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In my current funk, I’ve been coming to a slow realization. I’ve known it deep down all along, but the romantic in me has always wanted to suppress the reality of it. Because when you accept the fact...
View ArticleThe vanishing Blue Train…..
They are called Shindaisha in Japanese. It means “sleeper train”. A couple of days ago, in our morning Asahi Shimbun, the paper ran a front page article about diminishing ridership on these train...
View ArticleWorking your way up the ladder……..
I went out running this afternoon. Had spent the day in work trying to get some non-Korean related things done before I go back to the killing of trees in the name of allied unity. When your children...
View ArticleHappy Thanksgiving!
Under the premise of, “That’s not funny! That’s sick!” The Muppets celebrate Thanksgiving in the alternate universe:
View ArticleNot so fast!
I’ll bet there are more than a few people pissed off here. Including every bar owner in Wanchai: U.S. aircraft carrier denied access to Hong Kong HONG KONG 21 Nov 2007-(Reuters) – China has refused...
View ArticleThinking about KY……
No, not the KY that the Korea project leader forgot to use when he dreamed up the plan for the project I’m going back to on Sunday………………. KY is a new Japanese slang term. KY is short for kuki ga...
View ArticleThis I believe………..( Part 1).
I go back to Korea tomorrow and I am not looking forward to it. Posting may be intermittent for a few days. I’m behind where I should be because I deliberately let it slip this week. I just did not...
View ArticleLearn something new every day…………..
On my way back to Korea, to look for a new job to finish my part of the project. Saying I am depressed is more than an understatement. However one of the reads that cheers me up every day is from the...
View ArticleBack in Korea………..
This pretty well sums up my mood: What’s that you say, Bukowski did not write Peanuts? Well if he had, here is what it would read like: My female readers can probably relate! Read some more over here!...
View ArticleNo shape to post………
Only a moron would thnk that working till 5:30 pm when you have a dinner commitment with Koreans is a good idea…….. As for what we got done today? Well here is the story in three panels: You want it...
View ArticleWhat they missed………
The guys on Kitty Hawk that is. I’m finally getting around to posting some of my pix from my foray to the fragrant harbor a couple of weeks ago. I sure wish I was there right now! Instead of being here...
View ArticleWell, this explains it….
Why the Chinese government is bunch of commie prix……………… H/T to Hemlock!
View ArticleLiberation day
I’ve never been so happy to see a train in my life. I took the train up to Seoul today. I have work up here for the next 3 days-I’m grateful for it, it gave me a reason to leave the project in Busan...
View ArticleWhy don’t you get it?
It is cold here in Seoul today. The kind of wet, sink to your bone cold that exists in a place where wet snow is frequent. It was sunny today, but its clear I did not bring enough of the right type of...
View ArticleQuote of the day…..
Comes from John Cole: As a side note, what does it say about your party when people are deemed unelectable because they oppose torture? QED!
View ArticleMore reasons to hate the Chinese……..
I’m glad the Olympics are in Beijing this year. It will give the rest of the world the chance to do what it did not get to do in 1980-drive home a point to a huge communist dictatorship by kicking some...
View Article100,000 whores………..
Contrary to what some readers may think, that is not my personal life goal. No post yesterday-I’ve been in an out of sorts mood and have been trying to shake off the crud that Korea always seems to...
View ArticleMe………in six months?
A little background: About 4 months ago the rather large English teaching firm NOVA went down hard into bankruptcy. This was after about 11 weeks of not paying its teachers and making excuse after...
View ArticleA significant achievement
For my son at least. He is now a fully certified para-medic. HOO! HOO! That is all.
View ArticleWhen it rains………..
It freaking pours………. My sister called and not an hour later my son’s girlfriend called. Regarding the latter, as soon as I heard the voice I knew it could not be anything good. My boy is in the...
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