Exploring Korean-American Heritage & Interculturalism
Why Are Video Games So Popular In South Korea?Well there’s several reasons. I mean, we know video games/online gaming culture is huge right now and not likely to stop anytime soon. The industry is only growing upward and outward.
Korean Ddakji – an easy, cheap, and FUN gameMy toddler is in a throwing things phase. It’s incredibly annoying!
Even though I’m happy he has a good throwing arm, it can be destructive at worst and disruptive at best. (I think our senior dog is going to have a heart attack!)
So I said to myself, ‘Self, what activity can we do that allows him to throw things and improve his aim but isn’t so destructive?’
The answer was staring me in the face! Literally, it was on tv! I was watching Running Man, per usual, and they were playing…
DDAKJI! [Read more…]
Happy New Year!…according to the Gregorian calendar that is.
The Gregorian calendar is the most commonly used calendar in the world. And it is based on a solar calendar which means that it goes by how many times the Earth goes around the Sun. It takes approximately 365 days for the Earth to go around the Sun once. Since that’s approximately, there’s the leap year every four years to account for this. [Read more…]
How to Make a Korean Yogurt and Soju CocktailThis is the perfect celebratory drink for New Year’s Eve! It’s tangy, sweet, and fizzy! [Read more…]
Korean Age vs. American AgeI remember when I was a kid, my cousins and Korean friends would ask how old I was. But when I answered ‘I’m seven’ or whatever age I was at the time, they’d say “What year?” They did this to figure out ranks, if you will.
In Korean culture, for those of you who might not know, age is a big deal. And I don’t mean in a “younger is better” kind of way. [Read more…]
