Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious...

 as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.  ~Henry David Thoreau

Exactly 24 hours from now, we will be at the airport waiting for our flight home. Going home is an interesting thought, because to some it might imply that we think Korea hasn't been our home for over 2 years. Hopefully you realize that Korea was never meant to be our permanent home; it was always going to be temporary.

Marc and I have had a love-hate relationship with Korea for a long time. For example, I hatehatehate effing squatty potties (as one friend of mine has named them) but I lovelovelove the public transit system. We hate that it's nearly impossible to find a good sandwich here, but love the (customer/restaurant) service and how cheap it is to eat out. Seriously, there are several restaurants where Marc and I can get delicious, REAL meals together for under $20 total (sometimes under $10 total!). I think these days you can only accomplish that at fast food places in the US, or by sharing one plate.

We've made some friends here that we will miss, dearly. However, thanks to the wonders of the Internet maybe they won't seem so far away. Eventually, I'm sure we'll all be back on the same continent so I definitely see some trips out west and up north in our future.

Tomorrow we will get on that airplane and from then on, Korea will be a memory. We will look back fondly, I'm sure, and we'll tell our daughter how she lived in Korea before she was even born (haha). Maybe our children will all look at our photos one day and think, "Wow, I wish I was as cool as Mom and Dad!" We'll get on that (those) plane(s) tomorrow and go back to our "regular" lives; we always felt like things were kind of on hold as long as we stayed in Korea.

You know, I think we're not so much "going back" as we are "going forward." I mean, look at us--before Korea, we were poor, fat, and not quite as happy as it seemed like we should be. Now, post-Korea, we'll have our first baby, we'll be financially stable, we're skinnier, AND I think we're content with our lives and where we're at and where we're going. I guess while it may seem that not much has changed back home, we've changed. We're not the same people who left 2 years ago. Because of that, it's impossible to "go back" to anything; there is no back, only forward.

I've had a whole slew of awkward goodbyes this week, so with this final blog post I'm just going to say...

Goodbye, Korea. It's been real. Good luck with everything. 안녕!

25 Weeks + The End is Nigh

I can't believe that I'm already 25 weeks pregnant. I also can't believe that in just a few more days we'll be in the USA and Korea will be a memory.

We had our final appointment today with my OB/GYN, Dr. Song. He's so nice, I really should have taken a picture with him. Oh well. I had my Level II ultrasound (the one where they scan baby's anatomy for abnormalities) today and Karinne is perfect! I also had to do the 1-hour glucose tolerance test to screen for gestational diabetes, and I passed *whew*. I was a little worried because my mom had gestational diabetes with me and eventually had Type 2 diabetes, but everything was a-ok. Of course, then I was worried that my blood pressure was going to be high due to all the worrying I'd been doing, but it was okay too. Soooooo, basically, what I'm trying to say is that I sprouted a few more gray hairs today for no good reason.

Ah, speaking of gray hair... some of my students noticed a "white hair" on Tuesday, so I told them to pull it out. Well, apparently that just opened the door for them to pick through my hair and remove all the grays they could find! Oi vey, I didn't realize just how many gray hairs I had hiding in there. Sheesh. I felt old :(

Three days. Just THREE days.

23(ish) Weeks!

Yep, the 23-week mark kinda came and went (last Friday), but I decided I should make a post anyway--especially since it's less than 2 weeks until we're on our way home! It's really hard not to just jump for joy whenever I think about it. Yesterday, in a very flat tone, Marc said, "I'm trying not to get too excited just yet."

We went to Seoul last weekend to sell our books to the big English bookstore there, and then we just hung out all day. I wanted to take pictures, but I forgot to charge my camera battery before we left (and it doesn't take regular batteries) so, no pictures. I really want some pictures of me NOT in front of the refrigerator...

So, one of the benefits of being from the US (or Canada) and working in Korea is the pension. We pay into the National Pension fund with every paycheck, and our employers match it. However, the US and Canada have deals in place with the Korean government that allows us to get aaaaaalll that money back when we leave Korea. Marc and I went to the pension office last week to arrange to get our pensions after we leave, and we should receive it all some time in June. I (heart) Korea!

