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Nov 23, 2009
Nov 16, 2009
T-money card : a rechargeable public transit card
The T-MONEY CARD is a rechargeable smart card that can be used to pay public transit fares (bus, underground, taxi) as well as purchases in designated areas.
The T-money card can be used to pay subway and bus fares (regular card). The card (useable on buses and most subway lines) costs W1,500. Users of the T-money card receive a discount on bus and subway fares and can transfer without additional charges.
T-money cards allow you to transfer from one bus line to another, or from a subway to a bus (or vice versa) at no extra charge, as long as you board the next leg within 30 minutes of getting off the bus/subway. Just tap your card on the sensors as you get on and off the subway or bus, and your total fare will be calculated as if you were on one long subway/bus ride.
T-money can also be used on taxis with a triangular yellow sign on their roofs, which is usually an indicator that they accept check card and T-money fare payments.
Do you wanna get it? T-Money cards can be purchased in the subway station as well as at some convenience stores such as Buy The Way and Family Mart. T-Money is a prepaid transit card, meaning you “recharge” your card before use. Cards can be charged with amounts from W1000 up to W90,000 at any subway station via the automatic recharging machines (English instructions are on each machine), and at many convenience stores.
Nov 11, 2009
GMF live clips_Leejuck, Yozo, Peppertones
Here are GMF live clips on each stage :)
Mint breeze stage : Leejuck-UFO
Loving forest garden : Yozo-Roller coaster of love
Club midnight sunset : Peppertones-Ready,get set go
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Grand Mint Festival 2009 Review
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Mint breeze stage : Leejuck-UFO
Loving forest garden : Yozo-Roller coaster of love
Club midnight sunset : Peppertones-Ready,get set go
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Grand Mint Festival 2009 Review
Music festivals in Korea
Grand Mind Festival 2009
We enjoyed GMF my partner recommended.(Music Festivals in Korea) Here is the review :)
Things I liked about the festival.
• Sometimes, long performances a boring to death or you may be excited at the very beginning, but then after listening the same thing… …you know what I am talking about. At this point “Mint Breeze festival” succeeded. Each performance was about 40 minutes. It was enough to “get acquainted” with the music, but not to get bored from it.
• The music was various. There were so many different genres. I think each person can find something according to his or her tastes. I was so impressed by one bang that I bought their disc right after the performance. (Sorry, I cannot remember what their genre was. Anyway guys were so cute!!!)…By the way, there were tents with goods and discs right in the stadiums. All the bangs signed up their discs after the concerts. (Imagine a queue of tens of crazy fans each waiting their turn to get the autograph ) Things I did not like.
• Actually, I expected some “English” performers, but there were only Korean bangs.
• Some stadiums were under the open sky, so it was cold to stay there. (I caught a cold after it)
Music festiavls in Korera
I got e-mail from cait_sith like this.
title : S.O.S
Dear jungle neighbor, meerkat….This is your foreign friend Cait_Sith…I have only one word to say….BOOOORING… I am freaking tired of studying. I need to “ventilate” my brain. I need some life music…Are there any concerts here??? Various music genres are desirable…
She seems really borrrrrrring now. So, let's talk about music festivals in Korea. There are several music festivals in Korea. And some of them are really awesome. I want to introduce Jarasum international jazz festival, Pentaport rock festival(and Jisan valley rock festival), and Grand mint festival. They are well-known music festival but each of them has their own characteristics.
First of all, Jarasum International Jazz Festival(http://www.jarasumjazz.com) has been held since 2004 in Jara island. The festival has been growing as the nation’s best music festival and as the representing jazz festival in Asia. It usually held on October and many famous artists like Stanley Clarke, George Duke, Giovanni Mirabassi Trio, and The Caribbean Jazz project has visited.
Grand Mint Festival has been held only for 3years but this festival is growing as one of Korea’s representative music festival. Its slogan is ‘the music festival like a picnic’ and ‘the placidity of the city’s refreshing and refined nature’. They serve 3 stages and each stage has different atmosphere. However most of artists are from Korea. So music may not familiar to you.
