Joshua on May 14th, 2009

Whoa.
I just had an eye-opening experience.
I was reading a typical Korean shoujo manhwa (Korean comicĀ  aimed at teenage girls – usually featuring one ordinary but pretty girl caught in a love triangle between two guys. Best-known example would probably be Goong/Gung/Princess Hours.) In this case, the manhwa My Girl was about a sports-loving girl who [...]

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Joshua on April 5th, 2009

Ho-hum… this week has gone by really fast. Nothing much to report in terms of scattered thoughts. I’ve got some things which I think would make better in-depth posts, so I’m not going to include them here.
Anime/Manga: The new anime season is starting from this week. A bunch of interesting shows that I’m thinking about [...]

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Joshua on March 27th, 2009

Another week, another column… I think I might like doing this. It’s like a constant stream of thought every week. I’m adding a new category this time… K-pop, by which I mean everything to do with Korean popular culture, including TV shows, music, gossip and others. This week’s entertainment was largely dominated by anime/manga, games, [...]

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