Well, when I’m fending for myself a nice bowl of breakfast cereal is always quick and easy.  And if Flion the Lion gives them a paw thumbs up, it must be good, right?  Of course Post is a trusted name in the cereal field and if Tony the Tiger can shill for rival Kellogg’s, then I have no problem with Flion the Lion.

But what exactly is it that I just ate?  Ah, the side panel has a handy English translation:

But of course, Corn Flight!  I should have guessed it.  Except I’ve never enjoyed Corn Flight before.  You might say it carried me to new heights.  I’m sure this flavor is bound to really take off!  Why don’t the airlines serve this on those long trips across the Pacific?  But enough of these corny puns, I’ve flown high enough already.

In other news, you gotta love the naming conventions here in Korea.  Take the convenience stores you find in the railway stations:

Why no one ever thought to name a store “StoryWay” before is beyond me. Although you won’t find any books in the Story store, they do have magazines.  But once you come up with the perfect name for your store, you really need a catchy motto so no one is confused about what you have to offer.  “Smile, Smart, Speed” certainly brings three totally unrelated “s” words together nicely, don’t you think?

English can be a dangerous thing I suppose.

Finally, if you are like me you’ve been wondering whatever happened to those Blue Man dudes.  Well, I found one of them alive and well up Uijongbu way.  Er, not so much alive I guess, but immortalized anyway.

And there you have it ladies and gentlemen.  Is there any reason not to love this country?