It's a new year, and a new year means new things - so, we've put together a new podcast called... Cafe Seoul! *applaud* Naturally, we'll be talking about some of the things that we think will happen this year - and the biggest one so far would have to the be the election of South Korea's first female president Park Geun Hye. Well, if you don't know what she looks like, this is her, looking all confident and all.
Well, to be honest, I've got nothing to say about this. Firstly, I'm not Korean and secondly, I'm not big on politics. But unfortunately, being an adult now entails making decisions, of which one is to decide who you want as your government. So, I'd have to force myself to read about their arguments yadda yadda. Boring, ahem.
On to other topics! To satisfy your inner Perez Hilton and TMZ junkie, we have two segments. Pop Stop, bringing you the latest news the Hallyu wave decides to wash up and also we have two um... special K celeb guides K and Sta and together they are K-Sta who will share their New Year Resolutions. Wonder what those two are up to - tune in and find out!
And since Cafe Seoul is made up of expats, and it's new year, who can forget that at the strike of midnight on New Year, you're supposed to kiss a girl if not you're gonna be lonely for the rest of the year. Honestly, this is just an excuse to kiss someone hahahaha. And a terrible excuse at that, well unless the person who wants to kiss you is a looker. ;)
Just a side note, because this is an urban legend, curiousity killed this cat when I went to look up other urban legends. Interesting, but scary! Or maybe just to me because I have the bravery capacity of an earthworm. But I like watching horror movies. Sigh, yes. The things I do to myself. And yes, I am a contradiction - but hey, I'm a girl. I get to be fickle HAHA! Anyhow, here are some other Korean urban legends that sort of creeped me out!
Fan death - leaving a fan running non-stop overnight in a room will cause the person inside to die. And I heard that all fans sold in South Korea come with automatic timers that switch the fan off for a couple of minutes. Well, I've never noticed that but I'll make it a point to check that out.
Okay, the other urban legends are all a little scary and involve a gwishin (귀신) or Korean ghost of some sort.
- Gumiho (구미호) - the story of the 9 tailed fox. They usually disguise themselves as beautiful women and prey on unsuspecting pervy men, a true femme fatale.
- Mul gwishin (물귀신) - essential water spirits who hate to be alone in the dark murky waters and drag swimmers down to join them... muahahaha
- Cheonyo gwishin (처녀귀신) - the virgin (girl) ghost. Being born a woman in traditional Korea was hard and she was taught the best virtues were to serve her father, her husband, and her son. To die a cheonyeo meant you didn’t fulfill your life’s purpose, your life was meaningless; it would be impossible to tear yourself away from this world so you will continue haunting the mortal world as a spirit.
Well, since this is the first episode, I'm gonna cut some slack but... there are some things I have to say. The Lost in Translation segment is like.... whaaaaaat?! I totally did not get any of that. I know, I'm mean. But it made me somewhat shut down because firstly, it's about Star Wars and I'm not really a Star Wars fan. Nope, not getting it. I tried watching it, in 2002 I think, and was told that that movie is was actually the worst out of all the Star Wars episodes.
However, I'm going to still give it props for effort! And we haven't got into each other's groove yet so we are y'know... getting to know each other better. I'm sure our second episode is going to be a lot better, with more interesting topics. More woohoo and less blah - that's what we're gonna work towards. If you do have any comments, feedback or suggestions, please feel free to email us at cafeseoulpodcast@gmail.com! Each episode comes out on the second and fourth Thursday of the week, at 6pm (KST) so be sure to tune in then!
HAPPY NEW YEAR AGAIN FROM CAFE SEOUL! WE HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT ONE!!
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