A Stand-In Role @ KBS World Radio

It's been four days since I started working as a part-timer at KBS World Radio replacing Mr. Mana who is now on leave for a week. Well, it started off as "Right. Let's get on with it! Right. Let's do it' Great. What a Go! Great..it's awesome kind of enthusiasm. And...then...it started to wear me on and on...hahahaha. I like it. The fact that I could end up translating current news on Korean economy, politics, and so many other contemporary news right on the spot makes me wanna jump into the business of being a newscaster myself. hahaha..so proud. Naaahhh.....despite the fact that I love this kind of job....the very fact that I got to go to work in the wee early morning and get home very laaate at night....has never become one of the irresistible factors in my mind....^^
So, I think what I could do now..is try my best to do my best in doing my temporary stand-in role in the office.
Now...all I could say is that I lovveeeee doing this job.^^
Not..to ..mention the part when I got to be the newscaster as well. ^-^ (no comment on this one!!~.~)

Culture Cash for online shopping and more...

Culture cash....for all cultural experience and online shopping. It's been a lucrative market in Korea. Especially in this shivering cold winter. We did not want to spend most of our time going out for not that important things. So, instead of going out for not-that-much shopping, we'd better move our fingers on the screen and touch click touch click and wait for an hour or two...and hooopla....the package safely arrives at our door.  

But first, I got to be a member of all shopping sites that requires me to input all private information necessary to process the request. Oh, well..what could I do other than to succumb and surrender to the prowess of consumerism. Not that I am against it (though a bit)...but at times....no matter how hard I tried to get myself away from it....I did not know what to do to ....with no successful luck...but to keep on using the 문화상붚권 or Cultural Product Coupons that I still have left. 

Well, who would not want to reserve a movie ticket or any other cultural shows online hassle free?

I WOULD^-^

SPEC: what kind of 'creature' is it?

Spec: An Essential Key for most Korean job seekers

Spec? What kind of Animal is it?
Well, it is not an animal. It turned out to be the short term of 'specification'.
The funny thing is that...I just learned that this particular word has been so coined in such a way that it has a special meaning in Korean language. I did not know anything about it until I set my feet again here in Korea.
So, what is so interesting thing about this Spec or how Korean affectionately(?) refer it with..스펙 (seupek).

I would not have been so intrigued had I not talked to my Korean friend who was about to have an interview the other day. She told me a lot about it and how it has affected lots of Korea's job seekers or fresh graduates. It has affected them so much that a lot of concerns have been raised as to whether this so-called 'monster' really necessary in the first place. Monster? Yes..some are so afraid of this spec that they got themselves obsessed with this and preoccupied with this...that .....86% of job seekers got stressed out of it.
I bumped into an article on the net (www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2011050907360652449) about this phenomena and how it has affected Korean youths.
It is reported that 8 out of 10 job seekers are stressed out because of this. Based on a survey conducted towards 802 people, 86.6% confirmed that they are under pressure due to this lovable creature (Hhehehe..this is my own coined word for spec). Even, 26% of them said that they are stressed out that they are in a state of necessary psychological counseling. Hmmmmm.....how serious.      ....................For those who might wonder what spec is ....?
please wait till my next entry......(If I would)^^