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Can You Guess Brant?s Wedding Gift?
2007-03-24 01:25:00 This is the styrofoam packaging that came with Brant ’s much belated wedding gift. Okay, this isn’t Brant’s wedding gift itself. I bought it for myself and another one for him because we both have been wanting one of these. They just came in from America this week. So, any guesses on what ... More About: Wedding , Rant , Gift , Guess
Can You Guess Brant?s Wedding Gift?
2007-03-24 01:25:00 This is the styrofoam packaging that came with Brant ’s much belated wedding gift. Okay, this isn’t Brant’s wedding gift itself. I bought it for myself and another one for him because we both have been wanting one of these. They just came in from America this week. So, any guesses on what ... More About: Wedding , Gift , Guess
Hei-sun’s Wedding, and I Get a Clue
2007-03-12 15:42:00 As predicted, I’ve been extremely busy this month, and there’s little sign of it letting up. But that’s a good thing. DantAnaZen6541379 Ever since I have been in Korea, the first... Read more >> More About: Wedding
Hei-sun?s Wedding, and I Get a Clue
2007-03-12 15:42:00 As predicted, I’ve been extremely busy this month, and there’s little sign of it letting up. But that’s a good thing. Ever since I have been in Korea, the first week of March has had snow and nasty weather. This year has been no exception. It’s as if winter was in a ... More About: Food , Hotels , Wedding , Teaching , Korean
A Fisher of Men and a Manner of Fish
2007-03-03 15:16:04 I made dinner for SJ Friday night. Ben’s Pasta with Vodka Sauce. I substituted the vodka with half a bottle of soju. It worked! I knew soju was good for something other than getting you... Read more >> More About: Fish , Men , Mann , Anne , Manner
The Demonic Dog
2007-03-03 15:16:04 Thursday was generally a free day in the kindergarten. We had our school pictures taken, and we also had the monthly birthday party. The pictures were taken by the same guy down the street who took... Read more >> More About: Demo , Demon , The D
Had a Great Birthday (aka Hongdae Sucks)
2007-03-03 15:16:04 DantAnaZen6541379 I’ve had a good week. This is the last week of February, which means that schools are graduating and getting ready for the new year, which starts after Korean Independence... Read more >> More About: Great , Birthday , Birth , Suck , Sucks
Election Day
2007-03-03 15:16:04 Well, we did end up having Thursday off. Wednesday was a kind of ho-hum day. I accidentally hurt Paul (”Jaws”) while play fighting. Believe me, there have been times when the thought of... Read more >> More About: Election
Oh, no, I have cable!
2007-03-03 15:16:04 Many reasons for the big gap in entries. For one thing, the company that hosts the server for the site has done a major screw up and has erased all the databases for the site and others hosted on... Read more >> More About: Have , Cable
Everland!
