tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110261942011-04-22T09:03:24.626+09:00Life is a constant adventure. I'm a nomadic teacher, currently living in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Previous adventures included living and teaching in Yeosu, Korea; Sailing across the Atlantic with my father; and living and teaching in the Canadian Arctic. Love to travel and brag about... I mean share my adventures. ;-)Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10496762944775075941noreply@blogger.comBlogger761100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026194.post-1161935974066717372006-10-27T15:29:00.000+09:002006-10-27T17:01:12.316+09:00

OK... We have finished the Holy month of Ramadan. With the shortened school day, you think it's easy living, but it's not. Since Muslims are suppose to fast from sun-up to sun-down, it's illegal to eat or drink I public (removing temptation.) Its hard on the older kids, and adults who are expected to fast. Virtually nothing gets done during Ramadan. The day is compressed, so it's high paced, and

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OK, I haven't really done any really good posts in the last, oh... uhm... yeaer or so. I was lazy and complacent so not much got done on the blog front. Thanks to you, my loyal reader(s)... I'm not really sure how many of you read this anymore. So, y'all know that I know live in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. I'm about 140km from our larger, more famous, but poorer Emirate, Dubai. I'm much

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So..this weekend a bunch of us went on a little getaway to JebelDhanna resort. It's a 5 star beach resort, and we got a group rate.Normally I wouldn't have arranged something like this for myself, butas it was being done, and most of my new friends were going, it seemedlike a good time to go.The resort was beautiful. There was a pool, beach, sheesha tents,volleyball court, a gym and so on... oh

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Hello everyone,I hope everything is going well with everyone. Things are good here.Like I've said before, it's hot here. Hot enough that I don't use hotwater for showers anymore. THe water tanks for the buildings are onthe roof, so the water is the same temperature as the air outside,just perforect for a warm shower. If I were a keener, I'd get a waterchiller to have some good cool water. The

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OK, If I were you, I'd have expected me to post some pictures from AbuDhabi. Well, I haven't taken any. It's too hot to go for a walk, andwhen I'm out and about, the last think on my mind is pausing in theheat to take a shot. That said, it will cool down in a month or so,and I'll start to take pictures then.So far, I'm really liking Abu Dhabi. Yes it's hot, but I don't thinkI'd mind so much if it

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So, a new chapter begins...I arrived in Abu Dhabi sans luggage, but I am well. I now have onebag, and the other should be delivered to me tomorrow. There was noexplaination, but I'm assuming that the $420 tip I gave them in Seoulto get my luggage here didn't help. Tip you ask??? Actually, when Ichecked my baggage in at Incheon airport in Korea, I was told that Iwould have to pay 1,400,000 won for

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So, today ends the Marc EFL Chapter in the book that is my life. Whoknows, there may be EFL in future chapters, but I haven't read thatfar.It was a strange good-bye at the school. I never really felt part ofthe school, because I couldn't really communicate with most of thestudents and teachers. That thought made me sad, because theexperience would have been much different had I been able

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Sorry that I haven't updated in ages. Just haven't had a whole lot to write about. It'll be less than a month and I'll be visiting Calgary for a 2 week vacation to see firends, family and finalize cisa stuff for the UAE. It's getting really close to crunch time. I'm hoping to get the Twin fixed soon, it'll be soon that it goes to Busan to be shipped to the UAE. Having a few electrical problems,

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GA S WAR - an idea that WILL workThis was originally sent by a retired Coca Cola executive. It came from one of his engineer buddies who retired from Halliburton. It ' s worth your consideration.Join the resistance!!!! I hear we are going to hit close to $4.00 a gallon by this summer and it might go higher!! Want gasoline prices to come down? We need to take some intelligent, united action.

