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Hazy = Lazy 2007-05-27 00:27:00 I had plans for today. Or, to be more accurate, I had ideas for plans. Such as going to Busan or Gyeongju to visit some temples. Or heading out to the Bullo Dong tombs in hopes that I hadn't missed the flowers. See, the past few weeks have brought days where the skies have been a brilliant blue - thus making excellent weather for photography (see the pictures in last Sunday's post as an example)
Food stuff. 2007-05-26 07:20:00 Friday I had a bit of a craving for some dark chocolate, so I popped over to the grocery store next to the school. Due to the recent dark chocolate craze here in Korea, it's easy to find, although I must say I was a bit thrown off by the packaging:
No, I wasn't thrown off by the 72% cacao (that made me pretty happy, actually) but by the "cacao polyphenol chocolate" in the fine print. I don't Read more:stuff
Jane’s Guide to Teaching English in South Korea: Part 3 - Getting to Korea (Updated) 2007-05-25 08:29:00 In many cases, when you are offered a job in Korea
, you will be expected to come immediately. Most arrangements are not made months in advance. This means that there’s a strong chance that you’ll find yourself running around like mad, trying to get everything done for your work visa – not to mention preparing yourself to leave your country for a year.
In order to get an E2 Working Visa for Read more:English
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, South
, South Korea
Happy Birthday, Buddha 2007-05-24 07:43:00 Today was Buddha
's birthday, which meant that I had the day off from work. In theory there were all sorts of celebrations going on at temples across the country... but Gwen and I opted to spend the day indoors (a lot of the day it was raining, afterall) watching episode after episode of Dexter (definitely a good way to keep my mind off the fact that BSG1.10 is only 66% downloaded onto my computer Read more:Birthday
, Happy
, Happy Birthday
Alas. 2007-05-23 10:14:00 Yet again none of my photos made it into JPG Magazine. However, you should still download (or actually buy) Issue 10 because there are some pretty fab shots in there. And, since voting for Issue 11 is only open for two more weeks, you'd better get on that! Below are the two pictures I've submitted for Issue 11, under the themes America and Dreamscapes respectively. Please click on the images to
Help! Battlestar Galactica? 2007-05-21 09:31:00 Anybody know where I can find a decent torrent of Battlestar Galactica
Season One Episode 10, "Hand of God"? The place I've been downloading BSG from seems to have every episode EXCEPT this one! I don't want to skip an episode... So if you can help me out, please let me know! (Melissa, this is all your fault!)
Another walk along the Geumho River 2007-05-20 05:53:00 I met my friend and former coworker Donna downtown this afternoon for a bit of shopping and Korean food. After lunch, as it was such a great day, I decided we should spend some time walking along
the Geumho River
. I've spent a lot of time along the Geumho River recently (here and here), and as it's one of my favorite places in Daegu, I definitely wanted Donna to have a chance to see it. We did a
For all those who ever worked at ServiceZone (speaking of Lake City and all...) 2007-05-18 10:30:00 In early 2002 I spent six terrible weeks working at a call-center in Lake City, Florida, which at the time was called ServiceZone. At the time ServiceZone out-sourced to Dell Computers, and provided staff for Dell Product Support, Dell Sales, and Dell Financial Services. I was hired to work for Dell Financial Services. They were six long, terrible weeks. I was shocked at the multitude of Read more:worked
That fire's still burning towards Lake City! 2007-05-18 10:25:00 The fire continued its march south on Thursday, driving through the dry swamp beds and tinderbox scrublands of drought-stricken Columbia and Baker counties. They are two of the state's most rural counties, but the fire remains on a path toward the more populous Lake City. As 700 state and federal firefighters descended on this city of about 11,000 residents two weeks ago, many thought their stay
Way to freak out the little ones: 2007-05-17 03:33:00 Remember my little
-kids class (the one featured in this post)? Well, today they were learning words beginning with the letter A, including angel, apple, ant and alligator. Now, when I'm back in the US, I live pretty damn close to the Okefenokee Swamp, which is home to a rather astonishingly large number of alligators who just love to be photographed. And I love photographing them. This means that
How people find my blog: 2007-05-16 09:16:00 So, do you think they're disappointed?
On a completely unrelated note,
the topic this week over at BlogSupergroup is
Religious Fundamentalism. Go check it out! Read more:people
Teachers' Day Flower Massacre! 2007-05-15 08:54:00 Today was Teachers' Day here in South Korea. I think the day could have been improved substantially had I not had to teach on Teachers' Day, but what can one do? Yesterday one of my students gave me a little basket of red flowers in honor of Teachers' Day (I also received a pot of yellow roses today). As you might expect, Mia immediately attacked the flowers.
