevard), ``St.'' (Street) and ``Rd.'' (road) to traffic signs across the nation this year.
Under the plan, ``daero'' in Korean and referring to a road with more than eight lanes, will bear a bracketed ``Blvd.'' ``St.'' will be written beside the Korean `ro'' for roads of two to eight lanes, and ``Rd.'' will be added for smaller roads, or ``gil.''
The government believes the new signs will be helpful to foreign drivers. ``The English abbreviations will help foreign tourists find out what kinds of roads lie ahead,'' said ministry official Oh Dong-ho.
Friday, January 2, 2009
Want to run?
If one of your New Years' Resolutions is to get back into running, there are lots of runs all over Korea, from 5Ks through ultra marathons. There's a website "Marathon Online" that lists a bunch of the runs, provided you can navigate Korean a little. As a foreigner you may or may not be able to register online for the races, though you can get a Korean's help you sign up and pay the nominal fee.
Not much has been released for 2009 yet, but in February there are races in Haenam and Jangheung----full, half, 10K, and 5K---and three runs set for the first half of the year in Gwangju, and as in years past there are likely to be runs in every county and city. There are runs in other parts of the country pretty much every weekend, including every weekend in January. Scroll down the page a little and select your region from the "지역" drop-down menu, then click "검색." Likewise you can click "대회일정" at the top of the page to see a list of all upcoming runs. Registration usually starts a couple months in advance.
* Update: Check the comments for some links added by Chris.
Not much has been released for 2009 yet, but in February there are races in Haenam and Jangheung----full, half, 10K, and 5K---and three runs set for the first half of the year in Gwangju, and as in years past there are likely to be runs in every county and city. There are runs in other parts of the country pretty much every weekend, including every weekend in January. Scroll down the page a little and select your region from the "지역" drop-down menu, then click "검색." Likewise you can click "대회일정" at the top of the page to see a list of all upcoming runs. Registration usually starts a couple months in advance.
* Update: Check the comments for some links added by Chris.
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Awww, that's sweet.
A cute message from the local Pennysaver.
Roughly:
Roughly:
You've got a lot on your mind, right?
Don't worry.
If you're together with the Sarangbang paper, you'll cheer up.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Odds and ends.
A couple of things.
** Gallery of Stupid came through with another of those horrid elementary school English videos, this one of the black kid using chopsticks. These are what elementary school teachers are required to teach as per the government curriculum. So we're not only trying to teach English but unteach all the garbage they've learned about foreigners and foreign cultures. The centerpiece of one of the lessons is a song about visiting a foreigner's house that goes "Don't take off your shoes / Don't take off your shoes / We don't take off our shoes in the house." If I thought anybody would have gotten it I would have reversed it to "Don't cover your mouth / Don't cover your mouth / We don't cover our mouths when we sneeze."
** Anybody get a Love Pot? No, that's not some bad English I saw on a shirt, a "Love Pot" is apparently a relatively big item this holiday season, if the non-stop commercials are anything to go by. At first I thought it was just a weird decoration, but it's an "aroma humidifier." You can get yours for 29,000 won, with proceeds going to a charity for underprivledged children.
** kimchi-icecream writes about his nightmarish adventure while getting the medical exam required for his E-2 visa.
** Another distasteful cartoon in the Korea Times. At this point it might be more efficient to point out when the cartoon isn't offensive.
** Quest For Cuteness's husband goes on a crappy hagwon interview.
** Otto Silver brings up some good points about all these introductions to quote-unquote Korean culture we get during orientations, meetings, and so on.
** God, Shelton Baumgartner is pleased with himself.
** The mayor of Suncheon was named the best in the nation by Economy Magazine. At least that's what I think it's saying. From the Suncheon city website, post 102:
** An interesting discussion going in the comments to this ROK Drop post about the man in the Santa suit who killed eight people before killing himself. Killing people is bad, but the thread's trajectory is right that all the attention will be on the man who killed his kid, without looking at the greedy wife and the legal system that makes divorce---and thus by extension marriage---so ruinous for American men.
** Gwangju is going for the 2015 Universiade, a big international sports competition for college athletes. This May they lost out on the 2013 one, though you might remember Daegu hosted the 2003 Games, the Universiade that featured all those North Korean cheerleaders. Anyway, while searching for that first article I came across one I hadn't seen before: "Painful History Makes Gwangju Unique Candidate." The other two finalists were Vigo, Spain and Kazan, Russian, both located on a notoriously peaceful continent. When I become President of Foreigners, I'm declaring a moratorium on the use of "unique" and "sexy" by Koreans.
** I had planned a post about this year's school festival but I don't think I'll have time to get to it for a while. Suffice it to say I've heard this song way too many times.
Christ. And the English subtitles are driving me nearer the edge. Between them and the Wonder Girls you're raising a whole generation of kids to walk around talking about how pretty they are. Not in subtle terms, either, it's right in the damn refrain. You'll remember Kara began their assault on my sanity with "Rock U." I can't decide which single is worse.
** Ever since YouTube Korea came a lot of videos have been taken down, meaning if you have a blog you'll have to go through and double-check all the videos you've posted (especially music videos and commercials) to make sure they're still working.
