So this is a post about Korea, which I usually file under “Gord’s Life” which I intend on splitting into other categories later. But anyway, the thing I’m writing about is political. As most Korean bloggers and fans know, the government has blocked access to a whole host of blogs, including blogger’s blogspot-hosted sites. Here’s an article about it. This is illegal, yes. And ridiculous, yes. Will most of the world ever notice? No. Will the internet community notice? If we make them. My google search as of a few minutes ago didn’t make the story just out at me, …
Month: June 2004
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ga. rebuild is very slow so my fixed poll may not look fixed till tomorrow. ga.
Poll Time
I mentioned in the last post that the results of my last poll suggested that most voters (60%) wanted me to bring an assortment of winter survival gear and some French girls from Quebec to Korea when I return. You can see full results here. I can only assume the respondents are mainly lonely expat guys (or lesbians, of course… not to exclude those good ladies, I’m just extrapolating likely populations here) in Korea who aren’t as lucky as I am having Lime in my life. Sorry guys. No can do. Maybe I was taunting if you construed that as …
Consumer Goods from Canada, and a New Poll
My last poll asked what I should bring back from Canada, and 6 out of ten votes were for the answer: A pair of snowshoes, a compass, a backpack, two rifles, and a snow tent. And some French girls from Quebec. I can only assume that the bulk of voters on this blog’s polls are lonely expat guys whom I shall not be able to help much. I have talked to about two French girls since I’ve arrived, one to ask the time and the other to tell her that she needn’t apologize for having bumped myfoot accidentally. (You can …
Banking Outside Seoul Time
And an update on why I couldn’t access my Woori Bank account using my Hanvit Bank (now Woori Bank) International Debit Card. It’s not that there was a network problem, like when the Woori Bank network was down earlier this week. (Yes, my bank’s network actually goes down sometimes. This was the second time I can remember.) It’s not, as was suggested to me, that the card is actually not a debit card when used out of the country. (Which was a bizarre and scary suggestion.) It’s not that I’d overdrawn my funds, as I should still have a lot …
All Over The Place
Yes, it’s travel chaos. Let’s see: The Woori Bank network seems to be down again, and it’s Saturday in Korea now. I wonder if I’ll reach anyone if I call this time. Two times in a week is pretty pitiful, if you ask me. Ah well, I have enough money to get by until sometime tomorrow, if necessary. Exchanging email with Lime is good, and I’m happy even though I miss her dreadfully. While buying a nice espresso pot (for a quarter of the price they cost in Korea, and in a size bigger than I can get there), I …
People Far Away Now In My Faraway Neighborhood
Roganda asks: Who are the people in your neighborhood? The people that you meet each day? That is, 5 people who are neither friend nor family member, and whose name you may or may not know, but whom you see everyday or thereabouts, e.g. your paperboy, local bum, milkman, etc. This is especially tough since I can’t simply think about the people in my neighborhood as I encounter them, over the week, and prepare my answer. I need to think back over the the past few months and try to remember them all. This is especially hard as I’m sitting …
Lime’s screed…
a very brief post tonight. for those who can read Korean, Lime (my girl!) has posted a screed about America and the current, well, world situation. her page is here and THIS IS THE SCREED. from what i can understand it’s good. :) off to bed.
What Color Terrorist?
Brownish, it seems. At least, to John Ashcroft’s mind. Why else would he ignore white, right-wing terrorist threats? They’re not Islamic, is that it? And the Justice Department, meanwhile, thinks that Green and Animal-Rights Activists are the worst domestic terror threat… huh? And Ascroft subpoenaed what? Ah, yes: a few months ago he took the unprecedented step of subpoenaing the hospital records of women who have had late-term abortions. That’s exactly what needs doing when the nation’s mired in an an occupation of a foreign country which is going badly, and facing a campaign year. Now it’s back to abortion, …
Annie’s Wedding
Here I go with another rushed entry. I’m meeting my parents in about twenty minutes in the Eaton Center, hopefully successfully. Yesterday we were supposed to meet, both went to the right place, but missed one another somehow. Quite frustrating, and I got a weird feeling they didn’t believe I was there though I was, the whole damned time they were waiting for me. Anyway, that’s not what I wanted to write about. What I wanted to write about was my sister’s wedding. It was just lovely. Not lovely in the way some people mean about weddings, where the weather …