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Cross-Cultural Issues

Fri, 07/24/2009 - 09:00 — GurlASyst

25 Jun 2009, I talk a little some issues I have faced in working half-way around the world.

Pinenuts and Pansies: Tea in Seoul

Fri, 05/28/2010 - 00:54 — courtney

Cup of tea?

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How about a bowl?

Cinnamon, ginger, and three floating pinenuts…

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with sweet treats served on a wooden tray, on a low wooden table…

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in a room made of pine, that leads to a garden…

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Busan Update- The best things in life are free...Falling in love all over again...

Mon, 09/07/2009 - 21:00 — mcj1983

Busan, 7/9/09.Wow, three months whizzed by since I last wrote anything. Why is that, you may ask? Well to be honest, despite having been up to Seoul for my week's holiday at the end of July, I've not done anything of any real note, aside from work and the usual Haeundae/Gwangali weekend mix-up......as fun as it is, it's not been worthy of an entry!Life is nice here in September. It is a little coo...

New Year Cheer

Fri, 01/04/2008 - 08:04 — tvcasualty

It turns out something other than a black hung over smudge was lurking behind New Year’s Eve after all, with a new American President, worldwide recession, and series 5 of Shameless all pitching up to make 2008 as hopelessly defiled as every other year since 1982.

You know Korea is your home when... (part 6)

Sun, 01/31/2010 - 19:26 — chrisinsouthkorea

The series has been resurrected! See part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, or part 5 for even more. Without further ado...

You know Korea is your home when...

3 kleine songs made my day.

Sat, 08/28/2010 - 17:26 — Emma Kim

An other afternoon in CCC Cafe in Busan enjoying a bit of time alone. A cup of tea on the table and my computer in front of me, I decided to listen to a bit of music instead of watching some videos or reading.

And this afternoon I was in the mood for an all foreign music day. So exit my english and french songs that I usually listen to. I wanted to listen to some songs that I enjoy even though I can’t fully understand the lyrics and have to spend hours finding the translations on internet!! Just the sounds of the languages and the melody, and time flies away…

Are foreign English teachers too expensive, or Korean English teachers too cheap?

Mon, 12/07/2009 - 14:30 — chrisinsouthkorea
I recently had to go to the doctor's office at a major hospital in Seoul. Basic / standard health checkup as required for getting an E-2 (English teacher) visa. Cost to me: 90,000 won, or about $77 USD. At first, I cringed at saying goodbye to essentially a day's pay, and was thankful that this is a once-a-year process. On the other hand, I forced myself to pause and count how many people I interacted with during my one visit alone. I wasn't simply served by one doctor; a nurse took some basic measurements and guided through the payment process; another doctor took a blood sample; another nurse presumably got to deal with the urine test, and another one got to answer the phone when I called for my results.

the wolves go to the park

Thu, 07/08/2010 - 09:03 — soleilgirl
Last Friday was field trip day!
Yay!
Who doesn't love walking up ....

Mr.Toasty or The Swede

Tue, 09/22/2009 - 19:15 — soleilgirl

I introduced Mr.Toasty to the Swede ....


... it almost felt like I was cheating.

Acupuncture Still Looks Like Quackery

Mon, 05/31/2010 - 14:12 — Baltimoron

Xinhua is gloating about a flawed study purporting to prove a acientific basis for acupuncture. Acupuncture still looks no better than the placebo effect. Elizabeth Armstrong Moore goes even further, and offers a nice summary before slipping over the edge of the cliff.

Nanna Goldman…[and her] team, which presents its work this week at Purines 2010 in Barcelona, inserted and rotated needles into the tender paws of mice and found that the biochemical blockade of adenosine soothed the mice about as much as giving them drugs that boost adenosine levels.

Here, There, Home

Thu, 04/15/2010 - 09:06 — soleilgirl

3 disposables.
2 weeks ... my life in short.

Enoch with the pretty guest and the First Lady of the Hot Dog Catalog.

Busan Cinematheque Film Archive Gives Access to Thousands of Rare DVD Titles

Sun, 02/22/2009 - 18:51 — jacob

I made a new discovery at the Busan Cinematheque today - they have an archive of thousands of DVDs that you can watch there on small screens with headphones for free. It definitely doesn’t make for the best viewing experience (only hardcore cinephiles will probably want to bother), but it’s the only way to get access to such a vast collection of rare titles in Busan. I glanced at the selection for a few minutes, and it’s pretty impressive - lots of older, artsier stuff made by well-regarded filmmakers.

Cinematheque Film Archive

2009 - The Year That Was (Part 3)

Wed, 02/03/2010 - 23:51 — soleilgirl

I've never been one to respect deadlines ... and so without any apologies here comes a rather late instalment of nostalgia .. although can it really be considered nostalgia if it happened less than a year ago? What exactly are the time constraints on these sorts of things?


August

My first real trip to Seoul. The boys and I took the rocket to Seoul and spent the weekend celebrating birthdays, fighting zombies, and getting real sweaty with hipsters.  

DOUBLE TROUBLE

Mon, 08/16/2010 - 09:02 — Sean Kelly Conway

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Life in Korea: going skiing / snowboarding

Mon, 12/14/2009 - 21:27 — chrisinsouthkorea

If the recent Korea Times article or the snowboard competition in downtown Seoul whetted your appetite to try it yourself, Seoul has several places relatively nearby to ski or snowboard. As you might expect in a country of mostly mountains, skiing and snowboarding are quite popular winter sports. While there are dozens of places to give it a try, none are located in Seoul proper, and traveling to most areas works best if you speak Korean, have a car, or both. For the English teachers who claim the subway or bus as their primary mode of transportation, some skiing places offer shuttle buses from Seoul to the resort, although you usually have to call ahead for reservations. All the places listed below have decent to excellent English pages, which are directly linked.

Without further ado...


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