Shopping for Seollal?

Don't know what gift to get your Korean boss, neighbour, friend or sweetheart for Seollal? Try some attention-grabbing gift packages like the gift box above available at Hanhwa Galleria.

Each set of four ostrich eggs costs  250,000 won ($223) and has four ostrich eggs. Why on earth would anyone want to give someone ostrich eggs,  you ask?

1.The size is impressive and seems to suggest abundance.

2. Koreans seem to love eggs - witness how often it's sold as a snack in jjimjilbangs and on board trains. Though I wouldn't recommend cracking an ostrich egg on your beloved's head as they do on K dramas!

3. Ajummas in a hurry in the kitchen can save time cracking several eggs to make their omelettes. Just crack one and voila! You've got enough to feed at least three people. Correction: On second thought, make THAT 20 people.

4. The shells would make great containers,  decorative and conversational pieces after you've emptied out the yolks and whites and cleaned them up.

Of course, if you don't find the notion appealing, you can opt for more conventional gifts like those below.

Sources:

http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2916020
http://asiaenglish.visitkorea.or.kr/ena/SI/SI_EN_3_6.jsp?cid=505985
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/NEWKHSITE/data/html_dir/2010/01/13/201001130051.asp

The Meeting With Lee Min-ho That Wasn't

Scores of Lee Min-ho fans who waited for hours at Plaza Singapura on last Saturday evening for a glimpse of ETUDE's new poster boy must have been crushed, literally and metaphorically, when organisers of the meet the star event decided to cancel for security reasons. Has ETUDE bitten off more than it can chew by hiring the hugely popular actor of Boys Over Flowers fame?  Those involved in arranging the event did not anticipate such a large turn-out in Orchard Road. Signs of the backlash may be read in various forums dedicated to Lee - a number of disappointed fans who bought a lot of ETUDE merchandise in the hope of getting him to autograph his poster must be feeling very sore, to say the least. What kind of impact would it have on the long-term sales and image of ETUDE?

Fans on the other side of the Causeway who had heard about the cancellation in Singapore could breathe a sigh of relief that a similar event in a much smaller venue in Sungai Wang Plaza wasn't axed as well.

For all those who want to see much ado about Min-ho in Singapore, click here.

Source:
http://www.allkpop.com/index.php/full_story/lee_minhos_hectic_day_in_singapore/