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Some of my kids 2007-06-27 08:16:00 The kids had a speaking contest today. My role in all of this was to play photographer. Here are my favorite shots. Enjoy!
Joe, Jack and Jackson listen.
Andy
Total Konglish shirt!
Melissa listens.
Melissa gives her speech.
a different family entry 2007-06-26 07:05:00 Sadly, the picture of my mom had earned a whopping two votes (gee, thanks a lot readership!), which I'm guessing were from me and my mom. She brought up the fact that family interaction would probably fit the theme of Family better. Well, this isn't my family interacting, it's Gwen's, but it's one of my favorite pictures of them. (The kid is their niece, in case you're wondering.) Anyway, either Read more:different
Fictional Love 2007-06-26 06:55:00 Ever had a crush on a fictional character? Or is there a fictional character out there whom you simply hate? Share your stories and hear ours, all this week on BlogSupergroup.
Hooray! 2007-07-01 04:06:00 Fabulous Atlanta artist Ester Wilson (here and here) has adopted two of the kittens someone abandoned on my doorstep a while back :-) I am so happy that two of the four now have a good home. This of course means that two more of these guys who are still in need of a permanent home. If any of you are in GA or FL and interested in a kitten, please let me know!
And because she's just so damn cute:
Rooftop booze and plane tickets 2007-06-30 05:56:00 Last night Rob invited a few of us over to his place for dinner - yum!
Again.... yum!
Kim brought 2 liters of sake....
Oddly enough, this guy is going to be in Irkutsk on the same day as me, staying in the same hostel! Well, he's actually going to be leaving on the same day I'm flying in, but still - how odd is that?
We spent a good bit of time on the rooftop of Rob's building.
Anyone Read more:Rooftop
Ever wondered why? 2007-07-05 22:38:00 Ever wondered how I ended up living in South Korea and owning a home in (of all places) Waycross, GA? Well, if you have (or even if you haven't) today it your lucky day. Go check out my post on this topic over at BlogSupergroup!
July 4th.... 1998 2007-07-04 13:06:00 Here in Korea, it's not as if I did a damn thing to celebrate the Fourth of July. In fact, I had forgotten all about it until I pulled out my calendar to see what the date was. Last year for the Fourth, my mom and I went to Frank's house, where Frank put on a rather splendiferous fireworks display. I've been told that this year's display at Frank's is supposed to be bigger and better. This year
Why do you do what you do? 2007-07-02 09:58:00 Share your thoughts and hear our explanations,
all this week on BlogSupergroup.
Check it out!
I could have told you that! 2007-07-09 22:52:00 This morning my friend Brooke sent me a link which her mom thought I'd find interesting. It's to an NPR segment entitled Ethnic Bias Seen in South Korea Teacher Hiring. You should all definitely go give it a listen.
America: why we think it's so great 2007-07-09 22:48:00 As per request, this week on BlogSupergroup we're writing about the good things about the USA. Oddly enough, the first post was written by our one BSG blogger who technically *isn't* America
n. Anyway, feel free to follow the discussion all this week on BlogSupergroup! Read more:think
Two kittens *still* need a home! 2007-07-06 21:06:00 Even though we've found a home for two of the stray kittens
abandoned on my doorstep in Waycross, there are still two left. So come on - you know you want a kitten! Let me know if you're interested.
The black cat, Indie, is little more than a kitten herself
(Indie was found in February),
but the little grey kitten, GG, has "adopted" her as her mom!
In fact, both kittens have adopted Indie :-)
Off to go frolic in the mud... 2007-07-13 09:22:00 Well, I'm not heading anywhere just as yet, but as of tomorrow evening I will be on my way to Daecheon Beach (somewhere to the north-west of here) for the Boryeong Mud Festival. The goal is to roll around in the mud, take lots of photos (without mucking up the camera), and try to land the position of token foreigner in next year's poster.
First photo of stray Mama Cat 2007-07-12 08:35:00 I'm still feeding the feral cats that live in Mr. Yu's attic. The kittens still flee (complete with cartoon-like windmill-foot action) whenever I approach, although Mama Cat will sit still as long as I don't try to approach her. She even perks up her ears when I speak to her... but if I approach her, she starts hissing. She is still nursing her kittens, although her boob-area seems more swollen Read more:First
Cup-o-Snails and Don't Touch Me! 2007-07-10 09:07:00 One of my students came to class with a cup full of snails today.
I thought this notebook was pretty awesome...
...especially with the dog-pee detail work! Read more:Snails
A successful wallow! 2007-07-16 08:41:00 Rob and I successfully made it to the Boryeong Mud Festival and back over the weekend... and it was certainly an adventure. I've provided a map below so you'll have some sort of an idea of where we went. Because Rob had to work on Saturday, we didn't leave Daegu until 7:30pm. We took the KTX (express train) from Daegu to the CheonanAsan station. CheonanAsan turned out to be two stations right
Shadows? 2007-07-19 01:12:00 The topic this week over at BlogSupergroup is "shadows" and it's essentially open to the interpretation of the blogger. I wrote about the shadowy world of government contractors here, if you're interested. Read more:Shadows
GyeongJu: Bulguksa and Museum Q 2007-07-17 22:14:00 As of Korean Constitution Day 2001, Melissa and I had been in South Korea for little more than three weeks. Constitution Day was our first holiday, and we decided to spend it by going to the nearby city of GyeongJu (often transliterated as KyongJu). As part of that trip, I made my very first visit to a Buddhist temple, learned how to properly mix bibimbop, how not to burn garlic while cooking Read more:Museum
feral cat habitat and a kitten dilemma UPDATED!!! 2007-07-17 07:45:00 UPDATE: As of late last night, the kitten was still trapped in the yard next door, yowling. At one point, it's mother was on top of the wall, crying down to it - one of the saddest sights ever. This morning, all was silent. There was no sign or sound of the kitten next door. I was worried that the owners of the next door villa had gotten annoyed and chased it out into the street. I went up on the Read more:dilemma
Putin’s Russia: All of this has happened before; all of this will happen again 2007-07-21 06:40:00 This is a post on Russia
’s political history. It probably won’t be interesting to a lot of you, but I was inspired to write this up by some comments left the other day regarding Putin
. My apologies to my readers who come here looking for info on Korea :-) Before I begin this post, I want to provide a little bit of my personal background in this area so you’ll know where I’m coming from. When I
I am seriously light-headed. 2007-07-19 22:43:00 As in my head weighs less now.
You know, without the hair and all.I went back to the same place where I'd gotten my hair cut before - I walk past that place every day, and ever since that first haircut, they always wave at me. Anyway, our school's chain recently put out an advertisement containing pictures of all of the Oedae teachers in Daegu... so of course I'm on it. Here's what it looks like Read more:light
Transparency! 2007-07-23 09:36:00 This week's topic over at BlogSupergroup is transparency - and no, I don't mean that transparent shirt that I'd totally be wearing were I still going to Russia. You'll have to check it out to see what I mean :-) And feel free to share your thoughts! Read more:Transparency
Boo :-( 2007-07-21 23:34:00 Well, it seems that I won't be going to Siberia next month after all. See, in order to go to Russia, you need to have a visa. In order to get a visa, you must first receive a visa invitation from the person, organization or travel agency which is sponsoring your entry into Russia. The person, organization or travel agency must apply to a visa office in Russia to receive the official visa
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