We've also started selling our stuff--it's nice just to make a few bucks before we leave. I've sold lots of clothes and now we're working on selling furniture and whatnot. I really cannot believe how much we have stuffed into this apartment. I'm hoping that we're able to sell mostly everything... whatever doesn't sell we basically "give" to Moonkkang. They furnish the teachers' apartments, but since we already had our own stuff from working at YBM (who didn't provide ANYTHING), we only got a couple of things from MK.

In baby news, Karinne has started kicking up a storm. From about 18-22 weeks I was just feeling flutters and little "pushes", but the other night she started kicking HARD! I could feel it on the outside, so Marc tried to feel it too but she wouldn't kick him that hard. I'm just happy that I don't have to wonder if it's gas anymore--I can definitely tell that these are baby kicks!

22 Weeks!

Holy Bologna, Batman! Can you believe it? TWENTY-TWO WEEKS. (Do you like my use of all three types of sentence-ending punctuation?) According to the Internet, Karinne is the size of a coconut this week. It's a good thing I looooove coconut, because I'm not sure how I'd feel if she was like a... um... random food that I don't like.

Last Friday night I started having really horrible pains on my front-right side. I assumed it was just gas, so I popped some Gas-X. Sadly, that did NOT do the trick and the pain only got worse, until I could hardly move! I thought maybe I was just about to have a bad case of diarrhea, but that wasn't happening either. I'd been pretty regular, if you catch my drift, so I really had no idea what was going on. I think I finally just passed out from the pain around 1 or 2 in the morning. When I woke up, the pain was better--but it still hadn't gone away completely. Marc finally convinced me to call the International Clinic coordinator at our hospital to see if I should come in. She went ahead and made an appointment for me to see the doctor that afternoon. Well, the doctor poked and prodded me, took a look at Karinne on the ultrasound machine, and finally just chalked it up to REALLY AWFUL round ligament pains. I did learn that my placenta is on the left side, so if I have that kind of pain again that's one less awful thing that can run through my mind.

And that's all the excitement for now. Just waiting for our next appointment on April 21st--wahoo!

Hi Mewster!

(almost) 20 Weeks!

We had our (almost) 20-week ultrasound today, and it's definitely a girl! Marc and I have decided on the name Karinne Elise; it probably won't change, unless someone can give us an even better middle name. I also decided to finally get Marc to take some "belly photos" since I kinda look pregnant :)

I also feel like I should mention something besides the baby--my weight loss! Since October, I've lost about  50 pounds--and nearly 70 pounds since the last time most of you saw me. I've dropped about 20 pounds since I found out I was pregnant in December--that's right, I haven't gained ANY weight. Am I awesome or what? Of course, my OB hasn't said a word about it, but I'm taking her silence as a sign of approval. My blood pressure is also still looking good; it was lower today than at my previous 2 appointments, so I'm even happier about that.

Our next appointment is April 21, and that will be for my Level II ultrasound (high-res) and glucose tolerance test (their standard time to check for gestational diabetes). At that appointment I will also get copies of my medical records and my "safe to fly" note--most airlines don't require that until closer to the end of the pregnancy, but I'd rather be safe than sorry. Then we leave Korea at 11am on April 25, and arrive in Dallas at 5pm on April 25!

obligatory "hand on the belly" photo

Right now I'm still wearing my regular pants, unbuttoned with a safety pin (and cutting into my stomach). I ordered some maternity jeans from eBay so hopefully I'll have them next week and then you won't see that dent in my tummy :) 

41 days until we're back in the USA!!!

Birthdays and Things

Marc is 30!! Can you believe it? He says he's okay with it, that he's happy to not be a stupid 20-something anymore ;o) (I didn't take offense. You should meet some of his coworkers--oh dear God, it's embarrassing to be in the same age bracket as them.)

To celebrate, I made Marc's favorite - chocolate cake with white frosting. A friend on the US Army base bought some good old Betty Crocker cake mix and frosting for me, and I made lovely little cupcakes in our toaster oven. The cupcake pan I bought was too big for the oven, so I just put the paper cups on a regular flat baking sheet--some of the cupcakes were a little oddly-shaped, but it worked out because there was more surface area for frosting :) I failed to take ANY pictures, mainly because the apartment was a disaster.

That night we went out with a few friends and had some delicious galbi. Marc's gift came in the mail on Monday--I got him a Kindle and a nice purple cover for it (his favorite color). Between that and the baby that I'm cookin', I'm pretty sure I win Wife of the Year (Marc even said he would worship at my feet if I felt it was required).

