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Lee Tee Jong
South Korea Correspondent
Boozing away the economic blues
November 07, 2008 Friday, 01:17 PM
Lee Tee Jong describes how Koreans are drinking the downturn away.
In Seoul Koreans are turning to booze in the economic downturn. The Korea Alcohol and Liquor Industry Association said that consumption of soju (traditional Korean liquor) increased by 5.1 per cent year-on-year between January and September. The figures for beer and whisky went up by 5.3 percent and 4.4 percent respectively. In South Korea , the alcohol industry will always do well. When times are good, people celebrate by drinking. When times are bad - like now - they drown their sorrows in booze. With the plummeting stocks value, the falling Korean won, the fears of retrenchment and the rising cost of living, Koreans find solace in commiserating over the clinking of glasses at a pub. Soju which costs a mere 1,000 won (S$1.30) a glass" is a cheap pain-killer, a stress reliever. A common phrase that is heard in offices across the nation come dinner time is "han chan hashida" - which literally means "let's go for a glass". So if you want to comfort a Korean who is suffering the effects of an economic downturn, try that phrase. Bottoms up! Tags: culture, economy, korea 
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An yong ha say oh ? How are you, Lee Tee Jong
? I like to help the Koreans to relaize the water-cure protocol to help the mind to think right so that they too can sober up (not bottom up) {sic} and help the citizens to move on healthily and wealthy with the world community, especially Singaporeans. It is simple, just drink 10% of your daily water quota (31.42 ml multiply by your present body weight in kilogram), every 90 minutes. And use 1/4 teaspoon of sea salt for every 1250 ml water drank, daily. More interesting details and water-cure cases testimonies found at Healthy Wealth blog http://theinnozablog.blogspot.com
Public Forum on
"Enhancing Our Physical Environment" ,organised as part of the public consultation process by the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Sustainable Development (IMCSD), chaired by the Minister for National Development, Mr Mah Bow Tan, together with comments by 3 panel members:-
1.Mr Tai Lee Siang, President, Singapore Institute of Architects and Director, DP Architects.
2.Assoc/Professor Lee Siew Eang, Director, Centre for Total Building Performance, School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore(NUS).
3.Dr Shawn Lum, President, Nature Society.
Date:Thursday, 6 November 2008
Venue: The URA Centre (www.mnd.gov.sg)
Forum started from 7:05pm, ended at 9:25pm.
Many passionated public speakers proposed many great ideas and one member got carried away with his arguments on 'commuters network system'; while another suggested that the public should reduce eating meat to conserve energy; and many biodiversity subjects. Great team learning experience for me, too.
The Reflective Citizen: Have the unnatural developments replaced many natural developments in our nation building? Have you had the experience of moving off too quickly just to discover that you are on the wrong track? It pays to slow down sometimes to examine our present reality situation and take critical stock on ourselves. For reflection is a very important aspect of learning and leading to higher learner-ship.
It is important that national leaders and citizens engage in reflection. Many changes have taken place in the work of citizens in ROS(Republic Of Singapore). Reflective citizen invest time in thinking through his/her citizenry life. He/she thinks back at a difficult situation in the country and looks at the situation from a variety of angles. A reflective citizen engages other .......(read more at Healthy Wealth blog, address http://theinnozablog.blogspot.com )
They are not sorrowful, but they are thirsty and dehydrating at cellular level in their human bodies. Help them, Lee. Thanks.
Regards,
Its Me.