Tonight someone left a comment on my website, anonymously. The person simply left a letter in the space where a name or handle would go. Now, perhaps it was just circumstance, the name being the initial of at least one person I am not really friends with anymore. It may also be what I...
Read more →A few minutes after I’ve entered the room, and greetedthe students, there’s a substantial number of them still chatting among themselves. No, scratch that, it’s not the chatting that pisses me off. It’s the fact that they’re ignoring me, rather rudely. I’ve repeated my question to them a few times: “How are you?” trying...
Read more →I was sitting in the front window of a cafe yesterday and two strange things happened to me.
Read more →I can hear the dogs at the dog-meat farm howling, and it occurs to me I’ve never mentioned to my family that I actually like that famous Korean dish, dog soup. Hmmmmmmm. The Jeonju International Film Festival is in full swing, with all that entails. I saw two films today: “The Big Durian”, a...
Read more →So like, hey, you doctors out there. Could you, like, never do this to me? Please? Here’s the story of what happened. Thanks for the shocker, Julie.
Read more →Things have kept me busy. Which things? It’s Jeonju International Film Festival Time. Meaning tons of great movies are showing, and this is my only chance this year to see them. It’s mid-term, and I have a huge pile of writing assignments to mark… which is what I am doing this afternoon, till my...
Read more →This week’s Friday Five comes to us courtesy of that wondrous Green Booger, Laura: For the past few years I’ve been compromising my hopes for a career and job I enjoy in preference to work a job that can relocate me to different countries and cultures. The exchange hasn’t really paid off as I’ve...
Read more →I didn’t know that a page like this existed. Looks like an online hub of foreigner activity. Worth a quick look, even just for all the linkage.
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