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A few people have asked me about these photo frames I use:   There are Photoshop tutorials that will teach you how to make these, like this one here.  I tried making it once, but it was difficult to follow and the frame didn’t turn out right.  Instead, I get my frame templates from a [...]

I had a delicious dinner tonight!  Who knew there were so many restaurants in Reardon’s neighborhood? This is the first time I’ve grilled chicken like this in Korea.  Usually at a restaurant, you grill pork or beef.  Chicken doesn’t seem to be a popular grilling meat.  Six chicken thighs were de-boned and marinated in a [...]

On Sunday, Allison and I woke up around 10:30 am and watched one of her favorite movies, “Love and Basketball.” We then got ready and I had 10 minutes to get dressed and put on my make-up before Jamie and Tom came to pick us up. We had a 1:30 pm brunch date with others [...]

A reader sent me this interesting read from Newsweek. To stop the flight of their best and brightest to the Ivy League, top Asian universities are moving to give many, even most, of their courses in English. “No country has embraced the move more than Korea. In 2002, for instance, Korea University offered less than [...]

This year, Lunar New Year (“Sollal” in Korean, Chinese New Year) fell on a Sunday, which meant that Koreans had Saturday and Monday off. I spent the long weekend by going to Seoul and hanging out with Allison for a couple days. It was a much needed break because I was getting cabin fever hanging [...]

Ras came back from Japan yesterday and brought me back presents – Pocky!  Acutally, they’re not all for me, even though I wish they were.  Three boxes are for Curtis.  Pocky sticks are superior to Korean’s Pepero due to the quality of ingredients and various flavors.  Chocolate Pocky sticks taste like real chocolate, unlike the [...]

I did a visa run to Japan last week, and wanted to write a “How to” post before I forgot all the details. The following is very detailed with lots of pictures – probably not interesting for those outside of Korea. Almost all English teachers have to do a visa run some point during their [...]

You’ve got to check out these amazing color pictures of Daegu, Korea from 1954.  There are four pages of photos.  The link was posted on The Marmot’s Hole and has also been picked up by other Korean internet sites.  For anyone that’s ever lived in Korea, it’s so interesting to see how how much has [...]

Last night it snowed a little bit, but today turned out to be a beautiful, sunny day (but cold).  Today, I’m listening to Valentine’s Day Mix from Finetune (made by Whitney from PopCandy).  Check out Finetune – it’s the new Pandora.  Instead of playing random music, Finetune lets you create playlists that can be share [...]