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One of my readers, John from Daejeon, has been urging me to apply for The Amazing Race: Asia for at least six months. He even sent me The Amazing Race and The Amazing Race: Asia DVDs from the previous seasons. I had always thought it would be a fun thing to do, and was actually [...]

Remember last year when Brad, Ras, and I went to see the Super Bowl at the VFW near Itaewon?  Well, the event is happening again this year.  One of the guys there emailed me to remind me of the event and let others know. Where:  VFW Canteen in Haebongchon (two doors before Philly’s across the [...]

I visit popgadget.com once in awhile, and recently, they had some Korean related blog posts. Mobile coupons big in Korea Sell your tech ideas on Korean game show Samsung unveils world’s first 5 megapixel camera phone   (By the way, Korea is the only country in the world where Nokia or Motorola aren’t number one.) [...]

I don’t claim to like peanut butter.  Honestly, it’s just ok.  I would never, out of my own free will, choose a PB&J sandwich over any other kind of sandwich.  When people tell me of their love for peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and I in return, tell them my fondness of avocadoes sprinkles with [...]

I had a lot of fun playing around with FindYourFutureYou.com.

We went to Costco today and dropped 166,000 won, which is a small amount for us.  That’s probably because we didn’t buy any wine, chicken, or steak this time.  This Rabbit Corkscrew was part of the purchase though.  Reardon called us yuppies because of it.  Hey you can call me whatever you want, but I’ve [...]

This is pretty cool. You know the female voice that announces each subway stop in English? It’s done by Jennifer Clyde. If you don’t understand Korean, watch the first part of the video, then jump to 5:30 to watch her do her thing.

If you haven’t seen this video, check it out. It’s a bit long (8:23), but worth the watch. There have already been 17 million views on youtube. The three things I said out loud while watching this video were: 1) It’s NOT too late. 2) It’s never too late! And 3) I told you so! [...]

This is just a quick note that the pre-registration period for the KOTESOL (Korea Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages)  conference ends today. If you register by today, you’ll save yourself 10,000 won.  Find out more about the event here: http://www.kotesol.org. I’m leaving for the bank to transfer my registration fee now! Update:  [...]