The Korean side dish- Egg JangJoRim.

As you know, Koreans live on rice.
That is, they eat a bowl of rice and several side dishes every meal.
The major side dish is KimChi, which is already well known. It is so basic and famous that I don't need to explain it.

So, Today, I am going to write the recipe of another side dish.
It's just simple but tasty. Even I can make it.
I think there are similar dishes in other countries.

It is Egg JanJoRim that will be introduced as a today's dish~
The word 'JanJorim' means things soy sauce is absorbed into by boiling.

Ingredients: eggs, hot red [bird] peppers, soy source, water

1. Put the water in the wide pan and boil eggs
(If you want to make the position of the yolk of the egg be centre, stir the egg while boiling)

2. Peel hard boiled eggs and put the eggs, cut hot peppers, a half glass of water and a half glass of soy source in the pan.
3. Boiled all until soy source is absorbed into eggs.(It is usually the time when the dish smells hot peppers. If you don't like peppers, you can omit peppers)
Koreans usually use eggs of a quail instead of eggs. I guess the reason may be its size. In fact, the egg is quite big, but in the case of the quail's egg, we can easily eat it with a spoonful of rice at a mouthful.
It is just matter of one's taste.

Rice with Egg JanJoRim is a quite nice meal. Try it~

Today is an important day for Korean students.

Korea’s Students Take College Entrance Exam

Wednesday was the big exam day for some 600,000 Korean high school students all looking to enter college or universities. Mothers wept and prayed as their sons and daughters anxiously set off to take the test College Scholastic Aptitude Test. "I'm so nervous, it feels like I'm taking the test. I just hope he will do his best," one said.

There are good reasons for worry. The students heading into designated schools are about to face the most important test of their lives. How well they do on it will decide whether they gain admission to one of the country's top colleges. It is crucial because getting into a top university remains for many their sole ticket to a successful career in Korea.

Inside the test centers, the students faced questions in math, literature, history and foreign languages.

The students' families have paid millions for private lessons at crammers -- known in Korea as hagwons -- where the youngsters spend as many as 14 hours a day. "I slept around five hours a night -- probably too much actually,” a student said.

This year's CSAT was held amid concerns over endemic cheating. Last year, dozens of students used cell phones to send text messages to share answers. The widespread temptation to cheat is an indication of just how much pressure the students face in this make-or-break exam.
This time, test-takers were forbidden to carry mobile phones, and the Education Ministry has warned that cheaters could be sentenced to prison.

Even students who are not taking the test today are nervous. "I'll be taking the test in two years, but I already feel uneasy. I will have to study hard in the coming years," a student said.

Source: Arirang News

My cousins also took exams today. They are same age but one entered the school one year early because she was born in January. She was not satisfied with her marks last year so tried this exam again. I know she is a such a hard student. Over the last one year, she has not even met her friends in order to concentrate on her study. I respect her strong will.

The other takes an exam at first. That is, it is first time for her to take the exam. I also like her as well. She always think of her future and enjoys ther study.

I hope both will get the best marks they can get as the result of the exam. ^^

I think The examination being over, They feel greatly relieved

I feel like a sense of emptiness...

Samsung Chairman’s Daughter Dies

By Kim Tong-hyungStaff Reporter

Lee Yun-hyung, 26, the youngest daughter of Samsung Group chairman Lee Kun-hee, was confirmed Monday to have died in an automobile accident in New York City last week. Lee, who graduated from French literature Ewha Womans University in Seoul, had begun studying at New York University this year. She owns 8.37 percent of Samsung Everland, the de facto holding company of the Korea’s largest conglomerate.

A company manager said Tuesday that the funeral for the younger Lee was held at a hospital in New York Monday, but was not attended by Samsung chairman Lee. Chairman Lee has been staying in the United Since September for post-operative cancer treatment. Lee’s wife Hong Ra-hee, his only son and oldest child Lee Jae-yong, vice president of Samsung Electronics, his oldest daughter Lee Pu-jin, vice president of the Shilla Hotel, his second daughter Lee Seo-hyun, vice president of Cheil Industries, attended the memorial service of their youngest family member, the manager said. He declined to comment on the details of the automobile accident.

The tragic death of the youngest Lee came at a time when Samsung faces a public outcry over allegations of corruption and financial irregularities. There are suspicions that chairman Lee, 64, is extending his stay in the U.S. to weather the storm surrounding the prosecution’s investigation into Samsung Everland, the amusement park unit of the group, after allegations that the company’s wealth was unlawfully transferred to the founding family. In October, a Seoul court found two Everland executives guilty of arranging the illicit transfer of the chairman’s wealth to his children through their company. Prosecutors are also expanding their investigation into the allegations that Samsung provided slush funds of up to 10 billion won to presidential candidates ahead of the 1997 elections. The accusations stem from a television news report revealing the content of a wiretapped conversation between a Samsung executive and a newspaper publisher discussing the provision of slush funds to presidential candidates in 1997. There is a possibility that Lee could be questioned over his alleged involvement in both the Everland and campaign fund cases. In July, the civic group People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD) filed a request with the prosecution to investigate 20 current and former Samsung executives, including chairman Lee, over their alleged corrupt ties with politicians.

I was quite shocked by this news because many Korean are favorably disposed toward her.

It is know she had an open nature and even launched her own website, unlike her siblings, who prefer to keep a low profile. There was a happening that she had to close the site due to a deluge of visitors in September of 2003.

In fact, She is the third richest woman in Korea. According to a recent survey conducted by the Forbes Korea, Lee Yun-hyung, younger sister of Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee, accounted for more than one-fifth of the assets held by Korea’s top 50 richest women.

It is hard for me to believe the fact that such a rich person can easily die by a common car accident. I may have an idea the lives of rich people are very different from me like ordinary people. From this news, I keenly realised that everyone is the same about the matter of death. That is, whether a person have a lot of money or not, eventually his/her life depends on God. Money is just vein in front of death. I became deeply grateful to God for living and decided I would live more actively and ardently.

Let's make DukBokKi~!!

Today, I'd like to introduce popular Korean food, DukBokKi. Everyone from children to adults loves DukBokKi in Korea. Like many Korean food, DukBokKi is quite spicy. Its main ingredient is long slender white rice-cake
Ingredients: : Long slender white rice-cake/boiled fish paste/cayenne/Korean hot pepper paste/salt/starch syrup/sugar/sesame/welsh onion/onion/carrot/sesame oil.

1. Put fittingly and brew water in wide pan.

2. Put Korean hot pepper paste, and cook rice cake when water boils.

3. Put and boiled fish paste and welsh onion, onion, carrot 4. Put cayenne.

4. Put cayenne.

5. Exhort and put sugar or starch syrup to salt.

6. When boil all, put sesame or sesame oil. (You can add boiled eggs or other vegetables you like)