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Why don't people hate banks?When they make a mistake, who pays? You do.When you give them money to hold, who pays? You do.Why are houses so expensive? Because credit allows for prices to increase beyond the immediate means of a buyer. Who benefits when you can't pay off your house? The bank usually does.Are credit cards not legal loan sharking? Some have interest rates of over 30%.We give banks

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Sorry, I've been a bit of a slacker. I never did finish the posts from Vietnam. You can check out the pictures if youd like at my dropshots site. The link is to the left. It was a good trip. I've been back in Yweosu for several weeks, and I'm finally back in School. Vacation was long, but fun. I'll try and finish posting some time soon. Cheers, Marc

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So,did a bit of an excursion to the Cu Chi tunnels. Cu Chi is a county near Saigon (Ho Chi Min City.) It was known as a beautiful "wilderness" with many rubber plantations, and farming. It was a place for city folk to escape the city. It also was a place for city folk to escape Saigon politics. Followers of Ho Chi Min would leave the comfort of the city and flee to the country-side to live off

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OK... I think my Video is finally working now. Here is a Picture and video from my first or second night in Bangkok. Watch the video here...http://www.dropshots.com/day.php?userid=27774&cdate=20060114&ctime=194840

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After getting my new Job, I went to meet my friend Pa. Pa and I met last year, she's a masseuse (legit) just off Koh San road. We've kept touch by email over the past year, and it was cool to visit her. I told Pa my plans to go up to Chang Mai and do a bit of a tour. She suggested that when I get back I should go to Koh Chang with her. IT would have been nice, but I only had a day or two after

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So, Sunday morning I went early to the Job fair as I had an 8:30 interview with a school in Indonesia. I ran into Ron and Juddith from the American International School of Adu Dhabi, one of the schools interested in me. They wanted to see me at 11:30 instead of 9:30. Actually I didn't know they wanted to see me at 9:30 since I hadn't seem my mailbox at that point.  Well, they offered me a

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OK everyone, Quick update on what I've been up to. Sorry I've been at keeping this up the last few months. First of all, Merry Christmas and Happy Solar New Year. (You'll understand Solar soon) From the 23 of December to 6th of January I was working at a camp at the JLP center in Damyang. Actually it is a 5 week long in service for High School English teachers. The two weeks I was there were a

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Merry Christmas Everyone...Spent Christmas Eve with some Friends. Jennifer put it best when she said someone had wished her an Unusual, but fun Christmas. Well, that's what we had. Several of us, Evil Marc, Jaelee, Dale, Brandon, Jennifer, Jeffrey, HyeKyeong (Jeff's wife) and Hana (Jeff and HyeKyeong's daughter) went to the Yeosimcheon JimJilBang. It's a nice jimJilBang, with several hot rooms(

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OK... Last week we had a huge dump of snow. It was insane, because we got about 20cm of snow. Yes, by Canadian standards that's not that much, but think of it like Victoria getting hit... Yoesu is lucky to get snbow, and it "never" stays on the ground. The city doesn't have any plows. I had to walk home from school, because I wasn't going to drive my motorbike. THe bikes were the only things

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Had this finished a few weeks ago... just forgot to add pictures and post it. hehee.So, this weekend Jaelee, Brandon and I trucked on up to Busan to see the big city. Busan is the 2nd largest Korean city, about 3.5 million people. We hopped on a bus, and made it to Busan in about 3 hours. As soon as we "landed" we phoned up my little brother, Henry, who lives in town. He was studying for the

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This weekend I was at the Kumho Resort in Hwasun doing a kid's camp. It was a great time. It was organized by the Columbus English School in Kwangju (a Hakwon) and Mr. Park, from UNESCO. Our goal for the weekend was to perform a skit based on the story "The Wenny Man." A wenn is a bump or a sack or skin (not really sure which) that causes the Wenny Man to be teased. He runs into some Goblins who

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This was a really good weekend. Friday was odd, but fun. I bailed on poker, to go with a friend for a late dinner, but the restaurant was closed. So we wound up watching a movie,  with a bottle of wine and some sweet popcorn (didn't expect Orville to make sweet popcorn). Haven't just watched a movie like that in ages. Watched the Aviator, which was good, but long. Kate Blanchett was a great

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I have to take the time to vent on an issue I've been dealing with for almost six months. I gave power of attorney to an accounting firm in Calgary, CompassTax, to deal with my taxes. I was very pleased with what they did for me with my tax returns from previous years. I had screwed them up, and Peter J. Simpson, and his company CompassTax were very helpful in fixing them. However, with my last

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I always can remember what fire drills meant as a student and as a teacher. It was hopefully in the middle of a class I was all to happy to get out of.  Usually, it was an orderly walk down the hall, and out the nearest exit. In Jr. High, our VP, Mr. Brownlie, would stand at various exits saying the fire was there, and that we had to use an alternate route. In high school fire drills usually came

