Archive | November, 2005

Eating frenzy in Seoul

21. November 2005

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This past weekend in Seoul was fun, but wasn’t anything too wild and crazy.  Adnan, Saman, Raswan, and I took a long and hot bus ride to Seoul.  We basically did a lot of shopping, and ate our way through Seoul.  Oh boy, did we eat.  There was Outback Steakhouse, Krispy Kreme, Steff Hotdogs, Subway, [...]

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Please pardon me

18. November 2005

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Each Freshman English class at this university is once a week (2 hours), for 15 weeks.  If students miss 5 out of 15 classes, university policy says they receive an F.  There are absences because of military check-ups, MT, hospital visits, department festivals or trips.  Of course, for any absence to be excused, there needs [...]

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Winter is here

16. November 2005

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It’s officially winter in Korea now.  This week has been really cold - around 32?F for lows and 47? F for highs (0?C to 8?C).  During the day, I can get away with wearing a light jacket to work, but by the time 4:00 pm rolls around, and the sun starts to set, there’s a [...]

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Students elections

16. November 2005

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Thank god student elections are over today.  For the past two weeks, candidates have been out in full force, annoying everyone.  They go to classrooms and yell or sometimes sing before a class starts.  They’re at the cafeteria, the student union, every building entrance (it seems), and at the main gates chanting at night.  For [...]

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3 Songs to chill out to

15. November 2005

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These are three sweet, love songs that I constantly put on repeat, especially the first one.  You can download each song with the links provided. Bell X1 - Eve, The Apple of My Eye  [download] or [download] James Blunt - You’re Beautiful  [download] or [download] Katie Melua - Nine Million Bicycles  [download] or [download]

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