Forethink Design

Car window tinting (Sunting in Korean-English) is quite popular among drivers in the world. While I'm going to Beijing airport today, I observe Beijing cars don't cover all front windows with tinting film. They cut out tinting sheet to see rear mirror (Both side) more clearly. Interestingly those area is same with old A pillar position. Nowadays a sedan has A and B color but there were 4 separated windows. It is counted as A,B,C,D. In US, regulation regarding tinting on car window is different by states. Ex. In Connecticut, 35% or more of light should pass through. In Korea, you can see who is inside from 10 meter away. The purposes of regulation on it are about safety reason to see out side from driver's viewpoint and to see inside to watch out what some wrong thing might happen in the car by police. Anyway, it may be safer but doesn't looks good. Reference Sunting regulation in Korean Wikipedia: Window Tinting US Tinting Law

It is really fun to travel around exotic place like a Wangfujing , Beijing, China. I visited the night market and look around. Actually most fascionating thing is people for me than skewered scorpions. At a corner plaza of Wangfujing, I can see a Chinese opera show on second roof. Naturally people stop, watch and take a picture of costumed singers. It makes a center place of Wangfujing. Reference Wikimapia: Wangfujing

Quick ink seal making service at Tokyo Ink seal (Do-jang in Korean, YingZhang in Chinese and Inkan in Japanese) is a personal identification and approval tool which is used as a Signature. It is one of common tradition among east Asian countries. In Korea, you need to register your seal in government office for an important official document. For example, you need to make a contract with registered seal for purchasing a house. The official seal should be designed unique and made by skillful & licensed craft man. Art of Dojang is one of beautiful craft art in Korea. You can choose a variety of material such as jade and calligraphy style. Otherwise, there is more casual ink seal for every day business such as approval. It might save some time than hand written signature conveniently. Photo above is a display of quick seal making service at front of a stationary shop in Tokyo. It has 5000 kind of ready made name seal and covers 80% of a variety of Japanese name. In Korea, computerized...

Tokyo is great place for riding a bicycle. But it seems Tokyo citizens are more serious about it than Beijing people. Social system for bicycle is great in Japan. All bicycles should be registered so if you track down your lost bicycle or police can track you from your bicycle. Yellow number tag is attached on every bicycle. In China, bicycle is still main stream in driveway along with car and bus but bicycle is welcomed to go along with pedestrian footpath in Tokyo. Many footpath has painted lane for bicycle (You can see dotted line for bicycle parking at photo above) Even there is a big parking lot for registered bicycle. Otherwise, riding bicycle in Seoul is not easy as much as Japan or China. Riding bicycle is regarded as more leisure sports than regular commuting transportation. What if a future personal commuting transportation is invented (ex. Segway)? Social / Traffic control policy can be ready for it? I observed speed is a matter. Small electric one manned car for elder citiz...

Weeks a go, I uploaded a video to YTN (A 24 hour TV news station in Korea). It is about a dangerous broken crap from car accident at nearby highway toll gate. Actually once I had a collision accident from behind car at same location. YTN has a blog in Cyworld.com (famous social network site in Korea) to gather report from citizens. They'll present some Acorns( Cyworld's cyber money) for honorarium to citizen reporters. My story and video was on aired at their morning news show. It is really fun. And I found it is now cleaned. Why don't you do some small good deed by yourself? REFERENCE http://www.cyworld.com/ytnjebo

It is a gift coupon some one gave me for my volunteer (Not actually) works. It can be used as a money coupon for watching movie by itself or you can scratch and reveal code for internet shopping. You can exchange it to cyber money in www.cultureland.co.kr Gift card is a kind of mysterious modern invention as much as Option trade. Apparently gift giver can get some benefit. He/she don't need to spend time for choosing a gift. It doesn't look dirty as much as cash. Most of all, you can get receipt. I don't know why but Finance guys like this idea. Anyway, any benefit for a gift receiver? Yes, of course you can change it to money back! But it is not easy and cause cost. Though cost is small, it seems big. In my case, I love iTune gift card. I can ask my friend to buy a $25 iTune music card and charge it on my iTune (US mode). I can reward with Dotori (Acorn; Cyworld.com's cyber money) or Korean money later. It makes it possible to buy any latest or old music/video content ...

Every Saturday/Sunday a flea market named "Hope Market" will open at a play ground nearby Hongik univ. Mapo, Seoul, Korea. An artist can register and have a small space to sell a designer stuff. This temporary artist flea market make this space hot and gather people from every where. And this market place inspire many young artist who want to make something. Believe or not, you may find most beautiful mobile charm in the world and some stupid stuffs as well. Space, People and Artist can make something really beautiful experience together with little help from good weather. Reference God's viewpoint, Google Map/Wikimapia Blogger report Hopemarket homepage