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Haven't posted in over a week so I figured I should do something regardless. Today I had a truck-driver cut into me not once, but twice. The last time I was pretty much close enough to touch his mirror.I'm pretty good about placing myself in a persons vision, but this guy was either not looking, or just didn't care. I figure its the "I'm bigger so I have the right-of-way philosophy that buses and

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Hi Everyone, Hope yu had a nice Thanks giving long weekend. Several of us got together an had a nice little Chicken n' stuffin dinner. It was pretty good. I'm dead tired because we played Balderdash afterwards until about 12:30am... Getting home at 1:30 is not that good when you teach an early class the next morning. Alas, it is Thanks giving. I even wore my Calgary Flames jersy to show my

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Yes folks, after more than 30 years, I've discovered that I have a twin. Yup, hard to believe, but like me, its big, a little odd looking(in a good way), and could stand to loose about 20 kg. Yup, my Twin is a motorcycle, an Africa Twin to be exact.I went to Seoul to buy the beast. It's suppose to have a 650cc engine, but for some reason the original 650 was transplanted with a 400cc from a

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Hi Y'all,All my pictures, even the ones I don't really like, are at this link. It's a another new location for pictures. Uploading is a lot easier than shutterfly. It's also suppose to be a public album, so you should be able just to click on the link and go there without having to sign up for anything. LEt me know what you think of it. Cheers.http://www.jusspress.com/travellingmarc

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Ok... After dinner I stumbled on a random parade, drumming/singing group. Not really that bizarre, being that often people don't really know what's happening until it hits em. Anyway, it was neat,though I only stuck around for a few minutes.Check out the pictures. They're dated September 24th.Cheers

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Today, the last day in Beijing. Today our plan is to sleep in, then go to the zoo to see Pandas, go to a nearby tower and see the city and then to the Hard Rock for an American style lunch.The Beijing Zoo.It's been years since I've seen a Panda. Calgary had the loan of two when we held the Olympics in '88. Here in Beijing, they have a family of 5. Two were inside, and three were outside. Jae

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OK... yesterday's bus was a hurting unit. The transmission was shot, and there were times we thought it might not make it till the end of the day. Today there was a new bus waiting for us.The Silk FactoryAnother of the Government factories that you MUST go see if you are on a tour. It's not an option, but don't worry, it was worth the trip. First of all they showed us the process of how they make

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Sunday... we were suppose to head to the Great Wall this morning, but that has been rescheduled until this afternoon. Our itinerary changed to the Jade Factory, the Third Emperors Mausoleum, Lunch, the Great Wall, tea, a Chinese Acrobat show and dinner. A jam packed day.The Jade FactoryOne thing about organized tours is that you have to go to the government factories/stores for a "tour." At the

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1st stop - The Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square We went straight to the Forbidden City. Unfortunately a lot of it was under renovation in preparation for the 2008 Olympics. The sections that were completed were stellar. For those of you who don't know, the Forbidden City was that main palace for the Chinese Emperors. It's a huge place. It was "forbidden" to normal people, thus the name. After

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Saturday Morning 5:30am... apparently we've had enough sleep, as we've been woken by the bus terminal security staff. It's time to slowly head to the airport. The plan is to take the train to Bupyeong and catch the airport bus from there. There is a Starbucks there, and a huge mall. Hopefully we'll at least get a cup of coffee. 7:30am... It's raining. It's pouring... We didn't notice the rain

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OK, I'm posting this a few days after the fact, but this should work out.   Friday, September 16 10:40pm - Jaelee and I hopped onto a bus for Seoul. Tomorrow we fly to Beijing for a 4 day wirlwind tour. It's Chusok this weekend, so there are going to be lots of peoplel travelling. The busses were booked, but surprisingly the bus we were on, had room... therefore we had seats to ourselves.   1:30

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A strange wind is a blowing. It's funny, I've noticed some of the students have been really edgy the past few days, including a pretty good fight today. I kinda wonder if it's the wind, as the winds have really been howling as we catch the edge of Typhoon Nabi.  Why do I make such a claim??? I remember hearing that when a chinook comes into Calgary, the number of people that check themselves

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Today I finally confirmed that my electric motorcycle dream is on hold. I had hoped on electrifying the Daelim Magma I bought from Brian and Monica, but as I've looked into shipping the bike when I leave, the more and more doubtful I've become that it is a viable project. The last thing I want to do it spend a tonne of money on parts, devote a fair chunk of time and get stuck having to sell the

