Dreams came true.

What a day!

All the women skaters performed their heart out and skated their best. Everyone expected Yuna to win a easy gold medal, given her staggering short program scores, but watching her actually making it, and doing so perfectly and flawlessly was making me almost close to tears.

She never revealed before the pressure she was under, but when she finished the game, she let her emotion shown, tears sprung up in her eyes, making hard for Korean commentators not to be swayed by the emotional scene. Their voices were all shaky and they fought hard to hold their tear back.

It was such an emotional moment for all Koreans who knew what this young girl went through and how she tried hard to make it all through to here.

There is nothing that Koreans need, just for now, that’s for sure.

Amazing bond girl!

Now I can finally sit back and enjoy Smooth King's Yuna Smoothie.

Watching her being so tense and nervous just before her performance was heart-wrenching, especially right after her arch rival Mao Asada's flawless game.

But the 19-year-old bond girl regained her control as soon as she got on to the ice and skated as if she knew that she was going to prevail. She was so artistic and showed more-than-perfect jumps and spins. And her facial expression! It perfectly turns this young girl into the sexy, sly bond girl.

I was holding my breath for the entire performance, praying for her making no mistakes. But now is the time for me just to enjoy watching her mind-blowing skating which surely will be played over and over again on Yuna-obssessed Korean media.

Another big day for Korea

This morning, my babysister told me a pleasantly surprising news that Korean player, Lee Seung-hoon, who got a silver from 5,000 meters, won a gold medal in the 10,000 speed skating! What an amazing news!

The three golds that Korea's speed skaters won in this Olympics are so unexpected that it is almost shocking to me. Men's 500 meters are often compared to the 100 meters sprint, a sport that has been dominated by players from western countries and believed that Asians are physically less competitive than their western competitors.

The achievement shows there is nothing impossible in the world of sports.

I hope for the best for Yuna who without doubt is under enormous pressure to deliever a gold to her home fans. Her short program will start about 1 pm this afternoon.

A new book about Samsung

You remember Kim Yong-churl, a whistle blower from Samsung, who unveiled back in 2007 how the giant company had been engaged in massive, extensive, and illegal lobbying activities?

The book titled "Thinking about Samsung" has just came out but attracts lots of attention from people here who want to know a thing more about Samsung's secretive corporate culture, let alone that of the "royal family." It is on the bestseller's list.

I am in almost half way through the book and kind of shocked how the whole company is putting the interests of the founder family ahead of those of shareholders, and how they use chunk of company's money for things like throwing sumptuous Lee Kun-hee's birthday party where super stars come and sing 3-4 songs to be paid tens of thousands dollars.

I didn't really know how big and core the whistle blower was in the company when the scandal broke out, but it seems clear now to me that he is the right one who know things enough to write a book about the company.

You will definitely have second thoughts about this chaebol when you read this. I am sorry that we don't have a English-translated version of the book..

start afresh

After more-than-a-year break, I am trying to give a fresh life to my dying blog.. It's not an easy job to write a blog.. much more time/effort-consuming than I thought it would be. Changing the template refreshs the look of my blog, which I like! Let's get busy with creative activities!