I went to these markets where the majority of stalls are selling products with innate medicinal or health giving benefits. An incredible array of stuff. You’ve got your usual mammoth selection of various ginseng roots, mushrooms harder than concrete and as big as grapefruits, then there’s bark and twigs and branches of every conceivable kind for as long as you can walk.
A few days later I went to see a ‘Hanisa’ (Oriental Doctor) and in assessing me, he made me put my thumb and third finger together and then he tried to pull them apart. When he put a massive chunk of Korean ginseng in the other hand for my to firmly grasp, he simply couldn’t do it. When he put some other medicinal artifact in my palm, he could pull apart my fingers with minimal effort.
Happy birthday to you, Mikael.
Really hope that you enjoy days.
See you then.
i also had the ‘finger test’ while i was with a friend in a perfume shop. they tried to pull my fingers apart, while putting perfume testers under my nose. then consulted a chart for my personality. was interesting.
i also have another test. Pull my finger. Guaranteed results.
In the wake of North Korea’s first successful nuclear test, The Washington Post’s PostGlobal and Oxford International Review are sponsoring exclusive blog responses to a question posed by former South Korean President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kim Dae-Jung:
Why do you think the current US Administration has refused direct negotiations with North Korea, despite North Korea’s proposal to do so?
OIR posed this question to a panel of students from the United States and Asia gathered at Hong Kong University to participate in the Asia Institute for Political Economy, a program conducted by The Fund for American Studies. Click here to read their commentary, in light of recent events: http://blog.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/debate/korea/
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Kind of random but I found your site while looking for hasookchibs in seoul. Do you have any advice for finding a place? I’ll be attending Yonsei for a semester next fall and any advice you have would be appreciated. Drop me a line Lockfinn at gmail.