It must be something I ate.

2 microwavable hamburgers, onion ring chips, and a cola from the mini-mart down the street

I get this on the regular, usually when I'm too drunk or lazy to walk down to the kimbap place. There's not much else to say about this really.

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Are the Koreans getting excited about Starcraft II (due out I think fall 2010) as the Americans are in the states?

I know that Starcraft II beta just went live over the week and I've been trying to figure out the answer to this question myself. A lot of people might not know this, but Starcraft isn't the most popular PC game in Korea at the moment. Kart Rider, which is basically Mario Kart 64, has more players than Starcraft, probably because it's a lot simpler to play and it's easy for kids and people with less time to pick up and play. I've also heard mixed reviews on the Starcraft II from different Koreans I've spoken to. I know that my co-worker, who had his 10,000th win while I was in Korea, is not going to play because he thinks it's going to be really different. One of his biggest hang-ups on the game was that it's going to be in 3-D, which was one of the things he disliked about Warcraft III. At the same time though, he's an older gamer about to turn thirty, so he's probably just not interested in playing a new game. Ultimately, I think it comes down to how professional gamers and leagues take to the game. If it's on TV and progamers are actually playing it, then it's going going to be in PC bangs and people are going to play it. You can check out this article on team liquid where they interviewed professional player, Check[Pooh], who quit Warcraft III to start training for Starcraft II.

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=113573

Interestingly enough, the article reveals that the WCIII games are dominating the SCII ladder at the moment, but also that a lot of Starcraft: Brood War players aren't really playing the game because they're caught up with their teams already. I don't know though. In general, I think that the game will be successful over time, but will probably have the numbers that the original had.

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One - It's like a dream come true.

Brian McKnight is having a concert in Seoul soon, according to the Korea Times. Apparently he's been here a few times, so I'm assuming he's somewhat popular in Korea. To be honest, I'm a little tempted to go, because it's probably going to be exactly like this video:

The article says there will be different tickets priced 50,000-110,000won and the show's at Jamsil Gymnasium. The shows on April 1st though, so this just might be the most elaborate April Fools' joke of all time.

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What are ten things you want to do in your lifetime?

These aren't in the order I want to do them, but what came to my mind first.

1. Have sex with a D-list celebrity
2. Ride an elephant
3. Have three children (from my own uterus)
4. Watch the Superbowl in person
5. Skydive
6. Go to India
7. Read the entire Norton Anthology of English Literature
8. Write a book
9. See a panda
10. Spend $3,000 on what would be the sickest weekend of all time

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Do people usually figure out you're Filipino, and if not, what do people most often confuse you as? (In the US and Korea)

In California people usually figure it out by looking at me. I'm sometimes confused for some other sort of Asian if they don't.

In Korea, they don't think I look Filipino, at least the majority of my co-workers said that when I first got here. I'm not sure where they think my parents are from either, since no one ever really says what they think. They usually just ask where I'm from and then go, "Really?"

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I finally found an image for Miki Ando's nipples.

Finally found a picture from this article which reviews the outfits of the Olympic figure skaters.

Here comes a new challenger!

I've been watching K-pop videos all day along with the Olympics. For a long time now, Tae Yeon has been my Korean celebrity crush. She's in the popular girl group, Girls' Generation.

However, as I'm watching the videos, I have to say that I might be falling in love with Sandara Park from 2NE1.

I started reading up on her and it turns out that she got popular in the Philippines on an American Idol-like competition. Her brother is also in the group MBLAQ. It's actually pretty cool since when you google Tae Yeon, you just find a lot of shit about how she's a racist.