

Inside Jokes
Judy here. An intriguing thing you see in Kdramas is when they reference other Kdramas. I recently watched Guardian: the Lonely & Great...

Judy T
Apr 25, 20241 min read
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You will never notice this...
But I do. Want to improve office productivity? Eliminate wasted time at the workplace? Well, get rid of those slow, small office...

Judy T
Apr 22, 20241 min read
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Let's talk sex.
Korea and many other countries are having a big problem. Not enough babies. In fact, South Korea has the lowest birthrate in the world...

Judy T
Apr 19, 20241 min read
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Absolutely Last Chance
My trip is just about over, and it’s Gong Yoo’s and Junho’s last chance to meet me. I’m in the airport and ready to fly home. I’m...
Pat P
Apr 15, 20241 min read
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These are a few of my favorite things*
*I just had to borrow the above phrase from ‘The Sound of Music’. Bathroom Mirror. Why didn’t we think of this? You take a shower, the...
Pat P
Apr 14, 20241 min read
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We Could Learn a lot from Korea
Here are two things we could use in our restaurants…or maybe even at home! In the longer video the apparatus is boiling noodles and...
Pat P
Apr 13, 20241 min read
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I Drank the Kool-aid*
*This is expression stems from a catastrophic situation that happened in 1978. I use it here to humorously explain the following. See...
Pat P
Apr 12, 20241 min read
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Hey, Look What I Made!
Yep, I made this. It bibimbap, and I took a cooking class with the rest of my tour group to learn how to do it at The Food and Culture...
Pat P
Apr 11, 20241 min read
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Meeting Song*
When Judy and I talked about going to Korea many, many months ago, it became clear we wanted different experiences. Our original plan to...
Pat P
Apr 9, 20242 min read
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NOONA’S NOONCHI*
*or, as close as I am going to get to a celebrity here Being a Kdrama fanatic, I follow noonasnoonchi. This Instagram notable is Jeanie...
Pat P
Apr 8, 20242 min read
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The Cherry On Top!
Pat: I am so fortunate my trip to Korea coincided with cherry blossom season. How many dramas have I watched that show the romance of...
Pat P
Apr 6, 20241 min read
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So…Where Are The KDrama Stars?
Day two in Korea found me looking high and low for some of my favorite actors. Shocking, but they were nowhere to be seen. As you can...
Pat P
Apr 3, 20241 min read
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First day: random thoughts
It's Pat! Yesterday we flew from Taipei to Seoul via Korean Air. It was an uneventful and unimpressive trip. The flight attendants...
Pat P
Apr 3, 20241 min read
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SUNDAE, no, not that kind of sundae.
When I’m watching a Kdrama, and someone is salivating over having ‘sundae,' my mouth starts to water in anticipation of the ice cream,...
Pat P
Apr 2, 20241 min read
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Korea or Disneyland?
You know how the saying goes: you get a windfall of kudos, recognition, notoriety, yadda yadda yadda, and you tell everyone you’re going...
Pat P
Apr 1, 20241 min read
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Nothing has changed!
I felt like I needed to remind everyone that nothing has changed for me. I'm in the middle of a 16-episode, Joseon period, Kdrama called...

Judy T
Apr 1, 20241 min read
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