The 2016 Toy Mountain campaign

30 more sleeps until Christmas, my friends!

It's time for us to prepare our new, unwrapped toys for the Toy Mountain.

Source: ToyMountain.ca

I try to buy toys that nurture creativity and imagination. Also no batteries needed. If any parents don't have money to buy Christmas presents, they won't have money to buy batteries for toys, either.

2 years ago I bought a Disney Frozen Tea Set at Wal-Mart.

Last year I bought a craft kit by Creativity for Kids at Chapters.

This year I bought a box of Mega Bloks at Wal-Mart.

I tend to buy toys for girls, I guess next year I should buy one for a boy.

Want to know more about how you can donate a toy or be a volunteer? Please check the Toy Mountain website.

http://www.toymountain.ca/index-splash.asp

Don't have time to buy a toy or be a volunteer?

We can donate money online instead. 

Ottawa

https://secure.salvationarmy.ca/registrant/startup.aspx?eventid=60987

Toronto

https://secure.salvationarmy.ca/registrant/donate.aspx?eventid=41180

Winnipeg

https://secure.salvationarmy.ca/registrant/donate.aspx?eventid=133792

Vancouver (only cash donation accepted)

On December 8th and 9th, please drop off a donation of cash at Guildford Town Centre. New, unwrapped toys are also welcome. 


Thank you for spreading Christmas Joy to children in need!

Have an awesome weekend, my friends!!

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Happy Thanksgiving to my American Friends!

Happy Thanksgiving to my American Friends!

For this Happy "Turkey" Day, I compiled some turkey jokes for all my American Friends. These jokes are from some grade 6 students I know.

Source: Pixabay

Q: What's the key to a great Thanksgiving dinner? A: The turKEY.

Q: How are a turkey, a donkey and a monkey the same? A: They all have KEYS!

Q: Why do you go to your relative's house on Thanksgiving? A: Because the house won't come to you.

And there are even more jokes about turkey feathers …
 

Q: Why did the person quit smoking cold turkey? A: Because the turkey feathers made him cough.

Q: Which side of the turkey has the most feathers? A: The outside.

Q: What are the feathers on a turkey's wings called? A: Turkey feathers.

Okay, one more.

Q: Why did they let the turkey join the band? A: Because it had the drumsticks.

The last one.

Q: Why did the turkey cross the road?

A: To get to the idiot’s house.

Q: Knock knock

A: Who’s there?

Q: The turkey.

Source: Pixabay

After laughing so much, will you worry you may overeat?

No worries.

The Crown Prince Lee Yeong (Park Bo Gum) from Love in the Moonlight told his younger sister a secret before this Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving) on Sept 15, 2016.

Yeong:

여봐라 추석명절 음식은 맛있게 먹으면 O칼로리라고 했거늘… 내 누이동생 명은이에게도 이번명절은 아낌없이 먹으라고 전했다~ There is a saying that "If you eat deliciously on Chuseok / Thanksgiving Day, 0 calories." So, I told my younger sister Myeong Eun (Jung Hye Sung) to eat as much as she wants this Thanksgiving.

 (Translated by one of my friends)

Source:

KBS 한국방송공사  on Instagram - (@mylovekbs)

https://www.instagram.com/mylovekbs/

Enjoy eating your 0 calories Thanksgiving Dinner deliciously, my friends.

Have fun shopping during Black Friday and Cyber Monday!

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Love in the Moonlight's Hanbok fan meeting 2 - Entertainment Weekly 2016.10.24

Love in the Moonlight's Hanbok fan meeting 2 - Entertainment Weekly 2016.10.24

KBS World's Entertainment Weekly (2016.10.24) has a video of Love in the Moonlight's Hanbok fan meeting. Main cast Kim You Jung, Park Bo Gum, Jin Young and Kwak Dong Yeon signed autographs for fans on Oct 19, 2016 in Gyeongbokgung Palace.

Too bad we can't see Kwak Dong Yeon's face...

Here is another cute Kim You Jung photo from Love in the Moonlight's Hanbok fan meeting on Oct 19, 2016.

Thanks to Park Bo Gum's pledge in an interview,

Park Bo Gum:

If our viewership ratings exceed 20%,   we will hold an autograph signing event at  Gwanghwamun Gate wearing hanbok.

And, Of course, thanks to all the viewers in Korea!!

Yes, Kim You Jung and other actors signed autographs for fans in Gyeongbokgung Palace (경복궁 / 景福宮). I don't know if the event was held at Gwanghwamun Gate (광화문 / 光化門) or not. But, who cares?

From the video of Love in the moonlight Fan meeting site interview [Entertainment Weekly 2016.10.24], we get a better look of what those lucky 200 fans received from the fan meeting. Can you tell which autograph belongs to Kim You Jung, Park Bo Gum, Jin Young or Kwak Dong Yeon?

I can't but one of my friends can.

In this Hanbok fan meeting, Park Bo Gum received a special gift made by fans.

It's a finger printing art.

Look at the reaction of Park Bo Gum, Kim You Jung, Jin Young and Kwak Dong Yeon.

Wow 우와 uwa

Jackpot 대박 daebag

Amazing 신기 singi

Unlike his emotionless character Kim Byeong Yeon in Love in the Moonlight, I especially like Kwak Dong Yeon's reaction. He really looks like a curious teenager in this photo.

Here is the video.

"Love in the moonlight" Fan meeting site interview

[Entertainment Weekly / 2016.10.24]

https://youtu.be/orOHxcRdrP4

I wonder why only Park Bo Gum got a gift? Was it because he suggested to have this Hanbok fan meeting?

Anyways, thank you Kim You Jung, Park Bo Gum, Jin Young and Kwak Dong Yeon. Looking forward to watching Love in the Moonlight from episode 1 again and again. Oh, and your future new period dramas, too. Sorry, not a big fan of Korean modern dramas.

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