Archive for July, 2009
iPhone in Korea
In: American Brands in Korea| American Culture Korea| American Franchises in Korea| Korean Infrastructure| Technology| iPhone in Korea
15 Jul 2009I love my iPhone. It is the best phone/handheld device that I have ever owned. I still have the 1st generation iPhone, but with constant software updates from Apple and 50,000 applications available from iPhone app developers, there’s always something new and interesting to do with it. The new iPhone 3Gs looks even more incredible. [...]
Yuyuan Garden in Shanghai, China
10 Jul 2009Walking the bridge to the entrance of Yuyuan Garden.
Admission is 40 yuan for adults and 10 yuan for children that are less than 1.4 meters tall. (?? What if you are a giant 10 year old?)
Inside Yuyuan Garden.
A couple fellow tourists admiring the garden.
Nice picture.
That’d be pretty cool house to live in.
Nifty fountain close to [...]
Jade Buddha Temple in Shanghai, China
In: China| Fish| Traveling Abroad| Visit Shanghai
10 Jul 2009Center courtyard at Jade Buddha Temple with visitors meditating and praying.
FYI, ticket price for Jade Buddha Temple is 20 yuan. But, an opportunist decided to put the actual jade Buddhas in a separate area. Tickets for the actual jade Buddhas at the Jade Buddha Temple are available at the far corner of the compound for [...]
South Korean Economy in Recovery
In: Current Events in Korea| Economy| Korean Infrastructure| Money and Banking
6 Jul 2009South Korean Won to 1 USD
120 days
latest (Jul 3)
1265.66
lowest (May 11)
1233.76
highest (Mar 2)
1583
In four months, the Korean won has strengthened 20% against the U.S. dollar. If you had bought Korean won at its peak in February, and cashed out your currency account, you would have realized a 60% annualized return. I don’t [...]
Airport Security in Shanghai, China
3 Jul 2009Before deplaning in Shanghai, China, everyone onboard is subject to the army of Chinese airport security wielding temperature reading guns.
Even the pretty Asian Airlines flight attendant got the same treatment.
The Chinese Swine Influenza Troops deplaning after a satisfactory inspection.
Chinese flags proudly displayed in the customs inspection area. By the way, all the photos in this entry [...]
Korean Ajushi Rocking a Trendy Hat
In: Ajuma| Ajushi| American Culture Korea| Daily Life in Seoul, South Korea| Subway
2 Jul 2009I could not stop laughing when I saw this ajushi (Korean for “old man”) on the subway. This man was probably about 60 years old and was passed out with his head down. You see this in Korea everywhere – Koreans who are clueless what the text means in English, but because it’s English, they [...]
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Night Clubs in Shanghai, China
2 Jul 2009“The exclusive cocktail club that caters to jet-set billionaires” – CNN Worldwide
“M1NT shareholders include 9 billionaires” – BBC News 24
“M1NT’s shareholders and members include Val Kilmer, Ivana Trump, Daniel ‘007’ Craig, [...]
The New 50,000 Won Korean Note !!
In: Current Events in Korea| Daily Life in Seoul, South Korea| Economy| Korean Culture| Korean History
1 Jul 2009Behold, the new 50,000 won Korean Note!! Just put into circulation, I exchanged my 600 Chinese Yuan from my trip to Shanghai for two of these babies.
These are the highest denomination notes by five-fold, just put into circulation this week. For almost 40 years, the 10,000 won Korean note has been the highest denomination bill, [...]
About Kimchi Soup
Kimchi Soup is a blog journal managed by a Korean-American-Jewish adoptee (this is not a joke). Its sole purpose is to document the adventures of the author's return to Korea and to update his family and friends.
The author of this blog journal was adopted form Korea at the age of 6. He was adopted and raised by a Jewish-American family (not a joke). The purpose of his extended return trip to Korea is to learn more about his birth-family history, learn the Korean language, and immerse himself in daily Korean life to fully experience true Korean culture.
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