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

Sunday, January 26, 2014

Winter Camp--Done!

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Well, as I feared, MS Movie maker failed to export our second film, Ghost Story , so it languishes in msmm format on my classroom computer. ...
Thursday, January 23, 2014

Vacation Event

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No, no problems with my upcoming vacation, although the same can't be said for the young family in this video. Actually, this is the f...
Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Farewell, 2013!

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A long-standing tradition here in The Seoul Patch, stretching back all of six years, is to provide some kind of assessment of the previous y...
Monday, December 30, 2013

Last Book Report of 2013

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The Return of Sherlock Holmes and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle - While some stories and their denouments, lik...
Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Christmas Cake 2013

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View previous cakes, all different: 2012 2011 , 2010 , 2009 , 2008 . A sure sign that it's Christmas Eve in Seoul? There are stacks ...
Saturday, December 21, 2013

Korean Food on QI

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This season, the great Stephen Fry's "QI" TV show is devoted to the letter K. I posted about the section on Korean idioms a ...
Thursday, December 19, 2013

Ta-da-da-tah!

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I am now officially a Super Waygook ! That's my avatar at an ESL teachers' resource/forum called Waygook.org. I never once ever ...
Tuesday, December 17, 2013

When Pigs Fly

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Had a night on the town last weekend with good old Andy and even older Jerry. Andy now lives out near incheon and was talking up his new ne...
Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Invincible Summer

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"In the depth of winter, I at last found that there was, within me, an invincible summer." --Albert Camus Profound words from th...
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Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Pointless: The Game

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Not much to blog about lately--busy at work, occupied at home. Today's submission will give you an udea what I've been doing in my ...
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Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Great Story

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I don't usually just reblog stuff, but I found this story to be really cool. As a longtime school athletic supporter (joke goes here) a...
Saturday, October 19, 2013

Local Bazaar

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Attentive readers will have gleaned that I moved recently. My new place is a large complex called e-Starville in the middle of Mokdong. Tw...
Friday, October 11, 2013

School Flea Market 2013

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Yeah, so I did this exact same post last year . If you don't mind, I'll truncate it a bit. The school market is essentially a junk...
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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

What I'm Reading

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I guess I haven't posted a list in a while! Here goes: The Miracle at Speedy Motors by Alexander McCall Smith - This is the ninth ...
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Saturday, October 5, 2013

Fall Sports Day 2013

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Our new principal inaugurated Fall Sports Day (Spring Sports Day is a long-standing tradition) on a crisp early autumn Friday that couldn...
Saturday, September 21, 2013

Some Korean Expressions on QI

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This season's QI (Quite Interesting) is devoted to the letter K. We had only to wait for episode three for Korea to come up. It's ...
Monday, September 2, 2013

My New Digs

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I moved last Saturday (August 24), because the officetel I lived in went into tax arrears, never having paid taxes in its eight years of ope...
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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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