I decided I would find a physiotherapy clinic and go in today, since it’s possible (on a Saturday) and not expensive, and since my previous experience with physio was pretty good. Though it was a little difficult to find a clinic, some nice women at a pharmacy gave me the name of one, and some (very confusing) directions. I went completely in the wrong direction, and ended up getting in a cab, in pain, and begging him to call directory assistance and find out where the heck the place was. He seemed annoyed at first but finally was amused by …
Month: March 2005
Raw Fish with Lime
Terrible title, but I couldn’t resist the pun. Lime was actually silly enough to be apologetic for not cooking me a birthday dinner, perhaps because I cooked her a birthday dinner with her choice of menu. But really, she shouldn’t have been apologetic at all, since she took me to a really, really nice restaurant and we had 회—which for the Korean challenged, could be called sashimi or simply “raw fish”. Now, in my experience, there are two kinds of places that serve raw fish. The first are those that just give you the fish itself, plus some dipping sauce, …
Who Am I?
Friday Five time again, and this week Rob asks: one for the navel gazers. five times you’ve looked in the mirror and thought ‘who the bloody hell are you?’ Oh, my , oh my. It happens after every haircut, but the biggest one was when I got my shoulder-length hair cut the summer I graduated from high school. I really didn’t recognize myself. Once, when I was sort of involved with a woman who was much younger than me, and just too young. Literary trope though it might be, I actually did look in the mirror and ask who I …
Give Me a Hug and a Kiss…
Or some money, at least! Why? Because it’s my birthday! Wish I could be bouncier about it, but my back hurts like the devil. Off to go do some stretches and take a Tylenol or two.
Korean Movie Club?
If you’re living in Seoul, or spend a lot of time there, you may be interested in the KMC, a Korean movie screening club where you can watch Korean movies, subtitled in English, in a home cinema-like setting. As for me, I make do with my home player, or with the local DVD-bangs. I would probably think of going, though, if I were living in Seoul.
An Unexpected Good Poem
Sometimes, in this kind of dark winter evening, or is it spring, a name passes through my mind, or another name, of people I barely knew and do not know now, and then I look for them, and find the strangest things. That’s what happened tonight, as I waited for my friend Heather to get home so we could go somewhere nearby for dinner. The name of a guy I went to grad school with came through my mind. He wasn’t someone I was close to, wasn’t someone I got along with very well, and I probably wouldn’t go too …
Household Register System Laws
Antti and June blog on the recent moves to change legislation of the Household register system. There’s a while yet till this new legislation kicks in, but it will make some potentially big differences in the legal status of women and children. As June mentions, this is one system among many that need to be addressed, but nonetheless, it sounds (from their descriptions) like it could end up being a step in a good direction—I’m not sure I’m in a position to dictate the “right” direction, as an outsider, but it seems like a positive step towards nurturing of a …
Enculturation and Minds: The Evolution of Consciousness in Individuals and in The Human Species
Book #6: A Mind So Rare: The Evolution of Human Consciousness by Merlin Donald. I started reading this book a long time ago, when it was sent to me in a box of books by my good friends in Austin. I started, and stopped, and then started again, and then stopped again. I think the last time I was working my way through it was last spring, because I found, between two stray pages, a four-leafed clover that Lime picked and gave to me one afternoon at that time. How I wished I’d not set the book aside, but instead …
Why My Back Looks Like Something From a Horror Film (And Maybe Why It Feels Less Bad Than It Did Earlier)
Was it the time I fell down climbing out of the tub at the public bath, sliding down two stairs onto the hard stone floor, brusing the small of my back in the process? Was it the heavy bag I carried around yesterday during a walk Lime and I took together? Was it the result of a month of stupidly sitting many hours in a row, writing and writing, without walks or much in the way of breaks away from the computer? Or was it the result of a long period of unhealthy living, not exercising because I felt exhausted …
50 favorite foods
For those who do not enjoy lists, skip this post. Ah, probably of interest to none of my readers, and stolen from Christine Lee Zilka, who stole it in turn from aiyah.net‘s which was inspired by wilco’s favorite fifty foods. 1. favorite main entree: I am thinking I’ll have to say a nice big platter of raw fish, though I could also answer a good dalk doritang (spicy chicken-and-potato stew) or shish taouk. 2. favorite salad: Greek salad. Or maybe a nice chicken salad. 3. favorite soup: Kimchi jjigae, or a nice chicken soup. Dalk kal guk su is also …