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Day at the beach in Jinshan
We swam in the East Chinese sea today, something I didn't expect to do this summer. Rather spontanious we decided to hit the beach of Jinshan. I'm telling you, nothing like a fake beach with screaming Chinese kids to relax on a Sunday afternoon.
Now, nothing bad about the beach. We had a...
My @akinasuna is back in China and made me dinner! (Pic)
Posted under Quick posts on Thursday, 26 August 2010 by admin
At the outdoor pool (pic)
Posted under Quick posts on Sunday, 22 August 2010 by admin
At mandarin city pool. Excellent Location to read a book. Lots of people meet here; Chinese Korean American and Italian. The water is warm...
@KoreanClass101 @ever4one Koreanclass101 my favorite Korean class but is it free as you say?
Posted under Quick posts on Wednesday, 11 August 2010 by admin
Thanks for your interest in KoreanClass101.com! The lifetime account is Free. We will not charge you after the 7 days are over. You'll just lose access to the Premium content. After the trial you'll have access to the most recent audio lessons but everything else will be blocked. ...
Why a newspaper will always be a better read
Posted under Internet on Sunday, 8 August 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn
Reading a paper based newspaper is cool in its way, but can seem like a step back for the y-generation. Not only is the news arguably one day old, the whole delivery method is outdated as well. Also, paper based news papers are usually politically and nationaly flavored, giving me the feeling that...
Funny Chinese worldcup cartoons
Posted under Quick posts on Wednesday, 14 July 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn
Found through SNS www.kaixin001.com . Loosely translated.
I am still angry!
May I go home now?
5 goals and 4 goals...
tshirt: "Always show off" Maradonna: Don't like this!
Uruguay player with red card for hands: Do you think I am a goal keeper?
German...
Korean sashimi
Posted under Quick posts on Thursday, 8 July 2010 by admin
Eating Korean bbq with the Japanese
Posted under Quick posts on Friday, 18 June 2010 by admin
Celebration of Dutch Queen’s day in Shanghai 2010
Whilst Shanghai is upside down due to the opening of the Expo with many world leaders flying in, the dutch in Shanghai held a separate party: 'Queen's Day' a Dutch public holiday celebrating the birthday of the Queen of the Netherlands and supposed to be a day of national unity and...
Korean barbeque
Posted under Quick posts on Friday, 16 April 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn
At the dentist
Posted under Quick posts on Thursday, 8 April 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn
My teeth are okay! I always get motivated and take time to brush perfectly in pre-appointment days.
Now I think of it: In Korea, constant kim-chi consumption also helped me remember to brush, carring toothbrushes to the office etc.
The bare difference in China (with food less liable to stick...
Getting a korean haircut
Posted under Quick posts on Thursday, 1 April 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn
Koreans work the most, the Dutch the least?
I'd recommend to try out Google Public data, it's great! It's the result of Google's partnerships with the World Bank and other statistics gatherers to present an array of data in visual form within Google Labs. You know I am a number freak right, this will entertain me for a while! I was...
For Tiroler ski, Muju Korea is Austria’s top export project
Posted under Entrepreneurship, Korea, Netherlands, travel on Saturday, 20 February 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn
Last week we spent some time at Muju (무주) Ski resort in S-Korea. An Average area, with 25km of beginner and advanced ski slopes - aimed to host the 2010 winter Olympics, including four ski jump's, fun park and half pipe. But that wasn't what struck me most. It was the export of culture in this...
Korean Sausages Work Well as iPhone Stylus [Video]
Phones with Multitouch displays, like iPhone and Nexus one, require gestures with fingers. Most strongly remaked by Steve Jobs, as the 'iPhone would be the end of the stylus'. He did not realize that Chinese characters are actually writen at much faster phase with a pen-like stylus. Steve, unlike...
Holding the new South Korean 50.000 KRW bank-note
Posted under asides on Thursday, 4 February 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn
The first 50,000-won notes (Today worth about 30 Euros) were released in 2009. Its yellow color may be confusing with the light brownish 5,000 won note, especially since the face figures don't feature any comma nor dot : Westerners would write 50,000 (fifty thousand) where Koreans read 5,0000...
Sushi
I like sushi, especially good sushi from Japan. But I also have a craving for cheap sushi, in korea I lived next to a sushi bar where every sushi was a dollar, and here in china its even less then a dollar per dish. Japanese spit on these cheap things, but I love cheap...
