May is family month in Korea. We celebrate Children’s Day, Parents’ Day, Teenagers’ Day and Couple’s Day in just a month. It is also the season of weddings. I know more Korean couples who got married in May than in any other month. Oh, I had my Korean wedding in May (2005). This year, the “Wedding [...] Related posts:Moon Geun Yeong, the philanthropist She was once dubbed as the coun..

Rated K, a show hosted by Korina Sanchez on ABS-CBN, did a special episode on Korea. “Rated K: Biyaheng Korea” was finally shown on March 7, Sunday. They featured a few famous tourist spots and Filipino “celebrities” in Korea: Prof. Abagat, Regina, Beverly Tamago of Arirang’s Talk Around and Cathy Garcia of Korea Times. One [...] Related posts:Only You (now filming in Korea) I have u..

Every year, my husband and receive insurance products offered by different companies. We have several insurance plans and I don’t know why we have more than one. The insurance marketing skills those agents possess must be working really well on us. We spend a nice percentage of our salaries paying for premiums. Hopefully, they will [...] Related posts:Internet addiction When I first learned ..

In two weeks’ time, I’ll be meeting my mother as she’ll have a 9-hr stopover in Incheon on her way to Los Angeles. She just arrived in the Philippines yesterday for a short vacation. She was lucky to get cheap flights whenever she travels from LAX to Clark Airport. The latter is just a 15-minute [...] Related posts:FAQ: Stopover in Korea My nephew, who is a Filipino green-card holder, wi..

When I first learned that I was pregnant, I took every measure I know to have a healthy pregnancy. I took prenatal vitamins, exercised and I tried to eat healthy food when I could actually swallow them. I don’t understand how a few people blessed with an “angel” could be so negligent. On Korea Times today [...] Related posts:Cheaper Internet plus Shopping Money Every year, my husband and..

The 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver has just ended, and now we’re looking forward to Sochi 2014. Kim Yuna and Asada Mao will be 23 years old by that time. Will they still be there to compete? Let’s see. Four hundred ninety-one days (491) from now, we’ll learn which country (or city) will host the 2018 [...] Related posts:Kim Yuna at the 2010 Winter Olympics How time flies so fast! It..

The 2010 Winter Olympics has finally ended. I guess that’s a signal that winter is also over and it’s time to shop for spring clothes, BCBG Max Azria bags, light cardigans and open-toe shoes! I love spring and it’s the only reason I could tolerate winter. Did you watch the closing ceremony? This, by far, [...] Related posts:The 2010 Winter Olympics and Seollal The 2010 Winter Olympics s..

We have a longish weekend as March 1 is a national holiday here – the “March 1st Movement” or the anniversary of the “Declaration of Independence” (sort of like the “Cry of Balintawak) from the Japanese colonizers. We couldn’t agree on what to do this weekend – my son wanted to go to Everland, my [...] Related posts:Kim Yuna at the 2010 Winter Olympics How time flies so fast! I..

Even though I had to go to work last Wednesday, I didn’t fail to watch Kim Yuna’s performance for the 2010 Winter Olympics Women’s Figure Skating short program competition. It was shown live on the DMB channel of SBS. ^^Queen Yuna and Asada Mao practising for the free skating The “Figure Queen” – as she’s [...] Related posts:Kim Yuna at the 2010 Winter Olympics How time flies s..