The Grand Narrative

Despite what I said in the last post, after turning on my computer this morning and seeing this, I thought I should spend a few minutes translating some more Korean again. Seriously, I doubt I’ll become rich and famous for doing so, and there was the odd word and even a grammar point that I didn’t know. I don’t need to mention that I breifly needed my wife’s help either, so I won’t, but getting some free Korean tuition from her was a bonus too. 

Sometimes I worry that the bloggers at KoreaBeat will not only beat me to anything I see but will also do a far better job than I could, but the subjects they choose are usually far more interesting and relevant than 2 sentance ‘articles’ on 이규리/Lee Gyu-ri, so I decided to go ahead. But before I forget, thanks for mentioning the blog guys!

My post on the Korean education system will be up this Sunday.

최근 네티즌 사이에서 ‘제2의 이효리’라는 호칭으로 큰 인기를 모은 레이싱걸 출신 이규리의 코리아 그라비아 화보집이 19일 공개됐다.

Lee Gyu-ri, originally a race queen,  but whom recently Cyworld netizens have been calling “The next Lee Hyori,” has become very popular and will be releasing a Gravure idol photobook on the 19th of July.

이번에 선보인 화보집은 ‘청순+섹시+럭셔리+네츄럴’을 주제로 제작되었으며 기존의 레이싱걸 모델로 인기를 누렸던 이규리는 고급스런 섹시미까지 자연스럽게 소화해냈다는 평가를 받았다.

The title of this photobook, her first, is  ’Pure, sexy, luxurious (makes sense in Korean; that is why all your students keep saying things like “Teacher, I am genius and luxury!” ) and natural.’ Lee Gyu-ri, who has enjoyed popularity as a race queen, has been described as naturally projecting an extremely sexy image in this photobook. 

(사진=네모드림 제공) /서재훈기자 jhseo@newsis.com

(Photo=Nemodream)/Reporter: Seo Jae-Hoon.

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