Korenglish Gems

In the far east, it seems like there are many mistakes made in English due to poor translation of the local language to English or just funny mistakes that no one bothers to correct. Here is a first collection of pictures that I took myself using my (poor quality) camera on my mobile phone. This is just a small collection of the items one can see on a day-to-day basis. I'll post more in the future.

"Mobil Phoning Area" - this picture is on the fast KTX train in Korea. It is used to indicate that this you can talk on the phone in this area, between the train cars.


"Do not lean" - can also be found on the KTX to tell people not to lean over the door. This picture has additional meaning to me...


"You make sure clear..." - can be found in the COEX mall in the central food court. There is a local small Hamburger stand and this is their request that you clear your tray at the end of your lunch. Interesting way to express themselves, don't you think?


"Seefood" - just another gem among many that can be found on restaurants menus.


"The top of pride" - isn't that a nice slogan? :)

A fact about Koreans and their culture

It is a fact that Koreans find it quite rude to wipe your nose loudly. They often laugh about foreigners doing so, especially during the launch time (while eating some spicy food).

However, burping loudly or even farting is considered a natural thing and one can notice people on the streets and on subways doing this without notice….

We have pictures!

So here's a quick look at where we are - The first picture was taken on week #12. We could see both arms with fingers and both legs. That's already a good sign, isn't it? The 2 other pictures are from week 12. We could already see the fetus kicking and boxing. Apparently it is too small for Shira to feel anything for the moment.

This 3D technology is amazing...plus it is working in real-time!


Can you notice the face in the picture below? Can you tell if he/she looks like Shira or Oz??


Here's a healthy heart beat...phew...

Here we go...

Hey there!
Finally I got this blog up and running, with a new look and a new domain.
So I went into Google Apps and registered krakowskis.com. I found myself spending a long night over the weekend on setting up the website, email accounts, domain name, etc.

But now I find it quite nice and it is about time to post something on my new blog. I have a feeling it will worth it in the future... :-)

So, in case you were ( still) wondering...yes...we are pregnant! You (and us) will be able to follow up on the progress using this very nice ticker I found at baby-gaga.com. That's a really cool thing...
In any case, things are getting to normal so far. Shira, closer to the end of the 15th week, starts to feel better, so things look brighter now.

We set the goal to leave Korea in September and time is running quite fast.
Believe it or not, but there are still a few things yet left to do here before we leave behind our lives in Korea and move forward to a new destination.

We'll keep you posted...