Amazing Things #34 Spider Grip

Amazing Things #34 Spider Grip

This "thing" can hold your phone on your windscreen and only cost 2 pounds 20p

- That is amazing....

Amazing Things #33 ultraviolet light sterilizer

Amazing Things #33 ultraviolet light sterilizer

 This nifty device seems to be able to ZAP everything from bedbugs to dust mites...with its amazing ultraviolet light an no doubt it would be useful for identifying fake fivers...

Amazing Things #32 - Kindergarten Graduation

Amazing Things #32 - Kindergarten Graduation

My son graduated this week...  Yeah, he starts Elementary (Primary) School in March. But he had a graduation ceremony, complete with Mortar board and robe.  I find both those things amazing - he is 7 but so grown up...

That (Selfishly) is my Amazing thing for this week!

The hat incident... and the recital

Amazing things #31 - Wall mounted CD Player

Amazing things #31 - Wall mounted CD Player

One thing that Apartment dwelling Koreans don't have a lot of, - is space... and one thing they can't make a lot of, - is noise, so big floor standing speakers and hi-fi systems are not as common as in other parts of the world... This nifty gadget gives you a clock, CD player /  mp3 player,  with micro SD card / usb support and speakers in a 9" round device you can hang on the wall, in a range of colors... Amazing!

Amazing Things #30 Magic Spoon

Amazing Things #30 Magic spoon 

When I first saw this, I thought it must be a mixing spoon or a measuring spoon - Spoons are pretty functional and the design seems to have passed the test of time and there is not much room for improvement.
It functions well but it is Just a spoon!  

But what if a spoon was not for eating your cereal or mixing your Bi Bim Bap...  Then it has the potential to become...  MAGIC...  and therefore makes the list as Amazing thing #30.

I give you the Magic Spoon Massager:

and this is how it works... but why is it a spoon?

And of course we all know that in order to sell a product - we need some westerners to endorse it - I thought these two were particularly SCARY!!!

Amazing Things #29 Zig Zag Pang Pang

Amazing Things #29 Zig Zag Pang Pang

Another Exercise aid wins this weeks honour.. the ZigZag PangPang...

No idea if it is any good, looks like a mini snowboard, but that name is truely AMAZING!!!!!!

Amazing things #28 - Food waste bin

Amazing things #28 Food waste bin

Here is a poorly shot video of our new food waste recycling bin, you scan a card, it shouts out your address and opens up tells you what to do in Korean and amazingly English (my wife says I should feel honoured as I am the only English person in my Apartment complex)- you chuck in your food waste, it weighs it and then tells you how much it cost - I cut off that bit as I didn't realise it was still talking...



Well I think it is amazing...   640 won per 10 kg that's about 0.40p in real money!!!  And that truly is amazing, I mean how much do 3 of those machines cost?

Amazing things #27 10 years of marriage

Amazing things #27 10 years of marriage

This weeks amazing things is dedicated to my wife, in fact it is my wife! Today I have been married to my wife for 10 years,  Yes on January 10th, 2004 we were married in Peterborough, England.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

A more recent picture from our anniversary trip to Thailand

Amazing Things #26 - Snowball maker

Amazing Things #26 - Snowball maker

You remember when you were a kid and your hands go all cold forming snow balls.. no?

Oh! well I do and it was because I didn't have one of these...

A snowball maker...  Truly amazing.. little Minsu can be top of the class, with his perfectly spherical snowballs... AMAZING!!!

Oh.. and as you read this, I will be far from the snow and cold weather of Korea and on a beach in Thailand...

Amazing Things #25 - Self stirring mug.

Amazing Things #25 - Self stirring mug.

My life is complete... no more searching for a spoon during your tea break...

...if you have this amazing self stirring mug, that is!!!

Amazing Things #24 - Electric slim jeans

Amazing Things #24 - Electric slim jeans

Not really Sure how it works.... at all  but these amazing things are like a giant denim nappy that you rig up to the mains or a battery not quite sure... and they somehow make you slim! - but they are amazing!

Amazing Things #23 - A periodic table of Korean Food

Amazing Things #23 - A periodic table of Korean Food

This weeks amazing thing is a periodic table of Korean Food

Oh, and the Dom & Hyo cartoons, in general (if you understand life in Korea)

Read Dom & Hyo at http://domandhyo.com/

Amazing things #22 - Legless table

Amazing things #22 - Legless table

This table is really quite amazing - look at the configurations - there is also a version with cooling fans for your laptop - Truly amazing and at 21 of your British pounds it is definitely on my want list!

  

Amazing things # 21 - Spring shoes

Amazing Things # 21 - Spring fitness Shoes

My first reaction when I saw these was...Are these Real!!!!

Straight out of a cartoon and into your life, here are the amazing fitness spring shoes, which are just shoes.. with springs on them.  Great for looking over walls too!

I imagine the fun far out weighs the fitness benefits... but

MAN DO I WANT A PAIR OF THESE... 

HELL YEAH!!!  

Amazing Things # 20 - Electric Nail clippers

Amazing Things # 20 - Electric Nail clippers

You know sometimes clipping your nails is just too much like hard work... Thankfully someone has invented  product that will take all the hard work out of it,

At first I thought -"If it ain't broke, don't fix it!" What is wrong with the nail clippers we already have - you know ones that won't run out of batteries, right when you need them most!  But then I read the tagline (translated but along the lines of...)

Safe and clean finishing nails without cutting 

[Nail Clippers] Nail organizers for a new concept

Amazing Things #19 -Skinny Legs

Amazing Things #19 -Skinny Legs

Another product to help you achieve those all important skinny legs...

It appears that by rocking on those impossible small plastic sandals you will get skinnier legs - I don't know what the cream is for...

Amazing things #18 Car kettle

Amazing things #18 Car kettle

There are so many things that could go wrong with this device while it is clipped to the air vents of your car, but Koreans love eating so imagine being stuck in the new year holiday traffic and being able to boil up some water for some delicious cup noodles...

Amazing...

Amazing things #17 - Snail Mucus face cream

Amazing Things #17 - Snail Face cream

The girls in the office were talking about this at lunchtime a couple of weeks ago (Oct 13th)

With my limited Korean language skills I thought I had misunderstood them... but no - here it is snail 'mucus' face cream, apparently good for acne! 

- they asked if I had tried any other Korean cosmetics... I gave them my toughest, manliest, western stare, deepened my voice and squeaked out a no! - cosmetics, make-up, beauty products and taking care of yourself is BIG business in Korean - even amongst men!

Amazing Things #16 Chest manager

Amazing Things #16 - Double U.S. Chest Exercise device 

The text reads something along the lines of:
" If you feel a shrinking feeling that it is getting small with an investment of 20 mins a day you can regain confidence..."

They also offer discount on breast firming gel...

Amazing Things # 15 - Smart Pad

Amazing Things # 15 - Smart Pad

This is the smartpad, which state it aids the correct posture while sat at a desk, but based on my experience in Korea as a teacher, I think it would be excellent to support students as they sleep at their desks... come to think of it, this would be useful in the office too... ;)