Photo’s from China – Chinglish, Korean BBQ and Avatar queues
At ben jia korean bbq shanghai with @gamehero
If you like Korean food, go to Ben Jia in the Gubei district. It's authentic and you can eat for a fair price too! When your full, you head out and you realize you are in China. Until you see the Karaoke bars across the street and the Korean vibe...
Pictures of 2009 Shanghai marathon
In early August, Marc van der Chijs threw up a ball whether we wanted to run a half marathon in November. Shortly, a big deligation from Spilgames signed up and started exercising. Today was the day - now the Shanghai marathon is over, I'm looking back to a great event. Besides my father Johan...
Five fun things to do in Seoul
I was talking to my friends about my life in Seoul. Our New Delhi cab driver suddenly became excited; he was flying to there the day after! In return, I spend the rest of the drive about the things to do in this marvelous city. He was so grateful for the info that he didn't want any money for our...
Special visitor from Netherlands
Posted under asides on Monday, 26 October 2009 by Joop Dorresteijn
I've got a special vistior from the Netherlands over this week. Giel Talsma is a former neighbor of mine and we've known each other for over ten years. I ran into him when I was in Holland during the summer and I invited him to China, he was excited immediately.
After picking him up at the...
Gathered influential writers to bring you Asian tech news
Posted under China, Entrepreneurship, Japan, Korea, Media / In The News on Wednesday, 14 October 2009 by Joop Dorresteijn
I'd like to tell you about a new blog we have launched yesterday. First, let me tell you why we went through all the effort: Personally, I have kept a close eye on developments in countries like South-Korea, Taiwan and Japan over the last years, but have start to observe that India, Bangladesh,...
Tribute to the potato
When people enquire about typical Dutch cuisine, the first thing that pops to my mind is the "potato eaters" painting by Vincent Van Gogh. To me, this 'cozy setting' visualizes how Dutch peasants have been eating potato's every day for at least 400 years, in a typical Dutch way. Besides the...
S. Korea web companies prepping for iPhone, nation going wireless
Posted under asides on Friday, 9 October 2009 by Joop Dorresteijn
I bet that we can expect heaps of great Korean developed games and apps from Korea from 2010. The iPhone is will be introduced in South Korea in November. While South Korea is arguably miles ahead in tech, the iPhone has been absent from store shelves ever since its first launch in 2007. Web...
Gamers in Qiandaohu – Spilgames outing at 1000 islands
Posted under China on Thursday, 1 October 2009 by Joop Dorresteijn
Last week, the entire Spilgames Asia team assembled on a Thursday morning 7 AM in front of our office. The Chinese, Polish, American, Korean and Dutch colleagues got up early for good reason; Spilgames organized a company outing to Qiandaohu - favorite holiday destination for many Shanghainese -...
Eating bacon in Daejeon
Everytime when I return to Korea, the comic graph by Randall Munroe (displayed above) pops into my head. Who knows if bacon is really that bad, but I have a feeling that I should not eat it too often. I never really liked bacon, until I ate it in Korea. While living there, I had to compensate the...
Korean Institute pushing Hangeul alphabet across Asian tribes
Posted under Korea on Thursday, 27 August 2009 by Joop Dorresteijn
I came across an interesting article on the website of the Korean Embassy in the Netherlands. Apparently, a tribe based in Bauer Indonesia has chosen to use Hangeul (Korean writing) as its official writing system.
The 60.000 people of the tribe, were about to lose their native language due to...
Chinese do not pay attention to red traffic lights anyway
I decided to buy a simple (20 euro) bike at the Carrefour last week, as there are many more bikes and bike roads in Shanghai then in Seoul. Finally I feel free in the city!
Is it dangerous to cycle through Shanghai? My first response would be that it's certainly not easy to cycle here. First off...
ING Life Korea goodbye party
Yesterday night: Friends, a barbeque and the proper amount of soju on the 24th floor of the Ramada hotel, looking over the ING building and the famous landmark of Seoul, the Namsan tower. What a nice goodbye party! Besides the ridiculous hat you guys made me wear all night, I want to thank...
MBC Marathon – the results are in!
Those happy faces are me and my collegues, Frank-Jan, Zdenek, Marten and Arjan from ING - just - before we started running our (half) marathon. Perhaps we were even happier when we finished - it would have been better, or at least more fair to share a before / after picture I suppose.
Together...
Holiday in Jeju
Woman done fishing for today
Traditional Korean seafood soup is enhanced by distinctive shellfish harvested by the famous woman divers of Jeju Island. An age-old tradition, the fisher-woman of Jeju spend long hours in the waters surrounding the island relentlessly diving again and...