2007-03-03 15:16:04 Friday before last the mothers of all the students in my conversation class observed the class. They were very critical of different things, like I was talking too fast and the kids weren’t... Read more >> More About: Everland , Land , Ever
Running on Empty
2007-03-03 15:16:04 We’re all exhausted from this week. It’s the end of the month, and all report cards, lesson plans, and phone tests/counseling are to be finished this week. Combine that with our beefed up... Read more >> More About: Running , Empty
Big Changes for the New Year
2007-03-03 15:16:04 Happy New Year ! DantAnaZen6541379 Oink! Oink! It’s time for Seollal, the Lunar New Year, and did I mention that I love this country? Example: I’m walking down the street from home to... Read more >> More About: Change , The N , Changes
Got the TV Job
2007-03-03 15:16:04 Just a note that the I got an email last night saying I got the job for the TV show I auditioned for last month. I don’t know many details beyond that other than it will shoot on weekends, so... Read more >>
Adventures in Getting Dinner
2007-03-03 15:16:04 Finally got the bank account! I showed up for work finding that Julie, Amy, River and I were to immediately go out and get our bank accounts. We went out to get a taxi and had a hard time finding... Read more >> More About: Venture , Adventure , Dinner , Adventures , Vent
Had a Great Birthday (aka Hongdae Sucks)
2007-03-01 00:36:00 I’ve had a good week. This is the last week of February, which means that schools are graduating and getting ready for the new year, which starts after Korean Independence Movement Day, or March 1st Day (rough translation). Things are changing quickly for the better on my end. I think this will be my year. They’re happening ... More About: Great , Birthday , Birth , Suck , Sucks
Star Wars and Astrogirl
2007-02-12 00:35:00 ... Read more >> More About: Star Wars , Wars , War , Girl , Star
Three Years of ZenKimchi
2007-02-06 00:34:00 ... Read more >> More About: Years , Kimchi , Three , Year , Ears
The TV Audition
2007-01-18 00:32:00 The new year and things are already changing a lot. Eun Jeong went away for five days to train for her new job as an English teacher. She was exhausted. They had her going from 7 AM to midnight every... Read more >> More About: Audi , Audit , Audition
New Year for Me, Same Old Crap from Northridge
2007-01-09 00:28:00 A little update on the Little North ridge case, since I’m getting asked a lot. I found out yesterday that Northridge’s key money, the deposit Ashley paid for the school’s space, is... Read more >> More About: New Year , Crap , Ridge , Same
Christmas Cookies, Dammit
2006-12-29 00:21:00 Really did the Chris t mas thing this time. I’ve gotten tired of lonely ex-pat Christmases. I’m going to have my Christmas, dammit!Even though Eun Jeong spent the last two Christmases with... Read more >> More About: Cookies , Cook
Racist Korean TV Clip
2006-12-15 00:17:00 Does this disgust you? Sign the petition. This has really disgusted me. There’s this new silly show on Kore a n TV that poses as a cultural exploration of Korean and foreign women. In reality,... Read more >> More About: Clip , Racist
Andy Warhol Looks a Scream
2004-06-14 05:49:00 Friday evening was just dinner and a walk around the area with Brant. No drinking. I didn’t feel like it. SJ had the idea Saturday of going to the contemporary art museum in Seoul Grand Park.... Read more >> More About: War , Scream , Andy , Warhol , Look
Oriental Medicine and a Big Juicy Steak
2004-06-11 05:37:00 Again, another week has passed and a lot has happened without updating. This time my excuse was sickness. The new kalbi place we went to Friday actually was much better than our usual haunt. The... Read more >> More About: Medicine , Cine , Orient , Steak , Orienta
Pizza Ajossi
2004-06-04 05:30:00 I met the teenagers after school to teach them how to sing Toto properly. I think I was misinformed on the details. They didn’t look anything like former juvenile delinquents. They were a nerdy... Read more >> More About: Pizza , Joss , Ossi
Toto Too?
2004-06-02 03:04:00 Haven’t felt much like writing for a few days. I guess it’s because I’ve been writing over fifty student evaluations and coming up with new and creative diplomatic ways of saying,... Read more >> More About: Toto
Buddha’s Birthday
2004-05-26 02:56:00 We had the day off for Buddha ’s Birth day . Not many people got my tasteless joke that I needed to go out and get a Buddha tree and sing Buddha carols.Tuesday morning, I was able to stick around... Read more >>
Knives ‘n’ Roses
2004-05-25 02:50:00 I hate those Monday meetings. The school comes up with new impossible demands and everyone gripes back. It’s going to be one of those weeks. We do have Wednesday off as a holiday, but we have... Read more >> More About: Roses , Rose , Knives
The Adventures of Whitebeard
More articles from this author:2004-05-23 02:32:00 Canada Joe showed up Thursday night. Soon after his arrival, they went to a bar for some drinks. After a while, the two girls running the bar sat across from River and Joe and held out their glasses.... Read more >> More About: Venture , Adventure , White , Adventures , Vent 1, 2, 3 |
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