Lastly, Pentaport rock festival(http://www.pentaportrock.com/) is a largest rock festival, which is held annually in Incheon for 3 days at the end of July. It is considered as one of the biggest live music events in Korea. The festival covers mainly rock and electronic music. Line up had been fantastic until 2008. The strokes, snow patrol, Yeah yeah yeahs, Placebo, The black eyed peas, Kula shaker, and Franz ferdnand, The chemical brothers, L’arc-en-Ciel, Muse, Asian Kung-Fu Generation, Fantastic Plastic Machine, and Travis visited the festival. However, in 2009, the festival divided to Pentaport rock festival and Jisan valley rock festival.(http://www.valleyrockvestival.com/). In this year, Jisan valley rock festival gathered much more people than pentaport because Weezer, Oasis, Jimmy eat world, Fall out boy, Starsailor, and Basement Jaxx visited Jisan while few famous bands visit Pentaport.
Anyway, as I have mentioned above, there are many awesome music festivals here. So don’t be bored. Anyway, why don’t we enjoy one of them? Grand Mint Festival is held now!
title : S.O.S
She seems really borrrrrrring now. So, let's talk about music festivals in Korea. There are several music festivals in Korea. And some of them are really awesome. I want to introduce Jarasum international jazz festival, Pentaport rock festival(and Jisan valley rock festival), and Grand mint festival. They are well-known music festival but each of them has their own characteristics.
First of all, Jarasum International Jazz Festival(http://www.jarasumjazz.com) has been held since 2004 in Jara island. The festival has been growing as the nation’s best music festival and as the representing jazz festival in Asia. It usually held on October and many famous artists like Stanley Clarke, George Duke, Giovanni Mirabassi Trio, and The Caribbean Jazz project has visited.
Grand Mint Festival has been held only for 3years but this festival is growing as one of Korea’s representative music festival. Its slogan is ‘the music festival like a picnic’ and ‘the placidity of the city’s refreshing and refined nature’. They serve 3 stages and each stage has different atmosphere. However most of artists are from Korea. So music may not familiar to you.
Lastly, Pentaport rock festival(http://www.pentaportrock.com/) is a largest rock festival, which is held annually in Incheon for 3 days at the end of July. It is considered as one of the biggest live music events in Korea. The festival covers mainly rock and electronic music. Line up had been fantastic until 2008. The strokes, snow patrol, Yeah yeah yeahs, Placebo, The black eyed peas, Kula shaker, and Franz ferdnand, The chemical brothers, L’arc-en-Ciel, Muse, Asian Kung-Fu Generation, Fantastic Plastic Machine, and Travis visited the festival. However, in 2009, the festival divided to Pentaport rock festival and Jisan valley rock festival.(http://www.valleyrockvestival.com/). In this year, Jisan valley rock festival gathered much more people than pentaport because Weezer, Oasis, Jimmy eat world, Fall out boy, Starsailor, and Basement Jaxx visited Jisan while few famous bands visit Pentaport.
Anyway, as I have mentioned above, there are many awesome music festivals here. So don’t be bored. Anyway, why don’t we enjoy one of them? Grand Mint Festival is held now!
korean fortunetelling
Cait_Sith’s diary..
What can say?….Oh my God, I can’t believe I did it…It was fun.
My fried and I went to Dongdaemun district…(If you don’t know about it, read the previous post)…As it turned out you don’t have to go to special houses to find fortune-tellers. There are plenty of them almost everywhere…Usually they sit in small tents right in front of the malls, waiting for another victim (just kidding).()()…. As my friend wrote before there are different kinds of fortune telling: Taro cards, palmistry etc. I experienced fortune telling based on the date of birth. In Korean it is called “sajupalja.” We picked the most nice-looking woman. I gotta say my first impression about her was “she must be vampire.” Probably it was just my intuition, but later on, I realized it did not trick me. Fortune-tellers are vampires. They do not suck your blood ,
but suck your money. The prophecy of the next year cost me 10.000W. May be it’s not that much, but for a poor student like me….. 
