Tag: korea

  • Las Alternativas de Comida Asiática Sin Chifa de Lima

    Hace años luz que no escribo algo en español (o contundente) en este blog.

    ¿Por qué el título de “las alternativas asiáticas sin chifa“? Porque tengo cierto nivel de ética pues. Muchos de nosotros tendremos nuestros favoritos (cuando escribimos de películas, de música, de actores, etc.), si un bloguero/periodista/crítico es amigo/conocido del tema principal de una publicación, pues es ético decir “Es mi pata. Yo lo conozco.” Será por eso… o ¿sencillamente será porque no me gusta conocer gente y disfruto de ser introvertida?

    La cosa es que, los que me conocen saben que tengo relación con uno o más chifas– familiares, amigos, amigo de un amigo, primos de un amigo, etc. Así que es por eso que ésta es la lista de comida asiática en Lima sin contar los miles de restaurantes chinos que hay. ¡Bada-bim bada-boom!

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    A mi me gusta comer… no desde hace mucho— como todos (o la mayoría), era quisquillosa. Al graduarme de la secundaria, me fui a vivir a la ciudad canadiense de Vancouver (casi) por mi cuenta; primero, con una tía abuela, y luego sola. Ser quisquilloso (hasta los 17 años) para comer en una ciudad como Vancouver es difícil, especialmente si no sabes cocinar y todos tus amigos han crecido comiendo cosas distintas. Fue ahí, sorprendentemente, que creo que me convertí en foodie. Poco a poco, pero llegué.

    Desde mi regreso, el boom gastronómico no solo se dio en la cocina peruana tradicional— todos le damos fuerte; los anticuchos, el ceviche, un buen shambar, o un buen juane con su presa de gallina. ¡Uy! El boom gastronómico también se dio en la comida asiática. Ayuda que el Kpop haya entrado con fuerza con el Hallyu Wave, pero también la colonia japonesa se abrió al paladar… aunque no estoy segura si atribuírselo al anime.

    Así que comencemos… ésta es una lista de años de investigación. No hay ni una lista publicada que ofrezca tantas opciones, y por supuesto- como tomó tanto tiempo, muchas de las listas originales ya han cambiado. ¡Ja! Pero la mayoría se ha mantenido en un 90%.

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  • Samsung Gear S2 – Turn the Bezel

    Love this commercial… I could totally sit through this a couple of times if I saw it on TV. lol

    I like the design of the watch a lot better than the Apple Watch, which seems kinda chunky and calls too much attention. But still shrugged at the fact that you need a smartphone to set it up.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_NMGHlCAX8

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  • Brown Eyed Girls Got Away with Warm Hole~

    Yup~ no typo there.

    They do have indeedy a song called Warm Hole (웜홀, womhol), which everyone’s trying to pretend it’s Wormhole. Considering the song, I wonder how that was gonna fly on a ‘live’ performance, but they did.

    The only minus? Lipsync. I’m sure they can come up with a way that JeA doesn’t have to do a choreography and just focus on the vocals, no? Music Core performance of Hot Shot, anyone? She was even great with the Sixth Sense bit. Nothing tops that Music Core performance. Legendary.


  • Friendly BEG Reminder~

    …that Brown Eyed Girls’ comeback is just around the corner~

    New album comes out in like- one day, Nov. 5th.

    And this one sounds like a winner track.

    Looks like brand new management, brand new image.


  • Samsung Smart Convertible Refrigerator

    Holy shit!? Is this a thing? I could only find the Frigidaire that changes the freezer into a refrigerator and vice versa [1], but they’re not giving you extra space… just switching one for the other. my kitchen tech is way behind the times, since I still use the same microwave we bought like 25 years ago, and our refrigerator is -at least- 18 years old. LOL

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz7NSbaLk58

    Here’s another CM. Seems to be only available in India, for now.

    And this seems super cheap- the most expensive one (480L) is 65,000 Rupees, which at the moment is about a bit over $1k USD. That’s like half or a third of what one of those double-door refrigerators that waste a lot of space because they give you the illusion of giving you loads of compartments is. The 322L one is only a bit more than $650USD. THAT’S FRIGGING CRAZY.

