Archive for the 'Life in Korea' Category

The Love Guns Rock Daegu
Friday, July 14th, 2006

So this past wednesday Craig and I and a few friends (groupies) headed to Commune in Daegu. The Love Guns played a short set and were a relative hit. Many nice things were said. Things like ‘I’ve never heard a bass guitar sound like that, that was awesome’, ‘That was the best [...]

Karate
Friday, July 7th, 2006

I started taking Karate on monday.  There are some free lessons going on for foreigners, and despite looking korean, they let me in.  The master’s a really cool guy.  He tells me he tried Taekwondo a long time ago, but found it to be too much of a sport.  People these days do Taekwondo for [...]

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.

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 [...]

Korea vs. Togo
Wednesday, June 14th, 2006

The city was buzzing when I got out of work at 8:15 pm. Even the corner store by my place set up a TV outside by the patio furniture. (Patio furniture, by the way, is common in front of stores. All the better to drink with your buddies).
I made plans to hit [...]