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Seoul Global Center is offering a Business Start-up School program from June 14 ~ 30.

All classes will be in English, and they’ll teach you what you need to know in setting up a business(Restaurant, E-Commerce, Consulting, Int’l Trade) in Korea as a foreigner.

The invitation said for foreigners, so I personally asked the person in charge of the program during one of my visits to Seoul Global Center, if they accept those who already have a Korean citizenship and she said she’ll check, then e-mailed me later saying foreigners who has gained Korean citizenship are also eligible.

Classes are offered for free. June 14~30, Mondays(7pm~10pm) thru Saturdays(10am~5:30pm) .
Graduation and Recognition ceremony will be on June 30 and there will be a visit to business related agencies like KITA, KOTRA, etc on the 3rd of July.

For more info visit the Seoul Global Center site at http://global.seoul.go.kr or you can e-mail me and I’ll send you a copy of the curriculum as well as a copy of the registration form. (sey.jeez(at)gmail(dot)com)

The KBS documentary program Wednesday Plan(수요기획) will be featuring the “Tuna Hunters” from General Santos City, Philippines. It’s a 31-day documentary of the lives of tuna fishermen.

It will be on air through KBS1TV on May 12, Wednesday, 11:30pm.

I forgot to post about another documentary, this time by SBS, through the program News Pursuit (뉴스추적).

It was about the lives of illegal migrant workers here in Korea, entitled “7-year old, Chang-mi’s dream”. T’was on air through SBS last Children’s Day, May 5, 11pm. You can watch it online for free, here.

They featured 4~5 families, 3 of whom, from the Philippines.

KBS 환경스페셜(Environment Special) will be featuring a documentary about the effects of mining in Rapu-rapu Island, Albay.

The program will be aired tonight, Feb. 24 (Wednesday), 10pm on KBS1TV.

1. Facts about ‘Golden Bell’

•  ‘Golden Bell’ is a TV show for teenagers, aired on KBS 1TV every Sunday from 7:10 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Since 1999, it has been one of the most favored popular TV shows for the past ten years.
•  ‘Golden Bell’ is a survival quiz show. Every week, 100 students from one high school challenge to solve all 50 questions.
• When a student survives till the end and gets the right answer for the 50th or the last question, we say he or she has rung the golden bell’ and the winner can put his or her name in the ‘Fall of Fame.’
•  While answering the questions, students show their talents as they sing, dance or do other performances. They can also have a nice talk with the MCs in the middle of the show.

2. Purpose of the special show celebrating the Anniversary of KBS
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• As the number of multicultural families is increasing, we hope to help understand different cultures and better communicate among different family members by putting foreign daughter-in-laws on TV from a special angle through this special show.
• One hundred foreign daughter in laws who love Korea, regardless of who they are or where are from will try to find answers of 50 questions on Korean history and tradition. Participants will have a good time by learning about Korea through different questions and also showing their talents.

3. Time Schedule
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• Participants: 100 Foreign Daughter-in-laws
• Video recording of the show is on Feb. 21, 2010
• Video recording of the show will take place at KBS in Yeouido
•  The show will be aired on Feb. 28, 2010 from 19:00 p.m. to 20:00 p.m.

4. Details on the Time Schedule
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• Application period: Jan. 29, 2010 ~ Feb. 5, 2010
• Prior interview: Feb. 10, 2010 (scheduled)
• Successful candidates will be posted on the home page on Feb. 11
•  Orientation: Feb. 20, 2010
• Video recording: Feb. 21, 2010
  * All time schedules can change with prior notice.

5. Qualifications

•  Any foreign women married to Korean men currently living in Korea, who can communicate in Korean language (The questions will be given in Korean).
• Those who have legal problems with the immigration office will be disqualified.

6. Benefits for the Participants
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• The winner will get the ‘Golden Bell Scholarship’
• The last two or three survivors will also get the scholarship
•  All 100 participants will get gift certificates and souvenirs. Lunch and snacks will be provided on the video recording day (Feb. 21)
• Those who live outside Seoul and the capital region will get paid for food and lodging for an overnight stay.

7. Screening Process
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• First Step: Application review
• Second Step: Prior interview
• Participants will be selected based on the application review and the prior interview

8. Notice
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•  All participants should come to the orientation (place to be noticed later) the day before the video recording (Feb. 20).
•  All participants should come to the assembly area (to be noticed later) by 8:30 a.m. on Feb. 18.
• Video recording will take more than 8 hours and you cannot leave the place before the end of the recording.

9. Point of Contact (KBS Golden Bell Team)
 Phone : 02-781-3542, 1951
 E-mail: leepd11@hanmail.net, binubuss@naver.com

Dowload Application Forms  <HERE>

Just a quickie!

We’re looking for a Filipina, between 20~28 years old, single, currently based in Korea, can converse in basic Korean and most important of all, can SING. Experience(in singing) is not a must but will be a plus.

You’ll be in a group with members from different countries. May upcoming album po ang grupong ito, and training are now ongoing. May 4 members na po and they’re looking for 2 more. 1 lang from Pinas. So medyo URGENT po.

