Survive & Thrive in Korea
Well, Movember ended on Friday, the 30th and here is the shot of my mustache before the razor on Saturday morning. I think I did pretty well for the month. On Friday Night there were prizes for the best, dirtiest, and girliest Mo. Ryan took the girliest prize and received his Disney Heroine Pink drinking […]
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Where there is competion there will always be cheaters. Whethere it’s a simple game of checkers or a high stakes poker game, there will be some who want to find that short cut in order to come out on top. The same holds true in the classroom and in the heated pressure cooker arena of […]
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On Sunday, November 11th, 2007 20,000 farm workers, college students, and blue collar workers staged a rally at City Hall in Seoul. The rally was held in protest of the US-Korea free trade agreement as well as the recent legislation that the groups claim discriminates against non-regular workers. The rally lasted from early afternoon well […]
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Yeouido Park is near the Han River. You can easily find the park by going to Yeoinaru subway station on line five and taking exit two. Yeouido is the perfect spot to spend the day, especially in the summer, and even still now in the autumn. This time of year the park is truly […]
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This Sunday November 11th is Pepero Day in Korea. It’s not an official Holiday, but one of those ingeniously made up holidays engineered by Corporate honchos sitting in their sky high towers devising new ways to get money out of our pockets. Much like Sweety’s day back in the United States, Pepero day is about […]
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I have been seeing top ten lists all over the place. I guess its that time of year or perhaps it’s just en vogue to populate a top ten list. So given that I have seen top ten lists about favorite Korean foods, cultural events, cities, bars, clubs, museums, and everything else imanginable. I decided […]
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