Comments on: Revealing Soju Advertisements? (And where to get married in Busan) http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2007/11/05/revealing-soju-advertisements-and-where-to-get-married-in-busan/ An irreverent look at Korean social issues Sat, 17 May 2008 01:37:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: The Poor Branding of Kim Tae-Hee? « The Grand Narrative http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2007/11/05/revealing-soju-advertisements-and-where-to-get-married-in-busan/#comment-4891 The Poor Branding of Kim Tae-Hee? « The Grand Narrative Fri, 16 May 2008 01:29:34 +0000 http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2007/11/05/revealing-soju-advertisements-and-where-to-get-married-in-busan/#comment-4891 [...] they in turn are quite unlike the alternatively virginal and then sexually-alluring commercials she did for Jinro soju last year. Even if you only consider her commercials for Olympus (here is one more I wrote about, and some [...] [...] they in turn are quite unlike the alternatively virginal and then sexually-alluring commercials she did for Jinro soju last year. Even if you only consider her commercials for Olympus (here is one more I wrote about, and some [...]

]]> By: the sister http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2007/11/05/revealing-soju-advertisements-and-where-to-get-married-in-busan/#comment-3032 the sister Tue, 04 Dec 2007 07:56:49 +0000 http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2007/11/05/revealing-soju-advertisements-and-where-to-get-married-in-busan/#comment-3032 it is official, there are now soju ads simlar to the women ones here showing in downtown auckland... just thought you should know. it is official, there are now soju ads simlar to the women ones here showing in downtown auckland… just thought you should know.

]]> By: James Turnbull http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2007/11/05/revealing-soju-advertisements-and-where-to-get-married-in-busan/#comment-2662 James Turnbull Wed, 07 Nov 2007 13:14:17 +0000 http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2007/11/05/revealing-soju-advertisements-and-where-to-get-married-in-busan/#comment-2662 Back then my Korean was much worse than it is now, so we had my spouse's friend translate for me too. But (like the whole wedding overall) this was arranged at the last minute, and with her English not being so good in the first place and being even more nervous than I was(!), then it ended up a bit of a disaster. There were more mini-disasters later, but nothing major, and things could have been much worse...the next day, the wedding company that arranged it all burnt to the ground(!!!!) although fortunately our photographs and videos were saved from the wreckage. Back then my Korean was much worse than it is now, so we had my spouse’s friend translate for me too. But (like the whole wedding overall) this was arranged at the last minute, and with her English not being so good in the first place and being even more nervous than I was(!), then it ended up a bit of a disaster.

There were more mini-disasters later, but nothing major, and things could have been much worse…the next day, the wedding company that arranged it all burnt to the ground(!!!!) although fortunately our photographs and videos were saved from the wreckage.

]]> By: surin2sayan http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2007/11/05/revealing-soju-advertisements-and-where-to-get-married-in-busan/#comment-2661 surin2sayan Wed, 07 Nov 2007 13:06:05 +0000 http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2007/11/05/revealing-soju-advertisements-and-where-to-get-married-in-busan/#comment-2661 James, a close girl friend of my spouse translated everything for me simultanously (in English, I am German, what kept me very concentrated to listen to her saying at that time). She was closer to me than my wife at this wedding ;-) James,

a close girl friend of my spouse translated everything for me simultanously (in English, I am German, what kept me very concentrated to listen to her saying at that time). She was closer to me than my wife at this wedding ;-)

