J likes to tease me and call me a "twinkie" (yellow on the outside, white on the inside) because I'm not too familiar with the Asian culture. Sure, I like to pretend — and write about it on this blog — but the truth of the matter is that I routinely research and triple-check my facts before writing anything Asian/Korean-related on here. One of the many trends I still have trouble deciphering are Asian emoticons. After a bit of head-scratching, I was able to figure out simple ones like ^_^ (happy face) and ^_~ (wink), but more often than not I can't make sense of what the heck my friends are trying to convey when they use Asian emoticons in their...