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My parents-in-law’s kiwi plot is not near their house, but on the other side of the village where most of the kiwi plots are. With help from others (hello to Jenny and Olivia who came and helped ^^) the kiwis are harvested over 2 days. Kiwis here are a once a year crop so now is the time to buy the freshest kiwis! Everyone wears an apron with a pocket to put the kiwis into and then when it’s full, the bottom of the apron unzips so kiwis fall easily into the crates. Kiwis are later sorted into sizes and shipped out.
You might have heard about Seoul’s new slogan “I.Seoul.u” and you’ve probably seen the ridicule of it. For good reason! It’s pretty bad… what is that even supposed to mean?
Foreigners living in Korea are often frustrated with the terrible English in professional settings. English that could easily be fixed but isn’t. It can be puzzling when so many young people speak English well and there is this desire to speak English, why isn’t more care taken with English? From what we can tell is that the people usually in positions of power are older and more arrogant. We’ve heard stories of people working in companies where they are overruled by bosses who have less English skills than them.
We’ve also heard from insiders that this was the situation with this slogan too. Without naming anyone, someone in power was already set on the “I.Seoul.u” slogan before it even went to a vote, and so those connected with this were not surprised that it was the one chosen because someone at the top made sure it was. Also reports have come out from foreigners at the dinner where there was a “vote” that they were told it had already been chosen. I think we can assume that no English speaker voted freely on this slogan.
It’s such a shame. Other countries have good slogans that actually make sense, but Korea has such a reputation for inane, ridiculous and confusing slogans. It’s really not the right way to attract tourists.
The only benefit has been that at least people are talking about it, but I’m not sure if it’s prompting anyone to visit Korea. Korean tourism advertising constantly has problems and those in charge obviously don’t have the knowledge of what foreigners might actually be looking for. And can someone please tell me why there are buses in Seoul that say “Visit Seoul!” on the side of them? If someone is reading that… they are already in Seoul…
Hugh and Joel (who you might have seen in some of 영국남자 Korean Englishman‘s videos) talk about perceptions of both British guys and Korean guys, especially the fantasy gentleman aspect of it. Does it affect them negatively or positively? Does it change how they now interact with people?
Joel was really fun to film with so let us know if you enjoyed this video so we can do more like it.
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Hugh was scared of this more unusual ghost when he was young. I think a few Asian cultures have variations of this type of ghost in their folklore. Have you heard of it before?
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ONCE A YEAR KIWI HARVEST! YOU CAN BUY OUR KIWIS! (If you live in Korea). Just for the next week!
We sell kiwis by the box (10kg) and price depends on the size of the kiwi fruit.
키위 시즌이네요. 키위 사실분 있으시면 연락주세요.
개인적으로 카톡으로 연락주셔도 되고, 페이스북으로 메세지 주셔도 되요.
부모님께서 키운 키위입니다.
국내산 참다래(Kiwi fruit)
+사이즈(Size)\가격(Price)+ (한박스10kg)
*특ㅡ 30,000원 Box of extra large size kiwis: ₩30,000
*상ㅡ 25,000원 Box of large size kiwis: ₩25,000
*중ㅡ 20,000원 Box of medium size kiwis: ₩20,000
*하ㅡ 15,000원 Box of small size kiwis: ₩15,000
+택배비+ 4000원 Postage is ₩4000
But there is also the pick up option if you are in the area. (We also usually put an extra kilo of kiwis in the box for “service”).
부모님께서 1~2키로 더 넣어 드린다네요.
이렇게라도 해서 부모님좀 도와드릴려고 합니다. 감사합니당^^
페이스북 메시지 주세요^^
You can message Hugh on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/MrHughGwon/ or email him sunhonggwon@gmail.com to place an order. (Email address was wrong for a while so please send an email again if you didn’t receive a reply!)
We can only send to addresses in Korea! (Also these kiwis are just harvested so are still firm, meaning they will stay fresh for several weeks. To ripen you can put some in a bag with an apple or banana and that will ripen them up ready for eating).
Our rice was recently harvested so Hugh filmed a little bit on the combine harvester and then later we filmed our neighbours harvesting.
You may have noticed that there were young farmers in the video. I mean younger than the average age of 70 here… It’s quite unusual to have young guys farming in the countryside. The majority of young people move to the cities and the only ones left farming are old people. These guys however, are making a documentary and have traveled the world researching farming techniques and have come back to the countryside to farm. We all wish that younger people would start moving back to the countryside and are hoping there is a movement where better techniques are used so that people can have a more comfortable life in rural Korea.
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