The Seoul Patch

Read the ramblings of a middle-aged American teacher, writer and soccer coach teaching English in Seoul, South Korea since August, 2008. Expect entries on education, lesson planning, politics, soccer, food, culture ... and travel

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Bali: Cuisine

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Not that there was ever one single Balinese cuisine, but today's best restaurants are those in Denpasar and Ubud that we dub as "fu...
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Bali: Hello, My Name is Ketut

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Bali is a small island in the Indonesian archipelago with a distinctive history and culture. Unlike majority Muslim Indonesia, 85% of Balin...
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Books and Bali

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I leave at 18:05 today local time for about two weeks in Bali (see directions below). Just kidding. That's a sign for a bar named ...
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Sunday, July 24, 2011

This Blog is Pure

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Koreans are obsessed with English--not so much speaking it as wearing it. As I was reminded yesterday at the baseball All-Star Game in Jam...
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Sunday, July 17, 2011

Education News

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This is probably the last Ed News Wrap-up until after the new semester begins, not because Ed News doesn't happen, but because I'm l...
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Saturday, July 16, 2011

End of Semester (Whoo-hoo!)

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Today was my last class of the first semester--second semester begins on August 22. Usually, I would have to do two to three weeks of ...
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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Good News for Aussies

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Jesters, a popular western Australian meat pie chain, has opened in Itaewon, around the corner from Dunkin' Donuts--go straight two blo...
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Friday, July 8, 2011

My Korean Things (to the tune of My Favorite Things)

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So click on the video from The Sound of Music and sing the lyrics below instead. Okay, ready? Go! Rainstorms in Jangma and students who...
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Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Restaurant Review: Gang Ho-dong's Baek Jeong

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He may be a Stumbler , but my buddy Chris has a pretty sharp eye when it comes to new dining experiences in Gangseo-gu cheong. And so it c...
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Sunday, July 3, 2011

Education News Wrap

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Time for the weekly *cough, cough* post about what's going on in education here on the peninsula. And this one is particularly interest...
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Comfort Women Protest

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This is a follow-up to a post from November, 2008, that you can see by clicking: Every Wednesday at Noon ... On a pleasant Wednesday in Ju...
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After twenty-plus years teaching science and math in semi-rural Georgia, I have been in Seoul, South Korea teaching Conversational English to Seoul public school students since 2008. So far, so good.
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