The city of Hong Kong is separated into two halves by a large body of water. Connected to mainland China is Kowloon and across the water is Hong Kong Island. The New Territories are a more sparsely populated area to the northwest. If you're coming to Hong Kong as a tourist on a tight schedule, I'd recommend finding a hotel in Kowloon and taking a daytrip out to see Hong Kong Island.
I should preface this post by saying that Groove Magazine, in general, is an excellent resource for expats in Korea. Between generally insightful articles and good travel ideas, I tend to look for it whenever I'm around Hongdae or Itaewon (two expat-dense areas where a paper copy of the magazine can be picked up; it can also be read online at http://groovekorea.com/).
After a nice long weekend with the computer off, it's time to catch up with the news around the area. While a few are kind of laughable, most are worth noting:
I'm currently at a PC room in Kangnam - "the Beverly Hills of Korea." It's the moneyed part of Seoul, and I'm being put up at a sweet hotel here, as part of the two-night standup show I'm doing.
I've been back at standup for five months now, and it's been a great run so far. I've delivered some really solid sets and even knocked it out of the park a couple of times. People have laughed and I've had a helluva time.
I left the apartment early this morning to find a cake for my wife's birthday before she woke up, and discovered that my favourite local bakery didn't open until 9am. I'm used to Koreans working very long hours, and since many British bakeries are open much earlier in the day, I'd assumed the same would be true here, but it isn't.
I'm teaching in Korea right now, and I would like to stay here beyond my current year contract, but in addition to thinking about getting a new teaching job, I want to look for other non-teaching jobs, since I'm a writer. Do you have any advice as to where to find English job listings from places looking to hire English speakers? Thanks!
I realize what made me feel so set off yesterday after my first day of work at a temp. job in Monroe where I am supposed to be proofreading, but what really happened is I proofread and then proceeded to do a lot of confusing shit because no one knows what anyone else is doing. Seriously, no one knows. This is why they need temps, because they have completely screwed the pooch and need to clean it up.
In case you weren't a music minor or planning a wedding, Pachelbel's Canon in D is one of those classic songs you tend to hear at weddings, among other places. While surfing the web this morning, I stumbled across a couple videos combining B-boys, a group of 가야금 (Gayagum, or a zither) players, and a beatboxer.
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