Survive & Thrive in Korea
I’m surprised that after being in Korea for three years I haven’t had a post like this. I think I’ve taken the Korean Emoticons (smileys for us North Americans) for granted. The emoticons that you use are like your children. You just get used to them and kind of treasure them like old cartoons […]
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Queer Seoul Series An Expat Guide to Queer Seoul Part IV: Power of Pink I hate to sound cliché’ but people really do need people and Babs had it so right. That’s what’s it all about: People, community, socializing and sharing. It’s always easier to get along in the world when you’re surrounded by like […]
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Queer Seoul Series An Expat Guide to Queer Seoul Part II: Thar be gays, in Dem Online Waters, Matey! Trust me when I say that the internet is where all the gay people are at. Those two million souls I’d been looking for? Found them. Well, I’m sure it’s not exactly two million and change […]
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So one of the first things I noticed upon settling in here was that I had a cable television in my room with a rather intimidating amount of local channels on it. Although this didn’t come as a surprise, I must admit I did stick to my tried-and-trusted BBC/CNN/Discovery channel combo that seems to be […]
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Image by MC MasterChef via Flickr I’ve just read an article that left me shocked and saddened. Apparently a couple living in suburban Seoul have allowed their infant baby to die as a result of malnutrion. Now the baby didn’t die because they couldn’t afford food, no, it seems the infant died from neglect. This […]
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Internet Addiction. One of my favorite podcasts I listen to is On The Media from NPR. I can always count on learning something new going on back home or in some far off corner of the world. Last summer I listened to podcast about a young man in the United States suffering from Internet addiction. […]
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