Korean Manhwa Noblesse

Again Manhwa isn't as popular as Manga. Well, technically they both mean the same thing, except Manhwa is made in Korea and Manga is made in Japan. However, Korean Manhwa are getting more popular. Its growing :). 

One Manhwa I really enjoy reading is Noblesse. Noblesse is a webtoon that is submitted in Naver, a Korean internet portal. Its not just funny but has strong main story underneath it. Usually, artists find it really hard to balance both, but Noblesse does it wonderfully. Moreover, it really portrays a lot of Korean culture. Well, the characters are mostly foreign looking, but a lot of Korean culture is expressed in the Manhwa. For example, eating Ramen. Koreans just love eating Ramen. Another was small backpacks the characters had. Koreans unlike Americans have tiny backpacks. This is probably because they think its fashionable. 

If your interested in Korean culture, reading Manhwa is a good way to approach it. 

Btw, this Manhwa is for both GIRLS and BOYS. :) 

Once funny scene is where the main character waits for his ramen is to get bigger. lol, this is when your noodles absorb all the water and gets bigger, but the main character who is a vampire doesn't understand it and waits for it to get bigger lol...

Want something fishy?

It was fall break, so we got a 4 day weekend :). My roommates and I went to H mart, its basically a giant Korean supermarket. I was able to fill my cart with Korean goodies and we also got "해물탕", which is pronounced hae mol tang. Its a spicy seafood soup. It has a lot of seafood XD... lol and is very spicy...

Again... like I did in previous post about the indian restaurant, I ate the chili in the soup -.- Yes, of course it was spicy... and I almost died. I will never learn and keep eating chili even though I know its going to burn!!!! ARRRGGGH

Anyways, if your tired of sashimi, steamed seafood, and want to try something different, you should try this dish. Its not just seafood but has vegetable in it as well. For me, I bought the ingredients for 9 bucks. This was really cheap because it gave us around 3 portion :)

Yummmm, I'll definitely buy this again.

October 2011

Just a little update on my life. Well this blog post will probably for me to look at and realize what I need to do to become a better person.

Currently, I have bad grades. I have no idea why this is happening, but I just a few ideas. First, my body is really tired. I feel very slow. Reading takes forever, and I cannot focus at all. -.-  I tend to surf the internet too much. Second, I feel really demotivated. Mainly, "why am I doing computer science" quote keeps going through a while loop. This happened to me before at freshmen year, but its happening again. Lastly, I feel I need to see my parents/family as soon as possible. I probably didn't like my parents much, but I do feel that they are the reason I go to college.


So, maybe it is a slump for me.

After failing physics, I forgot how to be good on tests...  and I did the same thing on one of my computer science class.


I need to put myself together and start working from tomorrow. Fall break is coming, so I was thinking about relaxing, but I need to study.

Oh yeah.. it was also annoying that my computer would keep breaking that my homework would keep getting deleted. However, I got a new computer on the way so it should be fine.

I hope I remind myself to focus on the next test.



Fall break is coming soon. I'll post more about Korea soon!

Happy Gaecheonjeol!!!

Its national foundation day for Korea!

People usually set their flag in front of their house, but since I don't have one I decided to hang it on my blog <3

Why do Koreans eat cucumber when they climb mountains?

Actually I only found out about this 2 years ago, when I went mountain climbing in Korea with my grandmother. Well, for my grandmother it was more like mountain eating. She just likes to do a short climb and find a good place to eat and talk with other grandmothers -.- lol I would usually go ahead and go to the top. After I came back she gave me a cucumber.... At first, I was "...." Then started eating it.

But, when I thought about it on the way back, a lot of Koreans were eating cucumber on the mountain. I'm probably the weirdest kid to think this pretty funny because I keep picturing a kappa when imagine someone eating a cucumber. (Sorry, I'm those dumb people who laugh loudly without any particular reason). Anyways back to the main topic.

So, I quickly googled "why do people eat cucumber mountain climbing". Didn't work.. So I googled in Korean "오이 등산 왜" which is translated "cucumber mountain climbing why" lol.... Its actually grammatically wrong in Korean as well. Either way I got results!!!

1. Cucumber has a lot of water, easy to carry and eat.
2. When you sweat, your not just loosing water from your body. There are a lot of nutrients that leave the body and the cucumber can supplement your body.

I guess these are two very reasonable reason to eat cucumber while climbing or jogging.
Just a side note, cucumber is really good for your skin as well.
So, why don't you try cucumber during your long walks?