Being directed by my favorite K-director (임권택) and starting my favorite K-actor (안성기), I absolutely had to watch Festival (축제).  It all revolves around a grandmother who passes away and the ceremony which follows.  Festival looks at what death means to those around the deceased and how they have influenced everything around them.  If you’re [...]

I headed to the SNU station to meet the other students going to the new SNU student party (모꼬지).  We took the 5511 bus to the SNU gate and walked to a building where we were split into teams.  There were two new students assigned to each group as helpers who guided us to different [...]

Well, I frequented the official Wondergirls cafe on daum and saw that there was a LOT of negative feelings going around about mimi leaving and the new member coming.  There was only one conversation room named ‘Opossing the recruiting of a new member.  As a mini-social experiment, I started a second conversation room with the [...]

I favorited Park Bom’s recent video, but I failed to mention one of the great things I believe it brought to the table. Sadly, suicide is extremely high in Korea (the highest among the OECD nations). In light of recent high-profile suicides like the late president Noh and various entertainers, it was great to see [...]

Sopyonje (서편제) is an incredibly sad-stricken movie looking into the life of a grief stricken family.  Partly because of the wretched life of poverty and partly because of the intense control of the father.  I personally see this movie as almost something of a dialog of Korean history, a tale of never ending sadness and [...]