North-Korea vs. South-Korea match at Mapo-gu Stadium
The national football teams of North and South Korea have played a World Cup qualifier in Seoul today - which the South won by one goal to nil. Although the game was quite boring, there was a good atmosphere in the stadium, especially after Kim Chi Woo scored the first goal for South Korea. The...
In Hong Kong for the week
After having lived outside my home country for almost 3 years, I can tell you that working abroad will always bring exciting experiences, reveal cultural challenges and –even though the rent, dishes and laundry– feel like a holiday. However, a foreigner has to comply to some basic...
Naver.com to release Opencast this Sunday
Posted under Korea on Wednesday, 25 February 2009 by Joop Dorresteijn
South Korean search engine Naver.com announced the release of Opencast this Sunday March 1st. I had a brief introduction by an Naver employee about the new feature. In short, Opencast can be best described as a widget showing random blogposts with a Twitter-like subscription function. (get it?) Ah,...
Enlightment about that foggy substance in the sky
Posted under Entrepreneurship on Friday, 20 February 2009 by admin
The Korean government sends text messages to all mobile phones every once in a while. This way of informing the nation is new to me and proves to be rather effective. Sometimes it's a simple request, asking to clean your porch from snow, but today I received a warning. "Tomorrow the yellow dust...
Adidas MBC Hangang Marathon 2009
I haven't participated in a sport event ever since the Funda run in 2008 - a fun and fulfilling event, but I had no incentive to continue my healthy habits afterwards. I put my running shoes back on later that year, to find out that I would never reach a peak of runners satisfaction again without a...
Times of distress brings families together in South Korea
Posted under Entrepreneurship on Thursday, 5 February 2009 by admin
Hold your horses, the financial crisis actually has some positive effects too! In South Korea, criminality is on the rise - making people long back to happy times at home. This is good news because many weddings are failing here due to struggles related to work. You see, every downside has its...
National exams, national precautions
Saleem writes about the measures the South Korean government have set for the national exams:
"Yesterday was a holiday here b/c 3rd grade high school students took the university entrance exam all across the country.
Get this – during the Korean listening and English listening portions of...
At a Korean PC room, playing Starcraft for two days straight
Posted under Entrepreneurship on Wednesday, 10 December 2008 by admin
Koreans love online gaming, example: This is a "PC room", where one can play multiplayer computer games online. PC rooms like this are extremely popular among South-Koreans, ever since Starcraft came out in 1997. You have a room like this every block! Interesting because the computer and broadband...
The Korean Demilitarized Zone
South Korea's military says it is preparing for the possibility that North Korea may try to provoke a naval skirmish along their disputed sea border. (december 2008, voanews.com) While things look calm for an expat, South and North Korea are officially still at war, because of that military...
Now available: African land for overpopulated countries
I came across a news article about a project that just dazzled me. What can a country do that has little land but a lot of mouths to feed? Right, you can import! But what do you do as a logistics company when your turnover is decreasing because commodity prices are rising? Exactly: You lease your...
5:45 AM, sunrise in Gyeonju
The thermometer slowly declined down to zero degrees over the last week. We headed up to the roof to see the sunset in the clean frosty sky, I realized that this was not the first time we were going up for a view.
5:45 AM, sunrise in Gyeonju. We woke up early to see the sunrise in Gyonju,...
Biggest Korean newspaper Chosun hopeful about their digital future
When will we see foldable e-paper on the street? Will advanced algorithms and Internet eventually put publishers out of business? – Nobody knows... But we do witness a devastating momentum for traditional publishers, how can these companies reinvent themselves? Are they doomed?
Chosun...
A peek inside the British American Tobacco factory in Korea
Korea is the 10th biggest cigarette market on the planet, not so weird because you see smokers everywhere. I visited the British American Tobacco (BAT) factory in Sacheon together with the DBCK last week. The flight to Jinju was already scheduled at 07.30 AM, took a cab at 5AM. We gained more...
[Pictures] View over Busan city from hotel
We decided to head out to Korea's second largest city – the harbor city Busan. Very moist and clear upon arrival, but dark and foggy when we woke up. I was curious about Busan because I like cities next to the sea, we spend some time on the beach, had an interesting night.
Do you see...
Paragliding at a Korean army base
Want to join paragliding this weekend? - off course! that's a no brainer! In reality, the relaxing chair and the calm speed got me disappointed, I should have thought of bringing a good book to read. Some people manage to stay up there for a long time! As the first foreigners at this Korean army...
