Korean Movie: 10억 aka A Million

Here is another Korean that I enjoyed. No spoilers ahead, just a basic plotline. Several people from very different backgrounds find out that they have been chosen to be in a survivor-like tv competition. They're flown overseas and are taken into the desert by the director and his very small camera crew. The group is suspicious, but are distracted by the large black suitcase containing the prize money. The prospect of easy money brings out the best in some and the worst in others. Once the challenges begin, allegiances form and the weakest members are left to fend for themselves.  However, the contestants soon realize that there is much more to this "game-show" than meets the eye.




Here is the trailer:

And here is part I with Eng subs, but don't know how long this link will last.

Planet B-Boy Korea- DMZ Scene

Love this!

The Pinching Contest

One of the funniest scenes I’ve ever seen on star king. Has Eng subs if you turn on the cc, but they’re kind of hard to read. Basically, the guest was a kid who could hang things off of his head without feeling much pain. Kim Hyun Joong says that he doesn’t have any feeling in the back of his arms, so they start a pinching contest to see if he’s telling the truth. They invite the cutest fangirl on stage to pinch him too, and her reaction is priceless. 

너 어디 가?! Place Nouns 16-30

너 어디 가?! I’ve always wanted to shout this at someone like I was in a hokey drama, lol, my poor Korean friends. Well, here are 16 more place nouns! 

16. 교회 Church 

(Kill Bill Volume II) 

Korean Music: Standing Egg

Standing Egg- Have You Ever Fallen in Love? 

Korean pop music, K-pop, seems to be getting more and more popular every day. But if you ever get tired of auto-tune or simply want a change, Korea also has a lot of good artists who perform other genres of music. Here is one of my personal favorites, Standing Egg. It's made up of of three members who write, compose, and produce their own music. I like some Korean pop music, but like pop music in general it has a tendency to sound old after a year or so. This kind of music can be listened to a decade from now and will not sound dated. Last time I checked, their music was available on itunes. You can also listen to a lot of their songs on their youtube channel. 

Standing egg- Little Star 

Learn Korean While.....Sleeping?

I'm always on the lookout for new ways to learn foreign languages, and today I came across sleep learning. The theory is that while you sleep, you play your target language very softly in the background and your subconscious will absorb the information. You can buy special cds that have the language with a music track over it (subliminal learning), or you can just use the cds you get with any typical language course. One video I found on youtube was of a guy who just put his cds on in the background while he did other things and was otherwise distracted (like internet surfing, cleaning, etc.). He said when he went to study the lesson, he had all of these phrases in his head and that the words came to him very easily. So then he tried sleeping with the cd on repeat all night and found that the same thing had happened.

         

Now, I'm not saying that you'll wake up and speak a foreign language fluently, but this technique does make sense. It's almost the same as listening to Korean music over and over or watching dramas. Certain words and phrases are so common (like 오빠, 사랑해, 뭐, etc.) that you can't help but learn them subconsciously. But this theory takes that to a whole new level because you're not focusing on the words like you would if you were listening to music or watching a drama. At the very least, I'm going to try it out and see what happens. I'll get back to you!