Ankles (Not a Frog)

Okay, so, we’ve graduated to learning the scissor kick, and frog kick (which is which and so forth are less than clear to me at this point). Our teacher is bent on having us understand the leg motion necessary. So imagine this: we’re all kneeling on floaterboards by the edge of the kiddie pool, knees slightly apart, and feet turned to the side. This really really hurts, especially for me… I have such inflexible ankles that I’ve actually had to do tendon-stretching exercises in the past to render walking less painful. And then teacher comes up and reminds us that …

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Why No Blogs in Korea?

UPDATE (7 Aug 2015): Having just recovered my blog’s earliest posts and added them to my database, I find myself bewildered reading this. Obviously there were blogs in Korea in 2003—I mention a few—and I was just baffled at how they hadn’t become a mainstream, phenomenon yet in Korea, as they were starting to do in the English-speaking world. Korea caught up, later, and blogs had their day here as in the outside world. Now, everyone knows what blogs are, though they seem to have survived about as poorly in Korea as anywhere—having been slaughtered by Twitter and Facebook (especially the latter). …

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New Stuff

New Stuff Right now we’re working on getting a Korean-language version of the Dabang Band website online. It’s pending final check and tidbits of translation work by our bassist, Sung Hwan. In the meantime, I have kept myself busy with the following:

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시작 하자!

오늘은 시작 하고 여기에 매일 한국어 쓰고싶어요! 그레서 연습 마니 있을거요! 그리고 친구들 볼수 있을거야! 아마도 재미 있다? 내 생각에서 정말 잼있다! 고드의 생각에서, 이 한국말 blog는 좋은 생각이다! 와! 그러나 지금은 고드 정말 패불아요! 그래서 가야되요. 안녕!

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오늘은 시작 하고 여기에 매일 한국어 쓰고싶어요! 그레서 연습 마니 있을거요! 그리고 친구들 볼수 있을거야! 아마도 재미 있다? 내 생각에서 정말 잼있다! 고드의 생각에서, 이 한국말 blog는 좋은 생각이다! 와! 그러나 지금은 고드 정말 패불아요! 그래서 가야되요. 안녕!

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