http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/erin/ First solo RTW en-us 2006-01-04T19:22:16-06:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/erin/archives/015976.shtml 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... 22 Korea Erin 2006-01-04T19:22:16-06:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/erin/archives/015307.shtml 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... 22 Korea Erin 2005-11-02T18:21:34-06:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/erin/archives/015303.shtml 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.... 22 Korea Erin 2005-11-02T02:37:24-06:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/erin/archives/015266.shtml 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... 22 Korea Erin 2005-10-28T21:57:16-06:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/erin/archives/015235.shtml 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... 22 Korea Erin 2005-10-26T18:28:49-06:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/erin/archives/015192.shtml 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... 22 Korea Erin 2005-10-24T06:49:41-06:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/erin/archives/015108.shtml 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... 22 Korea Erin 2005-10-19T18:21:40-06:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/erin/archives/015031.shtml 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... 22 Korea Erin 2005-10-13T00:34:53-06:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/erin/archives/015030.shtml 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... 22 Korea Erin 2005-10-07T00:20:54-06:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/erin/archives/015029.shtml 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... 22 Korea Erin 2005-09-28T00:14:53-06:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/erin/archives/015028.shtml 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... 22 Korea Erin 2005-09-21T00:10:49-06:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/erin/archives/015027.shtml Details to come... 21 Break Time Erin 2005-09-18T00:03:36-06:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/erin/archives/015026.shtml Okay, here are the stats: Company: Direct English (subsidiary of Pagoda Academy) Location: Many offices all over Seoul, People's Republic of Korea My Office Location: Jong-no area My Apartment Location: Sinchon area My job: One-on-one business English converation tutor My... 21 Break Time Erin 2005-09-10T23:58:31-06:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/erin/archives/015025.shtml It turns out that Seoul is only about 40 km from North Korea. Humm.... should I be worried about that? :) Actually, good 'ole mom and dad do enough worrying for me. It's intriguing, though. That area has been through... 21 Break Time Erin 2005-08-29T23:52:49-06:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/erin/archives/015024.shtml I got a job. Only one week after applying. How do ya like them apples? I will be working in Seoul, Korea. I will be teaching English in a one-on-one environment specializing in business conversation skills. I leave in October.... 21 Break Time Erin 2005-08-24T23:27:13-06:00