Lunch today helped me understand one reason I am so incredibly sensitive about food. I noticed that the food I had—which was of the red and spicy Korean type—seemed a lot more spicy and it was even somewhat painful to eat. Ah, yes, it’s the infection. The one I complained about after camp, which I didn’t (for the longest time) realize was tonsilitis. The one which the dentist prescribed me 3 days of antibiotics for. Well, the 3 days of antibiotics did the only thing that they could do: they killed off the weakest of the bugs, leaving me with …
Month: September 2004
Cahill and The Irish
I was looking for a break from all the fiction I’ve been reading, and I happened to find a book on the shelf at work. It Called How The Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill. Actually, the title is longer than that, but everyone seems to know about this book so I’ll leave off typing the (very long) subtitle. Well, I’m not really fully convinced that the Irish “saved civilization” so far, and I’m two-thirds of the way through, but I suppose Cahill might nab me by the end. I doubt it, but it’s possible. Still, what I am enjoying …
Legal? Does that stuff matter?
Yes, it does matter. It matters whether you’re in violation of a given law when you’re living abroad as a foreign national. I agreed to take on a part-time job that was offered through the University to me. It’s just a few hours a week teaching at some high school in the city. Well, the University took so long to get the paperwork done (and perhaps the two schools took so long to conclude their negotiations, as well), that by the time I was supposed to begin teaching, the paperwork was still not done. On the second day of the …
Dan Rather And Wrong Questions
I found this link on Gweilo Diaries to a piece about Dan Rather and the possible fake documents about Bush’s military service. Actually, Rather spoke of his concern that the documents might not be real, which, yes, he takes seriously. It’s a bit late now, yeah… but he is probably really concerned about it, because if they are (and it seems they probably are) then using them was a stupid mistake. Of course, he also acknowledges something very important: that people are using the question of the origin of the documents as a distraction from the real question, which is, …
Child Protective Services? Does It Exist In Korea?
Dealing with cultural differences in the classroom full of children can be bewildering, as Beth (at My Edited Journal) describes in her recent post, titled Death’s Door. In that class today I also got asked one of those “did the student really just ask that” questions. This one was worse than the others because I wasn’t sure if I needed to take any action on it or not. Luby asked if I ever thought about what it would be like to die. Do you mean what it’s like after death or the actual moment that I die? “The moment that …