Okay, I likely wouldn’t be perusing a website called Austinmama unless friends had something up there, but… that said, this month’s offerings are very good, and especially Melissa’s domestic disturbance column, this month on the effect parenting has on a marriage. Stop reading my page for now and go look at Austinmama instead for a while. Then, of course, come back and read my page. Heh. I don’t want you abandoning me just yet…
Month: December 2003
Seoul, Again?
Yes. I am thinking I might as well just move up there next chance I get. This time it was due to passports. I realized that, as of this morning, it was eight days until my departure for India, and I still hadn’t visited the Jeonju Immigration Office. Of course, I need my passport for that, and it was supposed to have been sent to me by now. But the travel agent goofed and didn’t send it. So I came to Seoul to get it. After a quick stop to buy a travel guide to India—perhaps unnecessary but I feel …
Like Bladerunner
Sometimes life is like in Bladerunner. Here I am sitting at a coin-op public network access terminal in a bus station, waiting for my bus to Seoul. I realized that, considering I need to deal with the jerks at the Jeonju Immigration Office, I should probably go pick up my ticket and passport today so that I can get the work on my Re-Entry visa processed before Wednesday. I’ve heard that they purposefully dely things until the last possible day, just out of spite, and I have an appointment in Seoul on Wednesday, so I need to be able to …
Last Poll Closed, New Poll Started…
Hey guys. Last poll is finished, you can view the results here. I’ll write down the results and work on getting as many of those as I can during my trip. There’s a new poll to the right in the sidebar. Please do vote! Thanks!
K.I.S.S.: Keep It Simple, Students…
Last night I went for beer with some engineers I teach on Monday nights. It was an interesting talk we had, and I enjoyed it. Most flattering was when the students started comparing my teaching to that of their other instructors, both other foreign English instructors and also their Korean professors in their major department. As dubious as I am at taking such compliments at face-value (for flattery often seems to be a mere social grace here), their insistance and detailed comparison of my teaching style with other teachers made me feel good. I won’t name the others they mentioned, …