Monthly Archives: October 2007
Blogging = Journalism? This scares me…
Add this blog to your favorites: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: I don’t know what to make of this story… http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071031-can-bloggers-be-journalists-federal-court-says-yes.html I mean, do I have to start worrying about who I’m linking to or … Continue reading
Filed under Business practices, Communications, Interesting reads, Interesting..., My writings, News, Opinions, Random thoughts, Stupid
The lack of dryers in South Korea — a cultural phenomena where they like to hang dry
Add this blog to your favorites: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: One thing some foreigners have a hard time getting used to is the fact their units sometimes don’t come with a dryer. In the … Continue reading
Filed under Busan stuff, Globalization, Interesting..., Korea life, Random thoughts
Dedication to my best friend Sun
Add this blog to your favorites: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: …his dream has come true: http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200710/200710220021.html Number of Korean Househusbands Grows by 40% The number of Korean husbands who stay home to raise the … Continue reading
Filed under Humorous, Interesting..., Korea life
I feel for these guys…
And if you’re any of the 4000 teachers who were laid off by Nova and read this, email me or comment here & I’ll do my best to find you a job in Korea. I know it’s not Japan, but … Continue reading
Filed under Business practices, Interesting..., Japanese life, Jobs, Work
“Learning Korean” becoming popular?
Add this blog to your favorites: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: Thinking about adding another project to my long list of them…creating a blog about learning Korean. Well, my first step always is to see … Continue reading
Filed under Communications, Korea life, Learning Korean, Linguistics, Online projects, Word Usage
Globalization = Global Warming?
Add this blog to your favorites: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: Sometimes I wake up with a profound thought unable to erase it out of my head until I splatter the thoughts here… While this … Continue reading
…too much recycling in South Korea?
Add this blog to your favorites: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: I’m not talking about the recycling that’s typically associated with the “r” word, but rather when I see Korean dramas, I see the same … Continue reading
Filed under Entertainment, Humorous, Interesting..., Korea life, Opinions, Random thoughts
The difference between Taiwanese and Koreans…
Add this blog to your favorites: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: Went up to Seoul for a wedding this weekend & started to do the normal “small talk” with people I have no idea if … Continue reading
Halloween 2007 in Busan, South Korea
So, Halloween this year was fun…in Busan. I was never big on Halloween in the past, but it’s been a great year so far and when you have great friends both in and outside of work, you have less problems … Continue reading
Filed under Busan stuff, Entertainment, Fashion, Humorous, Korea life, Work
Maybe we should start considering this for our ESL programs in Asia…
Add this blog to your favorites: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: On another WordPress blog, I noticed this link to a report called the “Language Report” which an account of the state and use of … Continue reading
Filed under Communications, Education, Globalization, Interesting..., Linguistics, Word Usage
Rage: I almost killed somebody tonight…rather, I almost was killed…
Add this blog to your favorites: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: I was just minding my own business eating some fried vegetables and “oh-dang” which is the equivalent of “fish cake” boiled in “oh-dang” broth. … Continue reading
Filed under Interesting..., Korea life, Random thoughts
Degradation of customer service — one problem with the Internet
Add this blog to your favorites: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: Just finished my taxes about 2-3 weeks ago — filed for an extension & then waited until the last minute AGAIN to file them. … Continue reading
Filed under Business practices, Communications, Interesting..., Opinions, Random thoughts
Did you just grope me? Shall we head to the police?
Add this blog to your favorites: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: Alright, I admit that I love Japanese culture…so my fellow conservative brethren may not be so accepting of this fact, but we have to … Continue reading
Filed under Humorous, Interesting..., Japanese life, News, Random thoughts
In life, does it matter “who you know?” — I would normally say “yes”, but recently thought otherwise on some levels…
Add this blog to your favorites: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: Watching an episode of Grey’s Anatomy, the doctors on the show were fighting for the life of Meredith, one of the main characters of … Continue reading
Filed under Random thoughts
Global warming = hype? Just a random thought…
Add this blog to your favorites: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: I’m a huge believer in protecting the environment. I was deep in reading all the profiles in Time magazine’s recent issue profiling the “Heroes … Continue reading
Filed under Globalization, Interesting..., Politics, Random thoughts