Algorithms to replace editors, gadgets instead of paper
Posted under Technology on Friday, 24 October 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
When will we see foldable e-paper on the street? Will advanced algorithms and Internet eventually put publishers out of business? – Nobody knows... But we do witness a devastating momentum for traditional publishers, how can these companies reinvent themselves? Are they doomed?
Chosun media,...
Did Europe fall of the map?
Posted under Entrepreneurship on Thursday, 9 October 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
How do you explain the location of your home to a fellow city-citizen? You probably refer to the area or street you come from but someone from another city would initially be interested in the name your city. More extreme, A Greek in Italy would probably refer to Greece as one's home location. One...
Living abroad? Think about your (future) wife!
Posted under China, Entrepreneurship, Korea, Netherlands on Monday, 6 October 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
Ask yourself this: What things would you consider if you had an opportunity to work abroad? For many top executives and engineers, its not only the job they are thinking about. The main challenge is usually their free time, wife (or husband) and family. Ask yourself the question: if I will work in...
Video-conference with a former president
Posted under Korea on Tuesday, 30 September 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
15th Korean president and Nobel peace prize winner Kim Dae-Jung visited us at the Korean Development Institute today. Amazing, what a circus! Our university is already surrounded by a 4 meter wall, and security posts. Today I noticed FBI style security guards on rooftops and...
Learn to read and pronounce Korean Hangul in 2 days
You don't need a black belt in Taekwondo to master the Korean language, actually... reading Hangul (Korean writing) is surprisingly easy!
That's the main point I am trying to make in this post. While the Korean characters seem complex at first, they are easy to read within one week. Skip the...
Comparing Korean gas, wine and other prices with Europe
It's cheaper to live in New York, Hong Kong, Copenhagen or Paris then in Seoul. But not everything is expensive, taking a cab here four blocks further costs about 2 Euros, the same distance in Copenhagen or Paris would cost a lot more. Korean food is generally cheap, so are a lot of other things....
What can you leave to your descendant?
I visited a Korean art expo on Saturday the 23rd, and met a fascinating artist named Hae do Park. He dedicated his life to learn a new skill, and aims to inspire younger artists with his work. The combination of using silver and his apply his technique create objects that almost seem real.
The...
Meanwhile, at the blind-Korean-GPS-marketed-witch-doctor’s house
Posted under Korea on Tuesday, 26 August 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
I visited a very special practitioner on Friday the 22nd. A blind chiropractor called Mr Ahn, with a special approach. – for his diagnose, he touches certain body points, after which he gives lifestyle advice or prescribes natural medicines. The man has gained popularity, and people from all...
City trip? 3 cool web meetups in Amsterdam
In a few moments, I am flying to Asia again. While the whole world is looking at the Olympics in China, my plane is headed to South Korea. I found a book to occupy my mind for the time at the airport, but I couldn't help letting my thoughts run away with me for a moment, as I think back of my time...
MyYearBook is growing in US teen market, raises $13 million
Posted under Technology on Wednesday, 30 July 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
myYearbook raised $13 (€8) million, and the social network gained remarkable growth in the teen market, exceptional given the established presence of Myspace.
A social website launched three years ago, myYearbook claims to be the third largest social network in the US. TechCrunch reports that...
If you like the web, I bet you love South Korea too
This is the conclusion of my web series about the internet in South Korea, published on ReadWriteWeb and TheNextWeb.org two weeks ago; I put it on my blog for completeness of the serie.
That is, if you like to be connected to the Internet all day, while enjoying the fastest connections in the...
Working at Meganova, because sitting at home is a bitch
"Finally a holiday!" I yelled earlier, but soon I found out that sitting at home was not as good as I imagined in the first place, don't get me wrong, I have enough work but I realized that I felt tired all day long and couldn’t get any work out of my hands; do you know that feeling? I...
Conclusion of the South Korean web profile serie
Enter the hyper connected society, Korea has an astounding 90 percent connected to the Internet with 3G and a nation wide coverage of a South Korean version of Wimax. What websites are popular over there, and does Korea have a web 2.0 scene?
To find that out, follow my first...
If you like the web, I bet you love South Korea too
Posted under Technology on Tuesday, 10 June 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
That is, if you like to be connected to the Internet all day, while enjoying the fastest connections in the world! Enter the hyper connected society, with an astounding 90 percent of the country connected with 3G and a nation wide coverage of a South Korean version of Wimax.
How and why...
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I'm Joop. Dutch. Swedish graduate. Korea lover. Project manager @ unitedstyles.com
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