Sunday, October 31, 2010

Tuttle Update

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Today is Halloween, though the parties and Zombie Walks etc, were all last night. I decided to stay in and have a quiet dinner at Nori Nori...
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Saturday, October 30, 2010

Socks Can Save Your Sole

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(Or is that Seoul?) I can almost hear the conversation: Christian Proselytizer #1: Okay, Brother. I finsih-ee writing many copies one John ...
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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Pink Pandas on Parade

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When I went to Beijing in February of 2009, I happened to visit a silk factory (while on a tour of the Great Wall of China ); the showroom h...
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Some Co-teachers

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Allow me to preface these comments by saying that I am pleased with my school situation--Young-il has been very supportive of me as their NS...
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Monday, October 25, 2010

Kim Young-ha On Being An Artist

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TED is a small non-profit devoted to "ideas worth spreading". Suiting the action to the word, I'm spreading this TEDx video th...
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Sunday, October 24, 2010

Terrible Textbooks

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Two stories in the education field today, both concerning textbooks. 1) EBS texts get failing grade for accuracy , blasts a JoongAng Daily h...
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TV Dramas Fictional, Complains ROK Lawmaker

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Images of South Korea seen on such US TV dramas as Lost, CSI and 24 are "distorted" and erroneous, according to professional whine...
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Saturday, October 23, 2010

Yeouinaru

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Most Saturdays from September till January, I am making a trek to Yeouinaru to teach a public speaking class to a rather select group of hig...
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Friday, October 22, 2010

What's Up?

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Life's been cruising along lately here in the Seoul Patch, with nothing special to report on. Hard to believe it, but we're already...
Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Politics is Inevitable V

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1) I like living in Seoul pretty well, but I really want to move to New York City, just so I can vote this guy in as mayor: 2) The next piec...
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Monday, October 18, 2010

Education News

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1) No new policy initiatives have been reported on in the leading papers lately, but here's a headline that's quite a shocker: Engli...
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Saturday, October 16, 2010

Shanghai Art

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I experienced a good bit of art while I was in Shanghai on my vacation, beginning when I stumbled upon an art museum in People's Square/...
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Tuesday, October 12, 2010

For Better Your Life

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After two weeks of vacation time, during Chuseok and my Shanghai trip, I came back to school and had one day of exams (where I do nothing fo...

Made In Korea

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Made in Korea, but I bet the Panda is from China, and is here on the wrong type of visa. Wonder what Koreans think about animating Koreans ...
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Thursday, October 7, 2010

Shanghai Architecture

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Pudong: Shanghai's Pudong district has perhaps the most amazing skyline in Asia. Pudong is the southeastern part of the central city, a...
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