January 04, 2006
New Years Journey
I turned 33 years old on January 1st here in Korea. It's quite depressing, actually. Especially since, in Western terms, I am still only 31. Actually, that's quite depressing too. Where did all those years go? :) Lindsay, Travis, and...Read this update
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November 02, 2005
Who Rules the World?
Okay, this entry will not necessarily be related to Korea, but to the whole world. It's an excerpt from a book I'm reading and I thought it was pretty good. "The world is run by one million evil men, ten...Read this update
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Bird, Bird, Bird, Bird Flu is the Word
Someone told me the other day that media reports about the bird flu are all over CNN. Apparently everyone is pretty scared and the media is having a hayday.... Crap... gotta go. I'll finish this later....Read this update
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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...Read this update
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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...Read this update
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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...Read this update
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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...Read this update
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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...Read this update
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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...Read this update
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September 28, 2005
My First Week
I am not only surviving here in beautiful, sunny, bustling Seoul, South Korea..... I am actually enjoying myself quite a bit. I have not been sold into slavery (yet), but instead am taking advantage of the 75 degree (F) weather...Read this update
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September 21, 2005
I made it
12:30 PM - Korea Time Well... I made it. My plane landed at 5:30 AM, I went through customs, got on a bus into town, checked into my office-tel (hotel room in the office building), and I started training all...Read this update
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