Okey, First, the woman told me about my temper and disposition. She said I was a cold-tempered person who likes to hang out a lot. (Weird combination, isn’t it?) Then she said that I would probably switch my major in the following month….I WAS SHOCKED….That was so true. I was planning to change my major, I even prepared all the required documents. How did she know? That’s the mystery. Before this sentence I did not even really listen to her, but after it I pricked up my ears. The next thing I heard was “you eat well.” I thought she tried to insult me, hinting that I eat a lot (it’s actually true, but whatever…). My friend explained to me that in Korea the meaning of “eating well” is wealth and prosperity. The woman also said that my symbol was “Gold.” Therefore, in January and February I should try to find a part-time job, because I will get a good salary. Then in December I will probably find a new boyfriend, but I should be careful with my new relationships, cause in June and July we might quarrel a lot, and by the way I might get pregnant, because of it. (Seriously, I don’t know how to believe to this stuff) In March I will have no luck, so I will have to be cautious and check everything. I should not get married until I am 28, because after that I will not be able to make a lot of money (I “eat well” after all) That is all. The rest of what she told me is kind of boring. Should I trust this information? Who knows…..
Tip1.
The only way to truly enjoy fortune-telling is to have a good English-speaking Korean friend or to have good knowledge of Korean yourself. Otherwise, you will not be able to understand anything. Since it’s traditional Korean fortune-telling, people use lots of “hanja” (Chinese characters), so make sure you are not alone when experiencing it.
Tip2. Gosh, those fortune-tellers are no different from tricky salesmen. Mine asked whether I wanted to know more specific information about my new boyfriend. Of course, this service was not free. People! Don’t take the bait! Trust me 10.000W will be enough for your hair to stand on end from what you will hear.
What can say?….Oh my God, I can’t believe I did it…It was fun.
My fried and I went to Dongdaemun district…(If you don’t know about it, read the previous post)…As it turned out you don’t have to go to special houses to find fortune-tellers. There are plenty of them almost everywhere…Usually they sit in small tents right in front of the malls, waiting for another victim (just kidding).()()…. As my friend wrote before there are different kinds of fortune telling: Taro cards, palmistry etc. I experienced fortune telling based on the date of birth. In Korean it is called “sajupalja.” We picked the most nice-looking woman. I gotta say my first impression about her was “she must be vampire.” Probably it was just my intuition, but later on, I realized it did not trick me. Fortune-tellers are vampires. They do not suck your blood ,
but suck your money. The prophecy of the next year cost me 10.000W. May be it’s not that much, but for a poor student like me….. 
Okey, First, the woman told me about my temper and disposition. She said I was a cold-tempered person who likes to hang out a lot. (Weird combination, isn’t it?) Then she said that I would probably switch my major in the following month….I WAS SHOCKED….That was so true. I was planning to change my major, I even prepared all the required documents. How did she know? That’s the mystery. Before this sentence I did not even really listen to her, but after it I pricked up my ears. The next thing I heard was “you eat well.” I thought she tried to insult me, hinting that I eat a lot (it’s actually true, but whatever…). My friend explained to me that in Korea the meaning of “eating well” is wealth and prosperity. The woman also said that my symbol was “Gold.” Therefore, in January and February I should try to find a part-time job, because I will get a good salary. Then in December I will probably find a new boyfriend, but I should be careful with my new relationships, cause in June and July we might quarrel a lot, and by the way I might get pregnant, because of it. (Seriously, I don’t know how to believe to this stuff) In March I will have no luck, so I will have to be cautious and check everything. I should not get married until I am 28, because after that I will not be able to make a lot of money (I “eat well” after all) That is all. The rest of what she told me is kind of boring. Should I trust this information? Who knows…..
Tip1.
The only way to truly enjoy fortune-telling is to have a good English-speaking Korean friend or to have good knowledge of Korean yourself. Otherwise, you will not be able to understand anything. Since it’s traditional Korean fortune-telling, people use lots of “hanja” (Chinese characters), so make sure you are not alone when experiencing it.
