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An Outlet Experience

Daily Words 2010. 6. 21. 09:45

Yesterday, I spent a good amount of time at Vacaville Premium Outlet, shopping for my relatives and my parents.

I thought I should get my cousins some wallets for the following reasons:

1) Average Koreans are well aware of fashion brands, and they love them - it was a challenge given that I had no idea about fashion brands;

2) I have not seen them for at least 7 years, so I should get something good and the fact that I have been working over 2 years does not give me much excuses for "I'm poor" strategy; and

3) They are small and, therefore, easy to pack.

I went literally to every store that I think would sell wallets in the Outlet, and I discovered the following:

1) The girls' wallets are always arranged separately, with their own shelf, by colors and by prices;

2) The guys' wallets are at some corner of stores, often all their selections fit in a box. Sometimes, they don't even need a box to fit in. They just lie around, a couple of them. For example, in Gucci, they only had one men's wallet, Ralph Lauren had a couple; and

3) The women's cheapest wallet from Coach was more expensive than the most expensive men's wallet I found from every store in the Outlet. I did find a $20 girls' wallet, very thin and very pink in Calvin Klein, but the design said it was for kids.

Well, I am not going shopping for a while...

Wait, that's wrong. I hadn't gotten much for myself because I wanted to buy more things from Korea. Clothes I find in the US are rather dull regarding their design and SIZES! I might be able to get a decent set of blazers and stuff when I go to Korea for sure.

One more week of daydreaming Asia and it shall come true.

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Radio

Daily Words 2010. 6. 16. 15:16

When I was a kid in Korea, I enjoyed listening to radios.

To be specific, when I was in 5th and 6th grades, I listened to radio in my room, while studying and after studying.

(For some reason, I started to show skills for multi-tasking since that time. Or, I can say, I started to develop some symptoms of ADD since that time.)

At that time, 이문세 was still the 별밤지기.. or was it 이봄(?)?

Anyway, I remember I listened to their shows. Maybe they were two separate shows. I don't care now.

I don't know what it was made me to listen to them - whether it was the songs or their gossip.

I stopped listening to radios when I moved to the Philippines.

For one, I didn't understand what the hell they were listening, and I hated Filipino songs.

At that time, MTV or at least MTV Asia was still heavy on playing music videos, and they were my remedy.

In the US, I began listening to radio only after I got my first car 2 years ago.

Even then I was reluctant.

One thing I noticed about these American radio stations is that they play songs again and again and again.

I could tell they only have a limited songs in their playlist and repeat them over and over again.

That annoyed me a lot, but there were some DJs that were funny who were often somewhat explicit - like T-man, example. No idea what happened to him now... One day, he was just gone.

Since then, I've landed on the Classics channel if I were ever on radios.

I am not a big fan of AM radios, so I don't listen to games much either.

But the other day, out of curiosity, I downloaded MBC radio app on my iPhone and have been listening since then.

It's kinda fun to listen to when I am driving.

In the morning, it's fun. I can listen to the evening programs in Korea when I am going to work, and they are more fun than the morning or afternoon programs. Sadly, I am stuck with some afternoon programs when I am driving back home.

I seriously think I decided to listen to radio when I am driving just to deplete AT&T network as much as possible and get my money's worth, but it's been turning out to be fun. The DJs I listen to in the morning are 박경림 (a new 별밤지기) and 신동 & 규리. These guys are often just as corny as Korean programs can be, but they are more funny than not.