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	<title>Comments on: Soju, Sexuality, and Kim Ah-jung: A Quick Update</title>
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		<title>By: James Turnbull</title>
		<link>http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/soju-sexuality-and-kim-ah-jung-a-quick-update/#comment-4200</link>
		<dc:creator>James Turnbull</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks Lala. And to add to those problems you mention, on top of that they have not getting enough sleep and living off snacks and instant noodles between institute classes until dinner at home at 1am too (I talk about this more in some old posts on Korean education &lt;a href="http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2007/07/03/the-korean-education-system-and-its-consequences-for-adults-intro-part-1/" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2007/07/26/the-korean-education-system-and-its-consequences-for-adults-part-2/" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2007/08/01/the-korean-education-system-and-its-consequences-for-adults-part-3/" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;). Now that I think about it, it's no wonder that Korean celebrities transform so much after high school, even without plastic surgery!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks Lala. And to add to those problems you mention, on top of that they have not getting enough sleep and living off snacks and instant noodles between institute classes until dinner at home at 1am too (I talk about this more in some old posts on Korean education <a href="http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2007/07/03/the-korean-education-system-and-its-consequences-for-adults-intro-part-1/" rel="nofollow">here</a>, <a href="http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2007/07/26/the-korean-education-system-and-its-consequences-for-adults-part-2/" rel="nofollow">here</a> and <a href="http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2007/08/01/the-korean-education-system-and-its-consequences-for-adults-part-3/" rel="nofollow">here</a>). Now that I think about it, it&#8217;s no wonder that Korean celebrities transform so much after high school, even without plastic surgery!</p>
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		<title>By: Lala</title>
		<link>http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/soju-sexuality-and-kim-ah-jung-a-quick-update/#comment-4156</link>
		<dc:creator>Lala</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 05:42:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The old shot of Kim Ah Jung's screen list her as a Junior in high school.

Korean girls during their Junior/Senior years of high school years are usually at their worst in physical traits due to extreme 'study' environment in which they face high degree of stress to do well on the competitive college entrance exam. Some girls fall in trap of resolving their stress by eating a lot, leading to temporal weigh gains during their teen era.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The old shot of Kim Ah Jung&#8217;s screen list her as a Junior in high school.</p>
<p>Korean girls during their Junior/Senior years of high school years are usually at their worst in physical traits due to extreme &#8217;study&#8217; environment in which they face high degree of stress to do well on the competitive college entrance exam. Some girls fall in trap of resolving their stress by eating a lot, leading to temporal weigh gains during their teen era.</p>
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		<title>By: ROK Drop Weekly Linklets - 15MAR08</title>
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		<dc:creator>ROK Drop Weekly Linklets - 15MAR08</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 02:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Koreas- Here are details about another St. Patrick&#8217;s Day Party. - The latest foot soldier in Korea&#8217;s soju wars. - &#34;I heard foreigners in Itaewon all speak Korean&#34;.  - A [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Koreas- Here are details about another St. Patrick&#8217;s Day Party. - The latest foot soldier in Korea&#8217;s soju wars. - &quot;I heard foreigners in Itaewon all speak Korean&quot;.  - A [...]</p>
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		<title>By: James Turnbull</title>
		<link>http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/soju-sexuality-and-kim-ah-jung-a-quick-update/#comment-4047</link>
		<dc:creator>James Turnbull</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:54:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bulgasari, I edited your italics, hoped that's what you meant. And not that you mention it, but sorry if you may think (I would!) that only &lt;em&gt;your&lt;/em&gt; comments are set aside for moderation for some reason. Actually, any comment with 2 or more links automatically gets held for moderation.

(update: and now &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; are &lt;a href="http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/new-comments-policy/" rel="nofollow"&gt;because of a troll&lt;/a&gt;...sigh...)

Thank you very much for the links, although actually I'd already read all of them, and have tried to make a start on his other stuff - there's a lot to read! I &lt;em&gt;was&lt;/em&gt; planning to discuss what he and other bloggers like Michael Hurt say about Misuda soon actually, but only once I had something worthwhile to add myself. But so far I've only watched 2 out of the 52 episodes or so of the first season, so that post will have to wait a couple of weeks yet.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bulgasari, I edited your italics, hoped that&#8217;s what you meant. And not that you mention it, but sorry if you may think (I would!) that only <em>your</em> comments are set aside for moderation for some reason. Actually, any comment with 2 or more links automatically gets held for moderation.</p>
<p>(update: and now <em>all</em> are <a href="http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/new-comments-policy/" rel="nofollow">because of a troll</a>&#8230;sigh&#8230;)</p>
<p>Thank you very much for the links, although actually I&#8217;d already read all of them, and have tried to make a start on his other stuff - there&#8217;s a lot to read! I <em>was</em> planning to discuss what he and other bloggers like Michael Hurt say about Misuda soon actually, but only once I had something worthwhile to add myself. But so far I&#8217;ve only watched 2 out of the 52 episodes or so of the first season, so that post will have to wait a couple of weeks yet.</p>
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		<title>By: bulgasari</title>
		<link>http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/soju-sexuality-and-kim-ah-jung-a-quick-update/#comment-4041</link>
		<dc:creator>bulgasari</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:53:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I guess my timing makes me "Seoulowl". I really have to say that I am by &lt;em&gt;no means &lt;/em&gt;a misuda expert. I just happened to catch the samsung card ad at the theatre (I don't even watch TV!) and stumbled upon the other photos by accident on Naver. If anyone needs to be read regarding misuda, Joe Mondello over at the &lt;a href="http://joshinggnome.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;The Joshing Gnome&lt;/a&gt; does (but if you read him only for his misuda commentary, you'll miss out on one of the best Korea blogs out there).

