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Dell support?
Trying to order new keys that have Korean labels from Dell is an exercise in frustration. I ended up finding stickers in a computer store in Seoul. They sent me the following transcript of the chat session.
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I will be your father figure, put your tiny hand in mine
Sometimes I wonder why my kindergarten class is so affectionate all the time ( Read more... ) -
cry for help
Hey everybody!
Sony is having a poster contest for the upcoming Silent Hill movie. I made a retro horror movie poster for it with a cheesy tagline, and they liked it! It's up against a couple hundred others for the final round, so I could use your help by voting for mineJust think, when you see the poster in the theaters, you can say, "I know ( Read more... ) -
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Classes went well, I got to talk to my dad, I had delicious food in a new restaurant, and other than one mistake, I was extremely satisfied with my poker performance. Also, despite trying to twist my ankle on three separate occasions, nothing was hurt but my pride. At the restaurant, one dude started to sing an English Christmas song, so I joined ( Read more... ) -
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It just started (I only had one class so far) but the kids were well-behaved and are calling me "Handsome Teacher!" today.
Now I risk jinxing the rest of the day. Off to brunch! -
2 Korean culinary arts lessons and a wedding (not mine)
This week has been a lot of fun. I made 김치 (a traditional Korean food served with every meal) on Tuesday, and the Koreans showing me how to make it complimented me on my technique. This wasn't just them being nice either; the other teacher doing it with us was picked on quite a bit (all in good fun). ( Later that night ) -
risque toys - Scrabble dinner - more Korean friends thanks to PIU
From the instructions to one of those toys with two paddles a suction cup ball to play catch with (my students couldn't understand why I was laughing so hard):
STICKY BALL IS COMPRISED OF 32 FRESH AND SOFT NATURAL SUCKING NIPPLES. IT IS FULL OF JOY AND CAN BUILD FIGURE.Today was a great day. I got a lot accomplished in my room before classes ( ( Read more... ) -
A&F
While shopping for clothes that actually fit (which is tough in Korea) they guy helping me handed me an Abercrombie & Fitch shirt. I laughed and wanted it to not fit, but it looked really good other than the sleeves being perhaps a little short. It's a plain shirt and only has the name on the label at the nape, and the guy gave me a discount ( Read more... ) -
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The following is old, from the 17th, but I didn't finish it and it never got posted until today.
What's goin' on? I dunno if it's the moon or coming back from the weekend, but all the kids were riled up today.
I had a fun week. Thursday's [this would be Oct. 13th] are my weekly poker night, and after winning a game and then coming in third, the ( Read more... ) -
new socks are fun
Maxwell House Coffee Mix is a mix type
true American coffee. It's one of the
Maxwell House family of fine coffees.The previous prose beginning the entries just came to me, but now it's grown on me and this Maxwell House one marks the first forced format opener. Also, I'm trying a new photo-story layout ( Read more... )