Noticeable Notables

1.) Korean nationalism is now reaching Promethean heights. With the loss of patriotism due to a veritable blowout of Team Korea by Team Swiss Army of Satan and Rampant Cheating Blasphemers, wounded national conscience has stepped eagerly into the vice of the 'blame game'. Students are seen and heard demonstrating their violent hatred of the Swiss team players, the officials ref-ing the match, and the fact that Noble Korea has been dealt such a swift hand of prejudice by fate. Dogmatic faculties such as logic and reason are often cast aside, as they do not appear to be permissible when dealing with the soul of the nation.

2.) Mickey Mouse appears to be a reigning hero for Koreans. In N. America, he is traditionally the symbol of child-like innocence and benevolence, academically considered the symbol of aggressive multi-national marketing aimed at brainwashing the malleable minds of young people, and therefore not symbols that adults are proud of owning for themselves. In Korea, buying a Mickey Mouse printed t-shirt, preferably marshmallow pink, is just about the most popular aesthetic move one can make, catering directly into the now full-swing operation of Asian metro-sexual trend-setting. I often wonder how easy it might be to introduce any number of silly gimmicks from other cultures upon an unsuspecting public (for example, perhaps the Nazi swastika) and watch in mesmerized awe as it becomes a national fashion phenomenon.

3.) Contractual obligations are synonymous with 'this means pretty much fuck all, you docile, gullible meat'. Such observations are interesting, given the extent of such obligations' function and meaning back in the lands of Canadiana. For example, working in a hogwan means that you get 2 weeks of paid vacation (in compliance with contractual obligatory facts). But you actually get no minutes of paid anything. It's a fun and amusing system of supposed authenticity that is nationally condoned.

4.) For a poignant, super fun look into the nature of weight and neurotic behaviour in foreigners in SK, go here...or perish:
www.clemensonline.com/news.htm