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November 8, 2011

Things that Make me Laugh: Pepero, Disagreeable Lunch, Chocolate-covered Deep Fried Bacon

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So…today, I haven’t had a lot of time to aimlessly surf on the net. I recall when I was working as a teacher and then before that in an office, I had a lot of more time to do that. What it has made me do is procrastinate efficiently. So while I waste a couple minutes, I will write a blog post and just say hi.So…readers…how are you doing today? I’m good. I’m doing all sorts of self improvement things these days. I’m starting to study Korean again and I recently finished the Steve Job’s Biography. He was an arseface but I respect him. I want to be more like him but not be such an arseface because I’d like to keep my employees happy. I recently joined Lynda.com. it’s a great site for learning all sorts of tech stuff. I’m totally into learning more about Lightroom and HTML right now.Browsing Facebook. I came across this from my friend Shannon. LOL. Thanks for sharing. It reminded me of the lunch I had the other day at…I won’t get into it now. Might later.

Here is another post I came across from Spamuel Jackson. No. It’s not his real name. Deep-fried butter and chocolate covered bacon. It says so much about the state of America right now. Emotional eating?

Finally, Pepero Day is coming up. Here is a great video on the Pepero battle. It’s downright awesome. Much better than the article I wrote a year ago about pepero. Here is my article about the history and origin of Pepero.Now back to work.

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About the Author

Daniel
Daniel Gray is a Korean adoptee that returned to Korean in 2005 because he wanted to try and find his birth mother and to learn about Korean culture. He started a restaurant review blog in 2007, www.seouleats.com, that became a local and international hit. He and his blog has been featured in the New York Times, Monocle Magazine, The Kimchi Chronicles, Bizarre Foods, Rudy Maxa, Olive Magazine, Euronews and much more. He now is a partner at O’ngo Food Communications (www.ongofood.com), which is a culinary tourism and consulting company that offers Korean cooking classes and restaurant tours to travelers. Their food tours and cooking classes are ranked as one of the top attractions in Seoul according to tripadvisor.




 
 

 

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