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video of blue angels flying over our house
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Russell Peters On World Cup

 Check out this video on YouTube:


Sent from my iPhone

 

The importance of Google (and other tech companies)

 One thing I was surprised to find was how much I missed having Google as a go-to destination for answers in Korea. There are search engines here that are much more popular and (probably) work better for Koreans, but I missed the accuracy and familiarity of Google (and, to a lesser extent, Yelp). I've come to rely on having an iPhone and being able to look up things and, perhaps more importantly, where things are. I miss having GMail and Google Maps with me at all times -- it's a small yet consistent itch that I'm not connected to the internet. Maybe more surprising is the realization of how much I came to rely on Yelp. There were many a times when my girlfriend and I would try to look up what's good to eat at whatever neighborhood we happened to be in. In America, I'd turn to the Yelp app, look up categories of food nearby or do a search, read reviews, and be directed to the restaurant. Here, we have much simpler apps that just list out restaurants nearby without categories and without search. When we find a restaurant we'd like to try, we'd have to make do with inaccurate GPS and pray that we're walking in the right direction. There are also a ton of restaurants not featured in these apps nor findable on search engines. It's probably a combination of search engines/services here not being comprehensive and restaurant owners not aware of (or not finding the need for) advertising on the internet.

Korea is considered one of the most connected countries in the world. It probably is but I was surprised to see how expensive being connected is. My girlfriend has an iPhone but uses the internet sparingly on it -- she has a pretty low limit on usage that gets really expensive if she goes over it. Though receiving calls is free, calling someone's cell phone is super expensive. On the plan that my mom's on, for example, calling the states is cheaper than calling someone's cell phone in Korea.

Yet another example of something you hear about in the states that end up being more myth than fact (reminds me of hearing about Indian farmers who are always connected to the internet with their mobile devices).

 

Organic Food Buying Cheatsheet

 Zub and I have joked around about when it makes sense to buy organic. Found this guide useful:

http://lifehacker.com/5528836/organic-food-buying-cheat-sheet

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