Life in General I was up late last night copying links for my sidebar. Ungh. Now I must go attempt to teach, and then it’s a lunch date with some old friends, writing up report cards (I had to peel your boy off the wall last week. Please feed him less sugar. or Your child […]

Studying Korean. It’s hard. But fun, at least. Yes, really. These days, I am working on things like: – being able to say things in the imperative, like “Stop the car over there please,” or “Give me a phone card, please,” or “You have a nice day, now, y’hear?” – being able to do negations […]

By the way, I had a strange conversation with a middle-schooler student who, when he was informed (by me) that Dunkin’ Donuts is an American brand, retorted by insisting that Dunkin’ Donuts is an “Honour Brand”. I have no idea what that means. But we did, as a group, manage to correlate the increase in […]

Well, where to start? I have an ear infection, so swimming is out for a couple of weeks. The hospital experience here is a bit unusual. Thankfully I was helped by a friend of mine who is interning at the hospital but it was still a little weird. The doctor looked into one ear, and […]

The Incheon Airport Limousine bus glides through the heavy mist. I’m
almost there, and I need to shake off the lethargy. My girlfriend is already
high in the air, soaring toward Adelaide in a Cathay Air jet, and I feel somehow
deflated, exhausted.