Still here in Korea, obviously. In fact, I just signed a 7 month extension to my contract, putting me back in the States in May. The eventual goal is to go to grad school, get my TOEFL certification, and come back here to teach at a university ( Read more... )

A proper Christmas post will come eventually when I've posted all of my pictures on Facebook for reference (the few of you not of Facebook can comment for pics ( Read more... )

-About ten years ago, Korea did away with daylight savings time. So for those of you keeping track in Illinois, I am now 15 hours ahead of you ( Read more... )

For those of you still confused about the history of American politics in the Middle East, I recommend this.

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Thank you, Mr. Peabody.

I do wish that I would post more often when I was sober, but what can you do ( Read more... )

I guess for future reference, I should mention the six foreigners that I work with.

Benjie A Canadian from New Brunswick who has spent the past three years teaching in both Japan and Korea. He's leaving for home in December, and I'll definitely miss him.

Natalie Another Canadian from Ottawa. She was really good friends with the person I ( Read more... )

Tonight, I went to my co-workers to Kyongsang (one of the university-oriented parts of town) to go to 302, a jazz bar. The band that played was very good. Along with some Korean jazz tunes, they also played some Stevie Wonder (Sunday Morning, Superstition) and finished with an instrumental version of Earth, Wind, and Fire's September. The band ( Read more... )

Going along with my procrastination-oriented nature, I've been putting off a major update as to How I've Been Doing in Korea. While I'm sure people have questions, I'll go over the major events of this week in the hopes that it'll get me in the habit of posting ( Read more... )

All is well for the time being. I haven't been able to update because it took me until now to get a power converter for my laptop. I hope to post more elaborately (and start taking pictures) now that I don't have to worry about battery power. I don't have much time to write at the moment, but here's the short version ( Read more... )

Well, the packing is complete; the ticket, passport, and visa are in hand; and I've loaded up the laptop for stuff to watch and read on the flight. The next time I post, I'll have half a day head start on America ( Read more... )