Yum!
I moved them to the TV, but
The worst thing I've ever eaten... 2007-05-13 22:51:00 ...is up for debate.
Do you remember the fantabulous duck boats and pedestrian bridge on the Geumho River? Well, that lovely little area of Daegu was the scene of much tomfoolery, intoxication and the forced consumption of some genuinely nasty shite. Rob and I decided to take one of the duck boats out for a spin, as seriously, how could anyone resist them? The duck boats were quite fun, although
More on South GA / North FL Fires 2007-05-12 21:43:00 Smoke Closes Roads, Hampers Firefighters (Possibly the only time ever that Lake City has been featured on NPR)Fire Closes Highways in Georgia, FloridaEvacuees Deal With Smoke, Stress as Fire Near Lake City GrowsWildfire Smoke Closes Interstates in FloridaRest of Florida Smolders Too Read more:North
, South
State of Emergency in Columbia County 2007-05-12 06:08:00 As I mentioned in this post, I grew up in Florida. I lived for the first 18 years of my life ten miles south of Lake City in ColumbiaCounty
, and it wasn't until 2003 that I left the LC for good. Nonetheless, I still have friends in Columbia County. I just checked my friend Stephanie's blog to discover that she's been asked to evacuate as a result of the fires. Then I checked the news... Things Read more:Emergency
, State
Nothing like news linking two of my favorite countries. 2007-05-12 00:12:00 Sigh.
A 20-year-old Kazakhstan native turned himself over to police Friday, ending a three-hour standoff and safely releasing a man he had been holding at the Russian Embassy in Costa Rica, authorities said. Roman Bogdanyants covered his face as he was escorted by police from the building, followed by a Russian man that police spokesman Francisco Ruiz identified as a former hostage. Officials Read more:Nothing
Fire in GA/FL 2007-05-10 23:27:00 Well, the Georgia wildfire has shifted enough that at this point in time it is no longer a direct threat to Waycross. However, the fire spread to the Okefenokee Swamp, made its way southward, and hopped the St. Mary's River into Florida. Additionally, there are apparently hundreds of fires currently burning throughout the state of Florida. Now, I am currently a resident of Georgia, but I grew up
The Broken Doll is Sad 2007-05-07 08:15:00 Turns out Youngmee won't be able to come to Korea after all :-( Read more:Broken
Random Festivals Downtown 2007-05-06 07:12:00 This afternoon I met up with my friend and former coworker Donna who's in town for a while. We planned to spend the afternoon walking around downtown, window shopping and hunting down a place to dine on some tasty Korean foods. In addition to a yummy stop at a Korean barbecue buffet, and the accidental purchase of a ridiculous lime green konglish t-shirt, we discovered that there were apparently Read more:Downtown
, Random
In memory of Tommy 2007-05-05 20:20:00 Tommy, one of the cats that my mom and I share, died yesterday from diabetic complications. I found Tommy in a convenience store parking lot in 2002; he had narrowly missed being runover by a pickup truck. After a few weeks at our house, we could tell that something was wrong. The vet diagnosed him as diabetic, and said that with proper care (insulin twice a day), he could probably live for Read more:Tommy
Children's Day, etc 2007-05-05 03:47:00 Today was Children
's Day, which is a national holiday here in Korea. Unfortunately, this year Children's Day fell on a Saturday; had it fallen on a weekday, I would've gotten a day off. Also falling under the category of "unfortunately" - I didn't realize that the park located a couple of blocks from my house was having a Children's Day Festival until the thing was all but over. I got there just
She's just so darn cute! 2007-05-04 22:20:00 Also, I now have black and white striped knee socks.
And you know how Mia loves dirty socks.
"넌 내게 반했어" ("You became enamored of me") by No Brain 2007-06-01 23:58:00 We sang (er, tried to sing) this song in Korean class today.
Awesome!
This is the one we learned last week :-)
It's 어머나 ("Ooops") by 장윤정(JangYunJung) Read more:Brain
Keep toxic waste out of Waycross! 2007-06-01 19:05:00 (The following is from Gordon Rogers of Satilla Riverkeeper) Governor Sonny Perdue has signed HB 325, giving the citizens of Ware County another tool they need to combat the placement of a subtitle D landfill in their community, a landfill that is proposed to be sited in altered wetlands which are tributary to a creek feeding into the Satilla . The bill allows a public referendum on the bond Read more:toxic
, waste
Ahh-saah! 2007-06-01 07:57:00 I would just like to report that I have done my Korean homework. Thank you. Now we will return to our regularly scheduled procrastination.
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