T minus 57 days! And now we can say we're leaving Korea next month!

It's February!

I know, I know. I'm real original with my blog titles.

Now that I'm for realz pregnant and not just "early first trimester pregnant," I think I'll start making more updates in this thing. Maybe some of you don't really care, but guess what--neither do I! Ha! :o) According to some people (who shall not be named), I'm also becoming the elusive Pregosaurus. She only comes out of hibernation for roughly 4 months at a time, hence the elusiveness.

Anyway. I'm 16 weeks along now--crazy, huh? Sometimes I think I might feel the baby moving, but it's probably just gas. There are a lot of things that people don't warn you about with pregnancy, and with good reason. It would scare too many women away from ever getting pregnant. Right now my biggest complaints are gas and pimples. I don't think I had acne this bad even when I was a teenager, and I'm pretty sure there's enough gas in my abdomen to power a small car--maybe one of those smart cars. As the pregnancy progresses, I can also look forward to heartburn, hemorrhoids, constipation--and those are just the advertised side effects. Whatevs. I guess I do get a baby at the end of it all, so it's all worth it--right?

We're starting to think about getting ready for the great move back to Americaland. If you haven't heard, we're moving back to Birmingham now. I got a great job offer from the company I worked for before Korea, and we couldn't turn it down. I'm not excited about trying to clear this place out. I kinda want to just pack up what we need, and leave the rest and let someone else deal with it all.

Okay, that's all I've got right now. Goodnight!

January Update

Ahh, January. I hate January. It's cold, and there's nothing to look forward to unless you have a birthday or live in a place where they celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

I'm about 12 weeks pregnant now--kinda crazy. I can't believe I'm nearly 1/3 of the way through. We went to see the baby doctor, Dr. Song, on the 18th. Marc and I both posted a clip of the ultrasound video on our Facebook pages, but in case you haven't seen it, here it is again:

I had no idea that 12-week-old fetuses could move around like that! No one has ever mentioned it, although I guess I haven't known THAT many pregnant people.

Not much has been going in the daily lives of Marc and Christina. I think we're both already counting down until it's time to go home to our new home in Texas. February should be more exciting though; the Lunar New Year holiday (Seolnal) is February 2-4 (meaning we get a 5-day weekend) and we'll be spending a couple of days in Seoul with a couple of our friends.

Now we're just starting to take inventory of everything in our apartment and figure out what to sell/get rid of and what to send home. Our goal is ship a few boxes to America and then just get on the plane with 1 or 2 suitcases each and the cats. Wish us luck getting everything sorted over the next couple of months :)

2010

2010 went pretty well. Nothing negative to report, and that's always a plus!

• We dug ourselves out of debt and started paying on my student loan
• We visited China and Singapore and Malaysia
• We decided we were content with our life in Korea, but not content enough to stay a third year
• I made the decision to take charge of my health and have lap-band surgery in October (oops, let the cat out of the bag!)
• Found out I was pregnant about a month after having the previously-mentioned lap-band surgery (haha, joke's on me!)

I'm looking forward to 2011, as it will see our return to the homeland and the arrival of our first child. 

Happy 2011! I hope you enjoyed your celebrations. We went with some friends to a park downtown to see a show and watch them ring the giant bell at the new year. Afterwards, we watched "Tron: Legacy" so we wouldn't have to wait behind thousands of people trying to get a taxi. 

Awesome vocal ensemble

Children's choir; they were adorable!

Traditional dancers

I didn't take any pictures of the actual bell-ringing or the fireworks because I was too cold to get my camera out again. 

Happy New Year!

P.S. If you're interested, you can check out my lap-band blog at Daegu Fatty.

December Update

And just in time, I might add :)

So, as most (all?) of you know by now, I AM PREGNANT!!! Marc and I are positively elated. As in I've already got 3 pregnancy books and Marc's reading them too. Oops, he may not want me to share that. Oh well! We got the positive on December 4th; it was only a minor surprise. We actually started trying LAST December, and then decided to stop trying in October until after we got home, and then I was pregnant :o)

We found a wonderful doctor here in Daegu, Dr. Song, to take care of me and the little one until we come home in April. He worked in Wisconsin for 17 years, and he's friends with Dr. Chung from St. Luke's Hospital in Newburgh, NY, who was my mom's OB when she was pregnant with me! Apparently they went to medical school together or something. I don't think I need to tell you that it's a small world after all.