** The Party Pooper noticed something that I didn't in those photos of "sexy Santa" Lee Yuri; the dress was clearly designed for someone quite, um, bigger.
Remember, if you vote me President of Foreigners there will be no more "sexy Santas." Jesus Tapdancing Christ, you run a Naver image search for 섹시산타 and it looks like a gallery of animitronics gone bad.
** Gallery of Stupid came through with another of those horrid elementary school English videos, this one of the black kid using chopsticks. These are what elementary school teachers are required to teach as per the government curriculum. So we're not only trying to teach English but unteach all the garbage they've learned about foreigners and foreign cultures. The centerpiece of one of the lessons is a song about visiting a foreigner's house that goes "Don't take off your shoes / Don't take off your shoes / We don't take off our shoes in the house." If I thought anybody would have gotten it I would have reversed it to "Don't cover your mouth / Don't cover your mouth / We don't cover our mouths when we sneeze."
** Anybody get a Love Pot? No, that's not some bad English I saw on a shirt, a "Love Pot" is apparently a relatively big item this holiday season, if the non-stop commercials are anything to go by. At first I thought it was just a weird decoration, but it's an "aroma humidifier." You can get yours for 29,000 won, with proceeds going to a charity for underprivledged children.
** kimchi-icecream writes about his nightmarish adventure while getting the medical exam required for his E-2 visa.
** Another distasteful cartoon in the Korea Times. At this point it might be more efficient to point out when the cartoon isn't offensive.
** Quest For Cuteness's husband goes on a crappy hagwon interview.
** Otto Silver brings up some good points about all these introductions to quote-unquote Korean culture we get during orientations, meetings, and so on.
I’m not sure if it was the Gyeonggi Education Department or our city’s program, but yesterday we were treated to “Korean Culture”. 5000 years of history and all you have to show is kimchi and pottery?
No doubt the program was sincerely intended to show us more about Korean culture, and the whole day was quite fun, but sometimes I wonder if Koreans actually know what their own culture is all about. Do they not realize that watching TV on tiny screens on the bus/subway, playing games at the PC bang all day and boiling it up at the Jimjil Bang or Baths are as much part of Korean culture as kimchi is? Would it not be more useful for us to learn more about the history and use of these? Show me ONE teacher who has been here more than a month who has not heard about the whole history of kimchi. Now that I think about it, they never tell us that chili is a comparatively recent addition.
Would it not be more useful for the Provence to work on setting up language schools to teach us the Korean Language? Would we not learn more about Korean culture if we were able to experience it directly with the use of said language?
** God, Shelton Baumgartner is pleased with himself.
** The mayor of Suncheon was named the best in the nation by Economy Magazine. At least that's what I think it's saying. From the Suncheon city website, post 102:
The mayor of Suncheon tried to improve the quality of life in all areas such as education, welfare, environment, economy etc., and led the municipal government in establishing the strategic purpose "Korea's Ecological Capital, Suncheon", which is suitable for regional and distinct from other regions.
In addition, keeping the concept of the citizen at the top of the municipal administration, he sought to strengthen the competence of autonomy of the citizen, in particular, he performed, for the first time in the nation, the policy of public health and total welfare service, "Happiness 24 hours with generous people in Suncheon'', hence the high evaluation of the leadership of the administration for citizens was received. His philosophy of regional autonomy, which is managing the transparent administration based on the law and the principle, has also served as an example.
** An interesting discussion going in the comments to this ROK Drop post about the man in the Santa suit who killed eight people before killing himself. Killing people is bad, but the thread's trajectory is right that all the attention will be on the man who killed his kid, without looking at the greedy wife and the legal system that makes divorce---and thus by extension marriage---so ruinous for American men.
** Gwangju is going for the 2015 Universiade, a big international sports competition for college athletes. This May they lost out on the 2013 one, though you might remember Daegu hosted the 2003 Games, the Universiade that featured all those North Korean cheerleaders. Anyway, while searching for that first article I came across one I hadn't seen before: "Painful History Makes Gwangju Unique Candidate." The other two finalists were Vigo, Spain and Kazan, Russian, both located on a notoriously peaceful continent. When I become President of Foreigners, I'm declaring a moratorium on the use of "unique" and "sexy" by Koreans.
** I had planned a post about this year's school festival but I don't think I'll have time to get to it for a while. Suffice it to say I've heard this song way too many times.
Christ. And the English subtitles are driving me nearer the edge. Between them and the Wonder Girls you're raising a whole generation of kids to walk around talking about how pretty they are. Not in subtle terms, either, it's right in the damn refrain. You'll remember Kara began their assault on my sanity with "Rock U." I can't decide which single is worse.
** Ever since YouTube Korea came a lot of videos have been taken down, meaning if you have a blog you'll have to go through and double-check all the videos you've posted (especially music videos and commercials) to make sure they're still working.
** The Party Pooper noticed something that I didn't in those photos of "sexy Santa" Lee Yuri; the dress was clearly designed for someone quite, um, bigger.
Remember, if you vote me President of Foreigners there will be no more "sexy Santas." Jesus Tapdancing Christ, you run a Naver image search for 섹시산타 and it looks like a gallery of animitronics gone bad.
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