Random rambling on the weekend
It would had been a rather uneventful weekend if it wasn’t for seeing the back of Warren Buffett’s head at the main Kyobo bookstore.
I splurged a cool thousand plus on a Samsung Hauzen washing machine with Air Wash1 and a new fridge. I have to give Samsung and LG credit for offering more value to products that seemed innovation-less: white appliances. I mean, could you ever expect GE to feature pro-hygiene Silver Nano, Steam or Air Wash into its products? Next month I should be in the market for a microwave/convection oven combo.
I went from living in a ultra-modern, claustrophobic studio with built-in appliances in the city center to a thrice larger abode in the burbs. My rationale: to give the dog more room to run around in (i.e., wreak havoc). My parents would have me bound and returned home on the next flight if they heard the real reason for moving… I’ve decided to stay put at the current place for a while as I only have one address space remaining on my Korea foreign resident ID card. Guess I could get a new card when the time warrants itself but I’m not looking forward to the hassle. I sure don’t.
The previous episode at immigration, I had this argument: “I was born in Atlanta, so how does that make me a Korean citizen?” It seems the Korean government claims the offspring of its citizens2 as Korean nationals no matter where they were born. Thus a major situation can occur when these unknowing men in their 20s and 30s come to visit/work in Korea only to find themselves drafted for mandatory military service. The shock and confusion they must feel to realize they’re protecting a nation yet don’t share any commonalities beyond their Korean citizen parents.
I was one of the lucky ones, I had at least one parent who denounced Korean membership citizenship early on. Thanks mom!
- a feature that ‘washes’ with air jetted into the cabin for ridding dust/mites, hair, dander, etc.↩
- i.e., my dad; my mom had already taken the oath to US citizenship↩
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