The official due date is August 8 but when we commented to Dr. Song that our anniversary is August 5, he decided to change our official due date to August 5 in his computer. Maternity care is a little different here, because I will get an ultrasound at every visit (it's only $25 for an ultrasound here, as opposed to something like $200 in the US). I guess it's common practice in the US to only get 1 or 2 ultrasounds--LAME. I was also able to get the Go-Un Mom Card, which is basically a $300 credit card to use for my doctor appointments and any medications I need. It's available to all pregnant women in Korea who are covered under the National Health Insurance.

I'm a little disappointed that I'll have to change doctors and health care systems when I'm 6 months pregnant, but I suppose it's worth it to be at home. Even though the hospital just built a brand new labor and delivery wing and the birth would only cost about $1000 (and that's with 2-3 days in the hospital)... I promise I'm excited about coming home and having this baby with friends and family close by :)

Now for some pictures:

self-explanatory (wahooooo!)

The smiley mouth is my uterus, and the "tongue" in the middle is the baby

It's snowing tonight!

Yeah, that's really all I have to say. I'm waiting on Marc to come home with some delicious Taco Bell from the army base but it's probably going to be a while because of the snow. It's okay though, I have lots of scrump-dilly-umptious Christmas treats to snack on while I wait, hahaha.

A Thanksgiving "Feast" in Korea

Thanksgiving has come and gone here in the Land of the Morning Calm. Marc and I are thrilled that this was the last one on this side of the planet! We hadn't intended on cooking any special food, but at the last minute I decided to make a little something special.

I made pecan-crusted chicken breasts, mashed sweet potatoes, and green beans. That's about as close to Thanksgiving cooking as I can get without having an oven. Tomorrow (Saturday) we're (probably) going to a cafe downtown that's serving up some Thanksgiving goodies; turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, cranberry sauce, and apple and pumpkin pie.

Oh, something I learned while making my pecan-crusted chicken: dried parsley can get worms if it gets too old. I learned this AFTER I added it to the pecans. Luckily, I had plenty of pecans so I just threw out that first mixture, and you know what? The chicken turned out just fine without the totally useless herb known as parsley!

I hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving. See you in 4 months and 27 days!

Oh man, I almost forgot!

Okay, I can't believe I forgot to mention this in my last post. Be warned, it involves poop.

I teach elementary and middle school students, ages 8-14, roughly.

Two weeks ago, an 11-year-old student POOPED HIS PANTS. IN THE CLASSROOM. Luckily, it was during the few minutes before class started. My poor manager had to deal with it; I didn't know about it until I got to my classroom and the smell hit me like a 2x4 to the face. Surprisingly, the other students were gracious enough--we just opened up the windows and the door and turned on the A/C.

When I asked my manager about it the next day, she said she only found him because she was trying to figure out where the horrendous smell was coming from (it had permeated both floors) and her nose led her to my classroom. She called each student out individually to ask if they had a problem, and the particular boy in question refused to get up. Finally she made him get up and he had diarrhea all down the back of his pants. The poor kid was so embarrassed he just sat there, in his poop pants!

He tried to say he fell in the toilet (squatters, remember?) but his mom told the manager the truth. He also hasn't been back, not that I blame him.

So, I just thought I would share that little event. Ta-ta for now!

What day is it?

Right, so, as per my usual intro, let me apologize for failing in the upkeep of this blog. Lots has been going on over the last few months, and if you're lucky, you know what it's all about already.

So anyway, just a few highlights:

• Josh and Kate came to visit us for a few days back in August! It was great being with family and really helped us feel a little less detached from the "real world". 
• Rachel came to visit us in September! Again, it was fantastic to see people from our "previous" life in America ;) We travelled all over Korea--and there are lots of photos on Facebook to prove it. 
• We went to Singapore and Malaysia during the first week of October. Now that was a TRUE vacation, as in we didn't do a single touristy thing. We flew into Singapore, stayed overnight at a hostel, caught a bus early the next morning to travel 4 hours to the ferry port in Malaysia. From there we took a 2-hour ferry ride to Tioman Island (Pulau Tioman) where we did nothing but lounge around, sleep, and read books. It was FANTASTIC.