I believe his earliest post about misuda is &lt;a href="http://paintroller.blogspot.com/2007/08/goodwill-ambassador-of-week.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. More importantly, in &lt;a href="http://joshinggnome.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/how-should-we-feel-about-misuda/" rel="nofollow"&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt; he reconsiders what he wrote earlier, and also links to a few other posts he's written about misuda. They're well worth your time</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I guess my timing makes me &#8220;Seoulowl&#8221;. I really have to say that I am by <em>no means </em>a misuda expert. I just happened to catch the samsung card ad at the theatre (I don&#8217;t even watch TV!) and stumbled upon the other photos by accident on Naver. If anyone needs to be read regarding misuda, Joe Mondello over at the <a href="http://joshinggnome.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">The Joshing Gnome</a> does (but if you read him only for his misuda commentary, you&#8217;ll miss out on one of the best Korea blogs out there).</p>
<p>I believe his earliest post about misuda is <a href="http://paintroller.blogspot.com/2007/08/goodwill-ambassador-of-week.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. More importantly, in <a href="http://joshinggnome.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/how-should-we-feel-about-misuda/" rel="nofollow">this post</a> he reconsiders what he wrote earlier, and also links to a few other posts he&#8217;s written about misuda. They&#8217;re well worth your time</p>
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		<title>By: James Turnbull</title>
		<link>http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/soju-sexuality-and-kim-ah-jung-a-quick-update/#comment-4036</link>
		<dc:creator>James Turnbull</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sigh...for a boring accountant, you sure do move in more elevated circles than I can ever aspire to.

I forgive you this time, but next time please make sure to a) get me an invitation too...I promise to shave and hire a tux...and b) to corner her and ask her about that particular Sansachun ad. After all, inquiring minds want to know.

Seriously though, I haven't heard of that movie, but thought that she was okay in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lovely_Sam_Soon" rel="nofollow"&gt;내 이름은 김삼순&lt;/a&gt;, and would consider watching something with her it in merely for her acting skills rather than her looks (despite my reputation, I've only ever watched precisely one Korean movie because it had an attractive actor in it - &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love%2C_So_Divine" rel="nofollow"&gt;신부수업&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ha_Ji_Won" rel="nofollow"&gt;하지원&lt;/a&gt; - and soon regretted it). Would you recommend it?

On a final note, considering the times you always seem to comment on my blog, I can't help but reflect on how appropriate your moniker is. Have a good night!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sigh&#8230;for a boring accountant, you sure do move in more elevated circles than I can ever aspire to.</p>
<p>I forgive you this time, but next time please make sure to a) get me an invitation too&#8230;I promise to shave and hire a tux&#8230;and b) to corner her and ask her about that particular Sansachun ad. After all, inquiring minds want to know.</p>
<p>Seriously though, I haven&#8217;t heard of that movie, but thought that she was okay in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lovely_Sam_Soon" rel="nofollow">내 이름은 김삼순</a>, and would consider watching something with her it in merely for her acting skills rather than her looks (despite my reputation, I&#8217;ve only ever watched precisely one Korean movie because it had an attractive actor in it - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love%2C_So_Divine" rel="nofollow">신부수업</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ha_Ji_Won" rel="nofollow">하지원</a> - and soon regretted it). Would you recommend it?</p>
<p>On a final note, considering the times you always seem to comment on my blog, I can&#8217;t help but reflect on how appropriate your moniker is. Have a good night!</p>
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		<title>By: daeguowl</title>
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		<dc:creator>daeguowl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I was fortunate enough to attend a party with (in the loosest sense of the word) Jeong Ryowon last week, she is hot although a lot smaller than I expected having seen her in 투얼굴의 여친.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was fortunate enough to attend a party with (in the loosest sense of the word) Jeong Ryowon last week, she is hot although a lot smaller than I expected having seen her in 투얼굴의 여친.</p>
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