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Marry Mob of Christmas

Jimbo — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 02:10:20 +0000

While I can’t speak for all Koreans, my relatives (at least the female ones) have a tendency to mob over the younger single members and pester them about their marriage plans. And somehow, they always come equipped with photos acquired from other families hoping to marry off their own kids. I don’t know when these groups meet to trade such photos, but apparently it happens. Even my mom carries some.

It’s almost like trading cards.

True Pain

Jimbo — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:21:09 +0000

Watched Ninja Assassin with friends on Sunday. It was a great movie, albeit bloody. Although I guess that’s part of what made the movie humorous and enjoyable. The above comic highlights one of parts I found pretty hilarious.

Raizo, the ~~antagonist~~ protagonist gets hit on the head during a sparring session and winces from what he thought was pain. The master corrects him lovingly.

Korean Discipline

Jimbo — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:45:05 +0000

As I was working on my History page, I couldn’t help but sift through my comics at my old site. There was a 2 part 14 comic long segment called “Korean Discipline” in ‘04 and ‘05. Essentially they are just one shot comics involving a father and his son. At the time of creation, my friends found it deathly funny, and I still find them pretty amusing. I’ve decided to post them here so they aren’t lost to the dark corners of the internets. Enjoy.

By the way, in no way do these comics reflect my life. Honest.

Koreans and Math

Jimbo — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:47:59 +0000

http://digg.com/arts_culture/Why_The_Koreans_Are_So_Good_At_Math_Comic

ROFL.

Not so Generic after all.

Jimbo — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:49:48 +0000

If you know a Korean, chances are decent that he or she’s a Kim. Kim is the most common surname in Korea. But that doesn’t mean every other guy you find will be a Kim. When you break it down to percentages, Kims make up about 21.6% of the Korean population, followed by the Lees at about 14.8%.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_name

That roughly rounds out to about 1/5. So yeah, you might think that’s still a bit generic. Being a Kim myself, so did I. Being a James Kim on top of that, I feel very much like a generic Korean American. Now the part that most of you (including yours truly) didn’t know is that there are different types of Kim. When I say different types, I am referring to the different clans.

Although they share the same surname of Kim, the different clans originated in different areas of Korea and grew to become what they are today. In total, there are 348 different Kim clans. Of those, a few make up the majority of the Kims.

They are, as of the 2000 census:

Gim-hae Kims with ~4.1 million people
Gyeong-ju Kims with ~1.7 million
Gwang-san Kims with ~.8 million
Kim-nyung Kims with ~.5 million
Goo-an-dong Kims with ~.4 million

These five clans alone make up about 60-70% of the Kims you see today. I personally belong to the Gyeongju clan. The Gyeongju Kims are descended from Silla, one of the ruling families of Korea from 57BC to 935AD. The Gyeongju clan is also known for their striking good looks and their wicked charm. *wink*
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_(Korean_name)

So there you have it, I am part of the 2nd most common variety of the 1st most common Koreans. I’m clearly not generic.