Tip2. Gosh, those fortune-tellers are no different from tricky salesmen. Mine asked whether I wanted to know more specific information about my new boyfriend. Of course, this service was not free. People! Don’t take the bait! Trust me 10.000W will be enough for your hair to stand on end from what you will hear.
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Read your palms to find your fate
Read your palms to find your fate
I assume there are few people who haven’t heard of traditional methods of fortune telling in East Asian countries. Chiromancy (palm reading) is one of the most popular ways to find one’s fate. It is true that there are certainly people who regard chiromancy as a superstition. However many Koreans not only enjoy this divination but also believe it is a genuine indicator of their fate. Because of these reasons, some people use this as a natural way to physical contact. :) So, let’s learn basic concepts of palm reading!
Left and Right Hands
First of all, you should know that left and right hands represent different things. The lines on your left palm indicate your innate traits and talents. So I recommend that consult left palm for issues related to private life and inner self. Right hand represents what is acquired after birth. You can recognize changes of personality traits by comparison of these lines with those on the left hand.
Life line
This picture represents the life line. This line starts halfway between the thumb and the index finger. It is primarily examined to determine health, physical strength, life expectancy and so on. Basically, thick and distinct line is good. It is good if the life line extended down to the wrist without breaks or interruption. Rose pink is considered to be the best color.
Head line
This picture represents the head line. Do you want to know whether you are intelligent enough? Short and clear line tends to make quick decision. This line tells about a person’s intelligent faculty, mindset, judgment, ingenuity, imagination, and talent.
Heart line
This line represents your mind and emotions. If it is distinct and deep, this means your mind is stable and focused, but if the line is interrupted and poorly defined your mind is disturbed. The heart line is often more diverse and complicated in shape than the life and head lines. It mostly tells you about a person’s emotional state, affection, sensibilities, and marital affairs.
Union line
The union lines, which are manifested as a single line for some individuals, are horizontally extended below the little finger. These lines are studied to determine your attitude toward members of the opposite sex, romantic relationships, marriage, and performance at school.
Money line
I think you are very interestd in this line. Money line is located between the little finger and the ring finger, and it crosses the heart line. The money line on your left palm represents the financial fate you were born with, whilst the one on your right palm suggests the fortune that you will create. The thicker the line, the better your luck. The money line indicates your luck with money, your attitude toward it, and your living conditions.
Ok, now you have learned the basic of palm reading. Why don't you hesitate to use it!
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korean fortunetelling
Left and Right Hands
First of all, you should know that left and right hands represent different things. The lines on your left palm indicate your innate traits and talents. So I recommend that consult left palm for issues related to private life and inner self. Right hand represents what is acquired after birth. You can recognize changes of personality traits by comparison of these lines with those on the left hand.
This picture represents the life line. This line starts halfway between the thumb and the index finger. It is primarily examined to determine health, physical strength, life expectancy and so on. Basically, thick and distinct line is good. It is good if the life line extended down to the wrist without breaks or interruption. Rose pink is considered to be the best color.
This picture represents the head line. Do you want to know whether you are intelligent enough? Short and clear line tends to make quick decision. This line tells about a person’s intelligent faculty, mindset, judgment, ingenuity, imagination, and talent.
This line represents your mind and emotions. If it is distinct and deep, this means your mind is stable and focused, but if the line is interrupted and poorly defined your mind is disturbed. The heart line is often more diverse and complicated in shape than the life and head lines. It mostly tells you about a person’s emotional state, affection, sensibilities, and marital affairs.
The union lines, which are manifested as a single line for some individuals, are horizontally extended below the little finger. These lines are studied to determine your attitude toward members of the opposite sex, romantic relationships, marriage, and performance at school.
I think you are very interestd in this line. Money line is located between the little finger and the ring finger, and it crosses the heart line. The money line on your left palm represents the financial fate you were born with, whilst the one on your right palm suggests the fortune that you will create. The thicker the line, the better your luck. The money line indicates your luck with money, your attitude toward it, and your living conditions.
Ok, now you have learned the basic of palm reading. Why don't you hesitate to use it!
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korean fortunetelling
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