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Wow, today Summer Vacation is over, and I'm back to Chung Deok Middle School with no real break until Winter Vacation in January. Actually, I am going to China for Chuseok (Korean thanksgiving), so I can't really complain. This weekend, I rejoined the Adventure Korea (AK) travel club for a trip to the Odaemi village in Cherwon, 3 miles from the DMZ. I have to thank Jaelee whose idea it was

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Funny, I'm a bit of a scientist of late. I did two studies to answer some questions that plague man. QUESTION ONE Is it really illegal for motorcycles to go on the toll highway, or is that just a myth that Koreans tell us to keep us off the "Dangerous Highways"? (Note for my mom - if it is any consolation, highways are way safer than city streets.)Setting:I tested this when I was running late for

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So, funny how history repeats itself-the keys were gone. Discovered that morning as we were about to head to the Lotus festival that I still needed a key. Can't go to far on an empty tank. So, Jae and I spent the better part of the day looking for a locksmith that was open. Luckily enough, we found a lock shop that was open. It took a while, and thanks to Jae's Korean skills and phrase book we

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OK, Jaelee and I decided to ride our bikes up to Kwangju to see a baseball game. Yes, I went to another baseball game. Some may be surprised that I even enjoyed it. Remember, I'm the guy who has claimed that I would rather go to the dentist than watch pro baseball. We rode the bikes up the route I usually take to the Yeonsuwon(where I do the camps). It was a hot, hot day and I decided to wear

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So, the last week I've been doing an English Camp with students from various middles schools in Jeollanam province. I haven't done stuff like that in ages. Not really since my Kamp Kiwanis days. Fortunately I like the directors at this camp... Mr Yang and Mrs Kim are great. They are the coordinators/supervisors of the teacher camps as well as the kids summer camp programs. I love doing them.

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OK... this has been one of those trips where I keep going... "hmmm."I didn't really fully understand that I would have an 8hr layover in Seattle. If I had been on the ball, I probably would have tried to contact Brian and Monica in Vancouver Washington before I left. I'm sure Brian needs a distraction from the playstation. So, to kill 8 hours I walked from the airport several miles to a mall, and

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Yahoo... got into the mountains today. Korean mountains are beautiful, but they just aren't the Rockies. My great friends Doug, Jeni and Marshall, invited me to tag along with them, and a frew friends. Unfortunately, one of the vehicles didn't make it to the mountains in time to join us(extended potty break for a little fellow). Anyway, Doug, Jeni, Marshall, Jason and myself, hiked up Mist Creek,

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Sorry, no posts since I got home. Both my brother's computers were on the fritz, and though I'm repairing one, it's still not ready. Actually, my parents bought a nice computer, which I'm using. My mom was tired of going to the pc cafe, and I think she was a little in withdrawal from having regular access to the internet.So, anyway, I'm in calgary for my 3 week holiday. It's nice visiting with my

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Ok... now I'm the type of guy who is willing to pretty much try anything. Here in Korea there are alot of things, especially food, which we might consider... well... gross. Examples... Bundaegi - silk worm larva that is eaten for a snack... tastes like it smells... Pine juice - not to be confused with pineapple juice(which they call pine juice). I'm talking pine flavoured juice... ever wondered

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Wow, it's less than a week until I go home for a much needed vacation. It will be good to see family and friends. The strange thing abvout leaving is the changes that will go one here. Summer is the big season for change here in Korea, lots of friends going home, and new friends to be made. I went on my last big ride of the "season" which turned out to be smaller than expected. JaeLee, Katie,

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TempleStayWhen I lived in Seoul in 2003, I say a program on Korean Temple Stay Program. It’s a program where people can go and stay at a Buddhist Temple. It looked very cool. But we just never went. So, I stumbled on www.templestaykorea.com while doing some research. I decided to organize a temple stay for my fellow Yeosuers. I made the arrangements, rented a van, and headed for the temple.In all

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Check out these pics. 

