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October 28, 2005

All About Face

All of us walk around with a certain amount of pride in life.... it's a human thing, not a cultural thing. Here in Korea, that pride is called "face". Of course, as in other parts of the world, there are...

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Posted by Erin on October 28, 2005 09:57 PM
Category: 22 Korea

October 26, 2005

The Man, the Bird, and the Brother

One of my students told me a very old, very popular Korean folk tale last night. There was this bird that would fly south every winter and return to Korea in the spring. After the migration, the bird always came...

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Posted by Erin on October 26, 2005 06:28 PM
Category: 22 Korea

October 24, 2005

Anyong Haseyo

Believe it or not, I am learning Korean. Not really how to prounounce things, but how to read and write the gooble-di-gook.... all those characters that look like lines and circles and squiggles. No, really!!! No..... really!!! It is all...

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Posted by Erin on October 24, 2005 06:49 AM
Category: 22 Korea

October 19, 2005

Odds and Ends

There was a protest last Saturday..... through the streets outside the office. It was loud, with a 25 piece school band, and with seemingly hundreds of students waving large signs in the air adorned with colorful Korean hangul (Korean alphabet...

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Posted by Erin on October 19, 2005 06:21 PM
Category: 22 Korea

October 13, 2005

Mutiny at the 7-11

5:30 AM - Wake up, go to work, teach. 11:00 AM - Get off work, eat, go home, sleep. 3:30 PM - Wake up, eat, go to work, teach. 9:30 PM - Get off work, go home, eat, sleep. That...

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Posted by Erin on October 13, 2005 12:34 AM
Category: 22 Korea

October 07, 2005

One Year Older

So, I learned recently that I turned a year older when I landed here in Seoul. Apparently, I am 32 years old in Korean age. That really stinks, don't you think? You see, it goes like this: when you are...

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Posted by Erin on October 7, 2005 12:20 AM
Category: 22 Korea
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