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  • The 200th Post

    This seems like a huge landmark number. 200. That's pretty big. Then I realize I've been blogging for over a year and it seems much less significant.

    There are days when I love my job. Desk warming is really not a travesty. I can leisurely work on lesson plans, drink coffee to my hearts content and get caught up on everything I have to do online (and a billion things I didn't have to do). Today is not one of those days.
  • Random pictures, part 29

    Plenty more random pictures that don't necessarily fit into another post - but are still fun:



    Good morning soju? Not precisely the morning beverage of choice for most people... Maybe they're trying to change the perception that most mornings after soju involve blurred vision, nausea, and headaches...
  • Brownout!

    When I hear the word "brownout," I think of something that happens the day after I've eaten heaps of grilled pork and downed oceans of shitty, Korean beer. Electricity, or the lack thereof, isn't really the first thing that springs to mind. We happen to be in the midst of a brownout right now here in lovely Puerto Princesa, but alas, my computer still works, thanks to the generator that Kiwi Andy has fired up. The only drawback is the noise. Like everything else here, the generator is really LOUD.
  • Oh will power, how you mock me.

    Today, I was a good little adult. I went directly after work to pick up some take-out to eat later for dinner. Okay, so perhaps this wasn't Exactly good adult behavior but whatever, close enough. Dutifully I went home and ate my roll of kim bap which was the first kim bap I've ever encountered that was super salty, greasy and kind of gross. Like the McDonalds of kim bap. No matter though, i still ate it and it had multiple food groups so it counted as dinner.
  • Fail. F-.

    Brian in Jeollanam-do just did a fabulous piece on the latest EPIK (the government program that hires English teachers for public schools) bureaucratic nonsense. Despite constant news articles and government reports on the need for better qualified and trained English teachers in the public schools and cutting down private education demands, EPIK has decided to make teachers pay for their own training/orientation--with only two weeks notice for the teachers coming in for the new semester.
  • My First Korean Class

    It's possibly that after 14 months of Korea I should have signed up for a Korean class by now. Last year I taught far too many hours a day to have any drive to study after work. The problem was also that the majority of my co-workers spoke English extremely well. I knew just enough Korean to get by in restaurants, taxis and doctor's offices and really, what more did I need?
  • Konglish 2010

    Presenting the first Konglish post for 2010:



    OK, Buy the Way - 'Food Self Zone'. Do we eat ourselves, or fix the food ourselves?



    No, it does not. Hwaam Cave, Gangwon-do.
  • The COEX Aquarium and a Flickr Pro Account

    Chris in South Korea recommended a Flickr account for posting photos on blogs. I must say that the photos are displayed well, and it's very easy to use and link from. But unfortunately I've already used up my 200 photo limit, so after a bit of mulling around, I decided to get a US$25 pro account. Now I can upload unlimited photos for a year. The money was paid for by my awesome website sponsor, Korean Class 101, whose banner you can see on the right. So please click their link and learn lots of Korean from them.
  • Bachelor(esque) Dinners

    In many respects I am incredibly mature, independent and good at taking care of myself. I eat a proper breakfast everyday, pay my bills on time, do my dishes in a timely manner and am never ever late to work. My closest friends like confiding in me because they know that no matter the issue, I will never, ever judge them for it.
  • Life in Korea: getting your taxes done in Korea and at home

    Author's note: I am not a professional tax preparer, accountant, or IRS worker. While I've spent hours researching this post from official government sources, seek the professional help if you need it. Also consider using a program like TurboTax to submit the paperwork electronically (but see below for an important detail!)
  • Oh? Oh…!

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    Call me old-fashioned, but although music videos can have a huge effect on my enjoyment of songs, I still try to judge them on their own merits.

  • A Brilliant Excuse to Drink Coffee

    Today's Korea Times reports that "coffee reduces risk of brain cancer."For anyone who has ever spent any amount of time with me knows that that I am caffeine crazed. I often refer to coffee as the ambrosia of mortals...and God help you if you ever have to deal with me before I've had my morning coffee. As I type this I am drinking my second large cup from my insulated coffee cup in the office.

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