August 19, 2010

Baby Pictures #40 [Game]

Category: Korean Games — Tags: , , – Admin @ 5:52 pm

Congratulations to user lytoe for correctly guessing the previous Baby Pictures with Sandara Park from 2NE1. The first person to correctly guess a celebrity from their baby picture receives a whopping 100 EXP points. To play, leave a guess in the comments below.
Ningin

August 14, 2010

KPOP Idol-Off: G-Dragon (Big Bang) vs. Jaejoong (DBSK) Random Prize Winner

Category: Korean Games — Tags: , , , , , , , , – Admin @ 3:07 pm

The G-Dragon vs. Jaejoong KPOP Idol-Off match has recently concluded, with Team G-Dragon claiming victory. Now it’s time to announce the random winner of the G-Dragon Heartbreaker Album. Drum roll, please!
Ningin

August 6, 2010

A Ricepaper Airplane, by Gary Pak

Category: Korean Books — Tags: , , – Admin @ 12:49 pm

[Publisher’s description] From a hospital bed a dying man unfolds the tale of an arduous life on the fringes of a Hawai’i sugar plantation in the 1920s. There Kim Sung Wha — laborer, patriot, revolutionary, aviator — envisioned building an airplane from ricepaper, bamboo, and the scrap parts of a broken-down bicycle, an airplane that would carry him back to his Korean homeland and to his wife
Korean American Books, Korean American Readings, Korean American authors

August 2, 2010

The Old Garden [ Korean Movie 2006 ]

Category: Korean Movies — Tags: , , , – Admin @ 5:58 am


Genre : Drama, Romance, Melodrama

Starring : Ji Jin-hee, Yeom Jeong-ah

Runtime :112 min.

Directed by :
Im Sang-soo

Synopsis:

Hyun-woo steps out of prison after a 17-year sentence for his anti-government activities. During his long imprisonment, everything has changed even his fellow anti-government protesters have become mundane. His mother then tells him of the death of Yoon-hee, who harbored and loved him right before he was caught 17 years ago. To cherish memories with her, Hyun-woo goes back to the place where the two had spent a few months together like a couple of honeymooners. Reading through Yoon-hee’s diaries and letters, Hyun-woo discovers that she was the only one who remained loyal to him to the end. Because of her faith and love, the despair and loneliness that Hyun-woo felt after his imprisonment is slowly healed. He also discovers that Yoon-hee left him another gift behind – their daughter.
[source: http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr]

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