What better place to read about about Korea Sparkling, than at The Hub of Sparkle? If you haven’t heard about it yet, The Hub of Sparkle is a new metablog about Korea. There are 12+ bloggers contributing to this site, and I’m one of them! Other Korean bloggers include: – Roboseyo – Metropolitician – Korea [...]
Continue reading...3. July 2007
I wanted to inform people about a service by the United States Post Office that most people don’t know about. It’s a very cheap way for people in the United States to send books or magazines internationally. There is no longer an 11 pound minimum to send a package, but you’ll still get charged for [...]
Continue reading...29. June 2007
I don’t like to wear clothes that SHOUT what brand I’m wearing. My camera strap was a little loud for me. Sure, I’m happy I have a Canon, but I don’t need to advertise for them. Before: I bought this tape from the fabric store for under $3 and I used about 1/3 of it [...]
Continue reading...12. May 2007
I had a couple of pre-cooked rice bowls and went online looking for cooking directions in English. I knew they could be microwaved, but didn’t know if the plastic bowls could stand being boiled. I found the answer at KOA Mart, which got me thinking. This online store selling Korean products would be a great [...]
Continue reading...2. March 2007
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Ras called to set up internet for our apartment today. It’s through Megapass Ntopia (English version) and was really easy to do. Dial 100. (Yes, it’s a three digit phone number to a call center in Seoul.) Press 8 for English, then 1 for “New Accounts.” You’ll talk to an English operator that will instruct [...]
Continue reading...26. February 2007
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 [...]
Continue reading...15. February 2007
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 [...]
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27. October 2008
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