Archive for June, 2006

Brandon Macneil
Thursday, June 29th, 2006

(I hope I spellt his last name correctly)
He’s become a good friend here during my time in Gumi.  He’s going back to Halifax this weekend.  Gonna miss ya’ man.

Here’s a picture of Brandon, having a cigarette on the platform at Gumi Train Station.  Read the sign on the train carefully.

Drawing: Jane
Thursday, June 29th, 2006

Coffee Girls
Thursday, June 29th, 2006

Often, Koreans are notorious for their hard work ethic.
Park Ji-Sung, Team Korea Football player, who also plays for Manchester, is also known as The Oxygen Tank, which I presume is an allusion to his stamina.  In Thailand, after the tsunami hit, surrounding countries, including Korea, sent in contracts to help clean up and rebuild.  The [...]

Conversations with Korean Kids
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006

What’s your real name?
Sometimes they just don’t get it.
“What’s your real name?” Jenny asks.
“uh… Jason.”
“No! Your real name!!!” she repeats.
“uh… yea, Jason.” I says. “That’s my real name.”  I even pull out my wallet to show my Korean resident card.
“He’s not lying!” Jenny yells to the class.
“Really?” says Lex.
I bet all these kids thing that [...]

Meme-3-2-1
Saturday, June 24th, 2006

Borrowed from Fragileheart.
Go to Wikipedia and do a search for your birthday (day and month only, exclude the year). Post three events, two births and one death including the years.
Three  Events
2006 - The first case of H5N1 avian flu was confirmed in the UK after tests on a dead swan found in Cellardyke, Fife.
1956 - [...]