    That’s like buying an iPhone, no? FML. Two 64GB iPod Touch, and maybe two 16GB iPad mini 4. For that, you can buy an appliance. Geez~

    xD


  • Doona Bae for Prestige Hong Kong

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    Here’s a great interview with Doona Bae where she talks about her beginnings as an actress, what her most cherished film project is, what was it like to do Cloud Atlas without knowing how to speak English, her close relation to Lana and how she “gets” her acting, and how she wants to do a Stephen Chow movie.

    Oh, and why she doesn’t like to use makeup when acting.

    Here’s the link to the Prestige Interview.

    I’m a little sad that her presentation at the Shanghai Film Festival got cancelled because of MERS, but I totally understand the measure. Also- Yay! Sense8 got renewed, so I’m getting myself more Doona. We all love Doona Bae.


  • My Life in Music

    Will keep this list updated here.

    1. The Bangles – Different Light [YT Playlist]
    2. Arena Hash [Soundcloud]
    3. NKoTB – Hangin’ Tough [YT Playlist]
    4. El Show de July No. 2 [YT]
    5. Nubeluz [YT Playlist]
    6. Los Nosequien y los Nosecuantos – Con el Respeto que se Merecen [YT Playlist]
    7. Michael Jackson – Dangerous [YT Playlist]
    8. Sister Act 2 Soundtrack [YT Playlist]
    9. Beck – Mellow Gold [YT Playlist]
    10. Michael Jackson – HIStory: Past, Present and Future [YT Playlist]
    11. Salserin – Con Mucho Swing [YT Playlist]
    12. Torbellino – Corazón en la Ciudad [YT Playlist]
    13. Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill [YT Playlist]
    14. 1999
    15. La Ley – Uno [YT Playlist]
    16. Alejandro Sanz – MTV Unplugged [YT Playlist]
    17. Dixie Chicks – Home [YT Playlist]
    18. Pink – Try This [YT Playlist]
    19. Bjork – Medulla [Bandcamp]
    20. Andrea Echeverri [YT Playlist]
    21. Marit Larsen – Under te Surface [YT Playlist]
    22. Bibi Zhou Bichang
    23. Mayday – Poetry of the Day After [YT Playlist]
    24. Chang Shilei – Niu China [YT Playlist]
    25. Jonsi – Go [Bandcamp]
    26. Hebe Tien – My Love [YT Playlist]
    27. Galaxy United – The Absinthe [YT Playlist]
    28. Kishi Bashi – 151a [Bandcamp]
    29. Calle 13 – MultiViral [YT Playlist]
    30. Su Yunying – Ming Ming [YT Playlist]
    31. ANOHNI – Hopelessness [YT Playlist]
    32. Chen Weilun – Think Miss Sorrow [YT Playlist]
    33. Chen Li – Playlist [YT Playlist]
    34. ZenKwun – Existing like God [YT Playlist]
    35. Yuguo – Angry Horse [YT Playlist]
    36. Shortparis – Apple Orchard [YT Playlist]
    37. The Dada – Hello! [YT Playlist]

  • Doona Bae and the Van Damn!

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    Are you following Doona Bae on Instagram? I don’t have an account, but of course I made my way through the RSS feed. Also, did you watch Sense8 [español tambien] already? Did you fall in love with Doona all over again? Because I did.


  • Look at that Face: Kim Ah-Joong

    So for prep of a movie review, I finally watched 200 Pounds of Beauty and I really was struck by how beautiful Kim Ah-Joong’s face was. I don’t know if it was the way the movie was shot, but this photo of her captured that same feeling I got.

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  • Best 100 Films of this Decade so Far

    Well~ that was a LONG process. Buth ere it is, after nearly four months of movie-watching and voting… the YAM Magazine team’s favorite movies of this decade so far~ Hope you find one you like, discover one… and that we included some of your favorites!

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    Do your thing~