Importante is magaling pong kumanta, (they’re counting on Pinays having very good singing voices kasi~).

Please send your resume with recent pics, kung may sample po kayo ng kanta nyo you can send through the net, please do (a youtube video will do, just send me a link). Send everything here >> sey.jeez(at)gmai(dot)com

Plugging lang po~!

Our new EBS show <외국인을 위한 실용 한국어 (초급)> Practical Korean for Foreigners(Basic Course) started airing on TV last Monday, Oct. 19 and will be on air ’til February 10, 2010.

Our first show, which was also a beginner course, dealt mostly with basic Korean grammar and usage. This time it will be more about conversational Korean,  with phrases and words ’newbies’ actually need to learn and use while living here in Korea. After shooting the first episode, I’d say it’s actually a lot easier to understand. More sample situations, short skits and animations for fun learning. Apart from learning conversational Korean, we will also introduce foreign wives presently living in Korea, and answer some questions they have about Korean culture that I believe everyone is (or was) curious about. 

Join us Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, 1:40pm~2:10pm on EBS(Channel 13 in Seoul). Replays on EBSPlus2 same days 4:30pm~5:00pm

• Mondays - Chinese
• Tuesdays - Vietnamese
• Wednesdays - Filipino(Tagalog) 

You can visit our site  to watch our show again online, and download lesson files, too. Don’t forget to leave us a message. >>> Practical Korean for Foreigners (Basic Course) <<<

한국어를 같이 배워봅시다~!!!

Jeez!  My first post in four months!

Gosh, been too bz coz of a lot of things but more so, coz of our upcoming play which will be on stage starting…. jeez! tomorrow! 19 hours later to be exact! And will be on a four-day run.

Anyway, I promised friends I’ll post about the play specially the location of the theater, this is actually late, hopefully everyone could check this one out.

I’m not really sure if I made a post about me being a part of a special theatrical troupe named “Salad”, special coz all of the members are foreign wives (married to Koreans). Been a part of the troupe since early this year and our first regular scheduled performance entitled “After The Rain”, as I’ve mentioned above, will start tomorrow, Thursday, and will be on stage til Sunday. (Sept. 24~27, 2009). Show times will be 8pm on weekdays(Thursday-Friday) and 7pm on weekends(Saturday-Sunday) btw, there will be an additional show at 3pm on Sunday. We’ll be on the stage of  Soen-mi-san Theater located in Mangwon-dong. Tickets will be sold at 10,000 won each with 20% discount for multicultural families. 

To sum it all up:

• Title : “After The Rain” (맛있는 레시피, 애프터 더 레인)
• Director: Kim Byeong Gyoon (김병균)
• Script:  Salad (joint creation)
• Date: Sept. 24 ~ 27, 2009 (7pm weekdays/7pm Saturday/3pm & 7pm Sunday)
• Theater: Seon mi san Village Theater (Mangwon-dong Mapo-gu Seoul)
• Tickets: 10,000 won/each (20% discount for multicultural families)
• *** Thursday show - sold out-***

Here’s our poster and map/directions to Seon mi san Village Theater : (in Korean)

Seon mi san Village Theater

• Subway Line no. 6 - Mangwon Station exit no. 1, 5 minute walk(head towards Mangwon Post Office)
• Subway Line no. 2 - Hongdae Station exit no. 2, take Bus no. 15, drop at SeongSeo Elem School
• Subway Line no. 2 - Sinchon Station exit no. 8, take Village Bus no. 8, drop at SeongSeo Elem School
• Subway Line no. 2 - Sinchon Station exit no. 8, take Bus no. 7013, drop at SeongSeo Elem School

 Hope to see ya’ at the theater!!!

Any filipino, based in Seoul, interested to work as a volunteer for the Seoul Global Center?  They’re looking for Filipinos who can speak Tagalog, English and Korean. Korean fluency is not required, basic Korean should be more than enough.  What’s important is that you speak tagalog and english coz a lot of volunteers at the Global Center speak English. The job will require you to work :

• as an interpreter for Filipino workers, tourists, businessmen, etc.
• 5 days a week (Monday to Friday)
•  3 hours a day(you can choose anytime from 1pm~6pm) 

It’s a volunter job so it doesn’t pay much. They’ll pay you 25,000 won/day(3 hours). Interested folks may e-mail me at sey.jeez(at)gmail(dot)com.

Minsan na lamang ako nakaka-lugar na bumisita sa munti kong tahanan dito sa web kaya’t  ipag-paumanhin na kung ang aking mga lahok ay medyo nahuhuli. 

Ang tema sa linggong ito ay hardin. Kaya’t iaalay ko sa inyo ang mga larawang kuha sa hardin namin. Ang tanda ko ay kinuha ang mga larawang ito ‘tagsibol’ nung nakaraang taon. 

Maraming  iba’t ibang uri ng tanim sa aming hardin ngunit pinakamarami dito ay mga iba’t ibang kulay ng azalea.  :D Ang nasa huling larawan ay isa atang uri ng lily, hindi ako sigurado, nag-iisa kasi siya sa hardin namin.