Okonomiyaki. Real effing good food.

Can be found in Hongdae. . . if you ask me really nice, I'll take you there.



There are two places; one, called Noside, doesn't allow pictures, but this one does. They're both amazing. Yeah.

This is with my Japanese friend Saito.

How's that for food porn, Zenkimchi?

Personally, I'd give a slight edge to the Okonomi at Noside, though you'll also probably have to wait in line there... but dang, it's good.

This is what Noside looks like


and here's a video about how to find it.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Here is a post I wrote last year for advent.

Back then, almost nobody read my blog; it's a long post, but I'm also more proud of this one than most of the other writing on this blog. Thought I'd draw attention to it, now that I have readers other than my grandma.

It was written for a friend's blog, for advent, and it's a bit more personal than the expat musings and pictures of my awesome weekend. . . but it is what it is, and during the holidays, it seems like a good time for reflection. It's about my search for meaning during one of the most difficult times of my life.

Part one:
http://roboseyo.blogspot.com/2007/12/i-wrote-this-for-tamies-blog-but-ill.html

Part two:
http://roboseyo.blogspot.com/2007/12/part-two-advent-of-meaning-at-least-for.html

It's Backwards Day at Yahoo!

Yahoo published a "Ten Greatest Christmas Songs Ever" list...

that somehow included four of the Christmas songs I hate the most.

The bizarro christmas list had me shaking my head over and over and over: they got the number one song just about bang on... but from there it goes downhill like a Robin "When in doubt, go for the dick joke" Williams comedy routine when he's run out of good material.

If you can guess which four, you win a toaster.

Shoot down that myth.

So, uh, next time somebody tells you Korea is a conservative society, ask them to explain this slideshow.

More here.

Oh sure, the issue isn't as simple and cut-and-dried as that.. read here for The Korean's thoughts on paradoxical sexual mores in Korea, and here for his thoughts on the (at least formerly) deeply closeted homosexual scene in Korea.

For future reference...

Don't reuse olive jars.

The smell...

dear lord, the smell!!!