Quick! Grab a friend and go to the Seoul International Art Fair! It’s around until tomorrow, Sept. 23 at 4pm. Contemporary and modern art paintings, photography, and special exhibits by well known Korean, European, and Asian artists. The low W15,000 entrance fee will be the cheapest investment in your Art IQ ever. If you like Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst, Fernando Botero, Paik Nam June, Lee U-fan and Zhang Xiaogang, then this show is a must see!

The worst of your travel downtime can be felt at the very end of your trip at the Immigration lines. It’s a throng of people which resembles a hodgepodge of French-Korean speaking caucasian dads and their kids, and enough Africans, Chinese, South Asians, Korean-Americans, Australians, and Canadians to start your own NGO at the UN.

HT to LifeHacker for pointing this out for us. Here is an ingenious way to store a lot of stuff in one corner through shelves that help you reach the stuff on top. I think some of us, if we’re so inclined, might be able to build one of these!

For the uninitiated, dosirak (in Korea) or bento boxes (in Japan) has been the standard packed lunch for schoolkids, picnics, and of course, demonstrators! The key to their tastiness is the variety of healthy goodies packed inside: from veggies, fruits, rice, and banchan to specially prepared dishes.

Announcement:

For four days, beginning October 2 (Thu) ~ October 5 (Sun), the JARASUM International Jazz Festival will be featuring a wide range of jazz musicians, vocalists, and groups. It sounds like a great time to enjoy the fall weather out of the city!

You want a companion – Most of us are foreigners without family in Korea. Dogs come with their own personalities and have a fine tuned sense for cuing in on your state of mind, your habits, and your feelings. The cliché is true, when times are rough you have no better friend than your pet dog.

Awesome games are adrenaline packed and intense, full of bold team strategy and tactics pulled off in the nick of time. If you are going to go out on a weekend of paintball, look no further because we have the perfect primer for you. Find out how to go out looking like “Paintball Rambo” from the moment the ref calls Go!

I don’t think downsizing my life is a drastic move. I consider it a sign of maturity, of growing up by shedding the non-essential possessions (or distractions). I realize it’s no longer the things I have that make me comfortable in my own home. What makes me comfortable are the things that are revealed clearly to me once all diversions are purposefully eliminated.

Browse this year’s Top Ten Airlines, and what may or may not surprise you is that no American carrier is on the list. And although Continental earned the World Airline Awards for the North America region, you have to consider their competition! You may also notice that Asiana, on the other hand, has won the “Best Cabin Crew” and “Best Economy Class” categories. These are two vital categories for any visitor to South Korea and traveler in the region.