Archive for the ‘ Random ’ Category
www.xe.com is one of the biggest on-line sites when it comes to currency conversion. Chances are you’ve used it from time to time. You might have spotted that the Korea (South) Won is not listed on the first page, and that it requires you to click ‘more currencies’ in order to get what you’re looking [ READ MORE ]
Oh, how we love talking about our experiences with local Koreans. Whether they are holding our hands walking around a lake, cleaning our apartments or trying to shoot us with their guns, it’s fair to say most of our encounters have been friendly and pleasant. Then, there is this. Thank you to my colleague and friend Vanessa for [ READ MORE ]
So, last night’s entertainment consisted (after 18 holes of screen golf which saw me school my competitor to the tune of 15 strokes) of a free dinner, lots of beer and three hours twenty minutes of karaoke. So much for a quiet night in…. Included in the cast list were two colleagues of mine, four friends [ READ MORE ]
I’ve been home for nearly a month now and I’ve been asked the question time and again: “What’s South Korea like?” As predictable and justified as the question is, I still haven’t an answer for it. How to summarize an entire nation, especially one as dynamic as this? Every country has its points of interest I [ READ MORE ]
Mud Fest article due within the next 28 hours (hopefully) but this is a mint of a quote from the weekend. As we relaxed by the beach kicking a waterlogged football between us, a Korean lady over the PA system came out with this: “Pedro from Puerto Rico is looking for his six friends. He is [ READ MORE ]
On a morning when rain of Biblical proportions storms out from the clouds above, I belatedly write an article for this site. It’s time to wake from the usual early month slumber and get back on the horse, although I have enjoyed leaving the responsibility to Stu. However, he would appear to have hit a [ READ MORE ]
Hey all! Some of you might have been wondering where I went over the last week. What, you didn’t notice I was gone!? Well, hopefully that accounts more for the yeoman effort of my partner Andrew since I’ve been gone than for some kind of deficiency in the quality of my work. Anyway, my internet accessibility issues have [ READ MORE ]
I was just talking to an old friend on Skype (for the first time since moving here), and he asked me a bunch of personal experience questions. Naturally, the food, children and people dominated my answers, not to mention many of the foreigners I have met, but when he asked me for the “funniest moment”, [ READ MORE ]
Here is a brief glimpse at what’s on my TV in Korea. I’d just like to point out that 90% of the Korean programming falls between the hilarious and downright ridiculous. We have a number of sports channels that show, amongst other things, live and free to air English soccer (imagine?), the tennis Majors and [ READ MORE ]
I have nine minutes, so a few thoughts until then. 1) South Korea’s Incheon airport is, to me, a far superior airport than it’s Japanese partner. I love how wide open and bright Incheon is. There’s much less twisting and turning en route to a destination. Here in Narita I’m struggling to stay awake. 2) Nine out [ READ MORE ]