]]> By: James Turnbull http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2007/11/05/revealing-soju-advertisements-and-where-to-get-married-in-busan/#comment-2659 James Turnbull Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:35:54 +0000 http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2007/11/05/revealing-soju-advertisements-and-where-to-get-married-in-busan/#comment-2659 Small world! Thanks for the pictures of 충렬사 surin2sayan. My wife and I got married there on May 30th 2004 ourselves, and it doesn't appear to have changed much since you did in 1993! If anyone is thinking of getting married there themselves, I recommend studying thoroughly what you have to do in the ceremony beforehand. I didn't, and was a bit embarrased. Also, it's an outside ceremony and it rained on the day, normally a bad sign, but in the event my wife and guests and I were quite relieved to see it, for it had been baking hot all week. Sam, I hold my head in shame, you're quite right. I didn't know who 한태윤 was, and neither did my wife (she's not on TV much these days she guesses), but the very first photo of her I found on naver led me right to that soju advertisment: http://imagesearch.naver.com/search.naver?where=idetail&query=%C7%D1%C5%C2%C0%B1&from=image&ac=-1&sort=0&res_fr=0&res_to=0&merge=0&start=3&a=pho_l&f=nx&r=3&u=http%3A%2F%2Fcafe.naver.com%2Fgabriel98%2F435 And you took the words right out of my mouth abotu 채연 too. But it's a pity that she often dresses in such ridiculous clothes, as that link to PopSeoul reveals. Small world! Thanks for the pictures of 충렬사 surin2sayan. My wife and I got married there on May 30th 2004 ourselves, and it doesn’t appear to have changed much since you did in 1993!

If anyone is thinking of getting married there themselves, I recommend studying thoroughly what you have to do in the ceremony beforehand. I didn’t, and was a bit embarrased. Also, it’s an outside ceremony and it rained on the day, normally a bad sign, but in the event my wife and guests and I were quite relieved to see it, for it had been baking hot all week.

Sam, I hold my head in shame, you’re quite right. I didn’t know who 한태윤 was, and neither did my wife (she’s not on TV much these days she guesses), but the very first photo of her I found on naver led me right to that soju advertisment:

http://imagesearch.naver.com/search.naver?where=idetail&query=%C7%D1%C5%C2%C0%B1&from=image&ac=-1&sort=0&res_fr=0&res_to=0&merge=0&start=3&a=pho_l&f=nx&r=3&u=http%3A%2F%2Fcafe.naver.com%2Fgabriel98%2F435

And you took the words right out of my mouth abotu 채연 too. But it’s a pity that she often dresses in such ridiculous clothes, as that link to PopSeoul reveals.

]]> By: Sam http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2007/11/05/revealing-soju-advertisements-and-where-to-get-married-in-busan/#comment-2658 Sam Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:22:55 +0000 http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2007/11/05/revealing-soju-advertisements-and-where-to-get-married-in-busan/#comment-2658 I think the girl from the soju poster on the resturant wall might be 한태윤, not 고아라. But it's a good collection of pretty girls and an interesting post to boot. That's why I come here. Thanks! By the way, you can never go wrong putting up pictures of 채연. I don't know what it is but there is just something really appealing about her I can't put my finger on.... If you feel the same way maybe you could speculate as to what it might be. :) I think the girl from the soju poster on the resturant wall might be 한태윤, not 고아라. But it’s a good collection of pretty girls and an interesting post to boot. That’s why I come here. Thanks!

By the way, you can never go wrong putting up pictures of 채연. I don’t know what it is but there is just something really appealing about her I can’t put my finger on…. If you feel the same way maybe you could speculate as to what it might be. :)

]]> By: surin2sayan http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2007/11/05/revealing-soju-advertisements-and-where-to-get-married-in-busan/#comment-2657 surin2sayan Wed, 07 Nov 2007 07:41:16 +0000 http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2007/11/05/revealing-soju-advertisements-and-where-to-get-married-in-busan/#comment-2657 Boy, you had your wedding at the same place we had, and it was excactly the way you've described. And we refused also to have a standard one in a wedding hall. Boy, you had your wedding at the same place we had, and it was excactly the way you’ve described.
And we refused also to have a standard one in a wedding hall.

]]> By: surin2sayan http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2007/11/05/revealing-soju-advertisements-and-where-to-get-married-in-busan/#comment-2656 surin2sayan Wed, 07 Nov 2007 07:36:50 +0000 http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2007/11/05/revealing-soju-advertisements-and-where-to-get-married-in-busan/#comment-2656 Boy, you had your weeding the same place we had: http://www.flickr.com/photos/65817306@N00/252640016/in/set-72057594069540162/ and it was the way you described it, I never wanted to have the procedure in a standard wedding hall. Boy, you had your weeding the same place we had:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/65817306@N00/252640016/in/set-72057594069540162/
and it was the way you described it, I never wanted to have the procedure in a standard wedding hall.

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