Earlier this month we met with our manager that handles contract stuff, and we've got an official going home date of April 22nd! I can't tell you how excited this made us--there's actually a light at the end of the tunnel! Not that our time in Korea has been bad, because it's really been great this past year; it's just time. We miss our friends, our families, and Marc's ready to make use of that fancy Master's degree he has :)

Here are some pictures for your viewing pleasure: 

Dr. Fish!

Dr. Fish! (and Josh and Kate)

Lunch at the shabu-shabu restaurant near our apartment

Now here are some photos from our Malaysia trip:

View of the beach from our porch

Looking down from the porch 

Beautiful view from the porch 

Who's that sexy guy?

Our chalet

It's a monkey! Next to our chalet!

So, I hope you enjoyed this update. Maybe I'll get better, maybe I won't. We'll see :)

Seasons may come, and seasons may go...

But humidity lasts forever!


Well, some things have changed since my last post. Marc got a new job! His editing job just wasn't what he expected, so he made the switch from editing to good ol' teaching (same company). He was actually quite lucky because usually the teaching jobs are filled 3 months in advance, but one new hire's paperwork didn't come through or something so there just *happened* to be an available position. Now we both work 4-10pm every day--not too bad. 


I started Level 2 of the 30 Day Shred. It's a fate worse than death. At one point, Jillian actually says, "I want you to feel like you are going to die." When she started the final exercise on the video, I shouted some not-so-nice words at her and just did regular crunches. Ugh. On the bright side, I now have a yoga mat and hand weights, so I can exercise all proper-like. 


I guess that's all. Josh and Kate will be here in just over 2 weeks, and Marc and I both managed to get 2 days off to spend with them! Since it's summertime, lots of teachers are taking vacations and we were on a waiting list to see if we'd be able to get the days off. Luckily, I guess some vacations cancelled because we found out Friday that we were able to get them. Now we will be able to show them all the wonders of Daegu (and the surrounding cities). Hahaha. 

I'm officially a Shredhead

Last week I decided to start a new exercise program. I haven't been going to the gym as regularly as I ought to (read:never), so I started doing Jillian Michaels' 30 Day Shred. I used to hear people talk about it a lot on my Weight Watchers boards, so I finally decided to give it a try. It's just a 20-minute workout, which is the biggest appeal I think, and it gives you results pretty quickly.

I tried it the first time Last Tuesday (or, That Day I Nearly Died). Back on TDIND, I was just minding my own business, watching the cleaning lady down on her hands and knees scrubbing my floor (when I have a perfectly good mop), when I decided I should start the Shred. I looked online to find some before/after photos, and came upon a website called The Shredheads. It's pretty encouraging to see how some people's bodies have changed in such a short time.

I've managed to do it every day since then. My endurance is much better since TDIND and I'm pretty happy about that. I've also lost nearly 4kg (about 8 pounds) in that short time! I told my Korean partner teacher this and now she wants a copy. That's me, spreading the Jillian Michaels love throughout Korea since 2010.

Where have you been all my life?

So, not quite 3 months since my last post--not too bad. I just needed to take a break for a while; writer's block, if you will. Anyway, I've decided that it's long past time for me to write something so here I am at 2:17am, ready to go! Haaaaahahahaha...okay.

Let's see, where were we? Oh yes, April 30 was my last "semi" post, but nothing substantial occurred until June 10 when we went to Beijing. That city is AMAZING. There's so much rich history and culture; we already decided that we must go back some day with our kids and their grandparents. I know you probably already saw all the pictures I put on Facebook, but they don't really even begin to describe how cool that place is. We went with a tour group from TravelChinaGuide.com, and that was totally worth it as well. It's a little difficult to get to all the places easily, so it definitely helped having our own van driving us everywhere.

On the morning of our flight back to Korea, I was the unfortunate victim of what I now have dubbed the Great Bowelpocalypse of 2010. I woke up that morning practically running to the toilet where all hell proceeded to break loose (both figuratively AND literally). I had 2 more episodes before we even got on the plane. I think after that point I was so traumatized by memories of the Great Bowelpocalypse of 2007 (or, "The Honeymoon that Wasn't") that I was able to freeze my bowels into submission, because I did not have anymore problems until after the plane and bus ride to Daegu (a total of about 8 hours). During the 5-minute taxi ride from the bus station to our apartment, I was clenching so hard that I was practically levitating off the seat. The Great Bowelpocalypse of 2010 finally came to an end 2 days later (although to be honest, things really haven't worked right since then).

In the month or so since our Beijing trip, things have been pretty much standard. Work, sleep, hang out on the weekends. Oh, we got a cleaning lady. I do okay on my own, but I really hate dusting and vacuuming and mopping. So twice a month she comes and dusts and vacuums in all the little nooks and crannies and corners that I normally skip over. Our apartment gets so dusty, I just gave up trying to keep up with it. I blame it on the lack of central air (which would normally filter all the dust and crap out of the air). Next time she comes I'll try to take a picture so you can meet our adjumma (Korean word for older married woman). I have no idea what her name is, I just call her "adjumma".

The next couple of months should be a little more exciting. Josh and Kate will be here in August, then my bestest friend is coming in September for a couple of weeks, and right after that we're off to Singapore and Malaysia. I can't believe how quickly this year is passing!

Until next time...

In passing...

Sorry for the lack of posting lately. Not much has been going on that's worth reporting. I'll try to change that this weekend. Bye ya'll.

Yeah, I like make-up. So what?

[Girly topic. You have been warned.]

Today was a good day. I lazed around the Internet then took a walk to various make-up shops. Now, Korea loves their make-up shops. You don't really buy make-up at places like E-Mart or Homeplus--but that doesn't mean you have to spend loads of money on make-up either. Here we have Face Shop (my favorite), Innisfree, Nature Republic, Skin Food, Aritaum, and probably a few more that I've forgotten. They all sell the same stuff, more or less--make-up, hair stuff, skin stuff, body cleanser, and nail stuff. The make-up costs about the same as Cover Girl or Maybelline back home. They're also wonderful because you get tons of freebies with your stuff. I've got a shopping bag full of lotions, cleansers, masks, toners, sunscreen, hair stuff, etc. It's my go-to bag for traveling.

I bought some foundation while I was home--Maybelline Dream Mousse or something like that. It's crap. My face looks like I'm smack in the midst of puberty again. I only bought it because every store was out of my color in my favorite foundation, Almay TLC 16-Hour. That stuff rocks. I could sweat all day in the summer and my make-up still looked great. A little creepy, yes, but very convenient. And my face never broke out.

Anyway, I haven't had much luck with the Internet and I hate always asking for people to send me stuff. So I've been shopping around to the different make-up shops and I bought some "Aeromix Make-up Base" and "Aeromix Foundation" and "Herb Soft Twincake". The Aeromix is formulated with MD201 water, whatever that is. The Herb Twincake has lavender in it--oooooh. Other than that, I have no idea what to expect. I'll let you know how it turns out.

I could just go to Debec or Lotte Department Store and get MAC or Chanel or Clinique, but those brands are SO EXPENSIVE here. I bought a Clinique blush when I first arrived, maybe $12-18 back home, but it was $30 here! However, if this foundation thing doesn't turn out I may just have to suck it up and spend the money for something decent.

Mmm, Korea. You're so vain. I love it.

Give me all your kimchi, or I'll shoot.

[I actually wrote this a few days ago, but I forgot to add it here.]

Recently, a Korean Navy ship mysteriously exploded and sunk (right now suspicions are on North Korea) in the Yellow Sea. Only 58 out of 104 crew members were rescued. Therefore, one of the largest cherry blossom festivals in Korea was cancelled in honor of it; this sucks because we were actually going to go.

Also, recently, a Korean-operated ship was hijacked by Somali pirates (Damn pirates!). I normally don't comment on Korean news, because I really just don't care. However, I was reading some random blog and the guy was talking about how some Koreans seem to think the pirates were directly targeting Korea, not just any old ship that happened to be passing by. This, of course, is because Somali pirates are so discriminatory with their piracy and all. Whatever. Anyway. Onward to my point.

A lot of foreigners in Korea have this problem with Korea as a whole. Koreans have so much pride, straight up down and dirty nationalism, that anything that happens to Korea is because the world is working against them. Now, I'm not saying that I share this view--again, I don't pay enough attention to the news to really form an opinion on this matter. But it does seem as if most foreigners believe this; and not through any of their own research. Nope, it's only because some other foreigner on some website said so.

And they're the first to accuse Koreans of acting like a bunch of sheep!

Korean Green Tea Energy

Korean Green Tea Energy Mask--I feel energized!