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Wow, it’s been a busy month. First, I’ve been teaching at the JLP center, near Tamyang, and then I went to a Temple Stay program. Both were great experiences. JLPI work for the Jeollanamdo Language Program, and one of the perks is teaching the odd workshop at the JLP Yeongsuwon. Teachers come for a month of “immersion camp,” taught by 16 different native English-speaking instructors. We

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Went to two beaches this long-weekend, it was Korean Memorial Day. Ilove beaches. We played Spudz, which turned to Rockz, a horse-shoebased came.(not a whole lot of horseshoes in Korea.) It was great; I'mglad American Mark thought of it. Also, the weather was nice, we had afusion of Korean-North American style BBQ.As I get older and crankier, one thing bugs me more an more... LITTER.Canada is bad

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Hi Folks, So, lately I've been having technical problems, first with my computer, and then with my phone. So, yesterday I brought my phone to get fixed. I believe if I was in Canada, I would have brought my phone to the technical department, handed it over, and hoped to have it back in the next few days. Here, I had to get a ticket and wait to see a customer service rep. When I was called up, I

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It's been a while since I've posted anything, so I'm posting some thoughts that have been bouncing around my head for the last little while. There is huge anti-foreigner sentiment in Korea, partly because some foreigners pick-up and use Korean girls, and then brag about it. Worse yet, several of these guys have posted their exploits on Web pages, and gone as far to bragg about picking up Korean

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go see the album here: http://share.shutterfly.com/osi.jsp?i=EehOGzFi2cOkA

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Hi Everyone,Anonymous Midwest Girl asked: "...is that a real, official holiday? Or just kind of tradition thatsome friends started? That's an intensely cool idea."The answer is yes, it's for real. It's not a holiday, but it is arecognized day. Actually the 14th of every month is a "special day." October 14: Wine Day - The day when lovers drink wine and share love June 14: Kiss Day - The day when

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Happy Black Day all. If you don't know, black-day is the day that all us poor single folk in Korea are suppose to mourn our "misfortune" of being single. We eat JaJangMyun (noodles with a black sauce) and are expected to wear black and so on. It's much less impressive that Red and White days which are for lovers, where candy is given. But it is a day of "celebration." One of my friends wants to

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Hey Folks, here are links to recent pictures.Enjoy.MT English Weekendhttp://share.shutterfly.com/osi.jsp?i=EehOGzFi2cOfgAlienParty/Arbor Bay Beach Picnichttp://share.shutterfly.com/osi.jsp?i=EehOGzFi2cOXA

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Group4 (minus a few)

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Yes, this weekend I went up to Jirisan Park with 17 other foreign teachers, and 60 or so Korean, English Majors from Yeosu University. Though they have a 3-day camp, we were invited to see that they were exposed to English from native speakers. We were only there for a 24hr period, but it was quite the interesting time. The first day was devoted to getting organized for the evening skit

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Sorry for not posting, but I've had a nasty cold for the last week. The moral to this story is don't ride your motorbike in a rainstorm without full rain gear... and a rain jacket is not enough. I will be getting some rain pants in the near future, because it rains a lot here, and if I can, I will ride. Granted, the bike will sit when the monsoons come...Another moral is maybe I want a faired

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It seems that the Korean quake may have been seperate from, but still related to the Kyushu quake. According a one site, the quake here registered between 4 and 5 on the Richter scale. The site said that people in Pusan were "forced to evacuate." I suspect that means their homes. I wonder, should I have gone outside, or stayed in as I did? I'll look that up. What to do in an Earthquake From:

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WOW... my first earthquake. It was wild, because I was just waking up (11:10am) when the room started shaking. My first impression was that the neighbour upstairs must have a wickedly off-balance load in the washer. Note that first of all I was still groggy, and secondly, when I lived in Hall Beach the washer would set the house a rocking. Then, I realized that I live on the 3rd floor of a 15

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Dok Pang-a Jih-gi 

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Ji-gae Ji-gi 

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Jae-gi Cha-gi 

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Sunday was the 7th annual Hanmadang Event for Foreigners In Yeosu Area. Which essentially is a Hanmadang(peaceful gathering) of the foreigners put together to introduce us to some of Korean culture. It’s held at the same time as the Yeosu Flower Festival. There were cultural demonstrations, including drumming, traditional song and dance, Tae Kwon do, sport dance (see the movie Strictly ballroom

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So, Yesterday when I got out of school... to my dismay it wasfreezing. Seems that all that nice warm air that was here, sucked downa cold front from the north... chilly...So, spring? I hope soon.... brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

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Wow... 3 days ago I was wearing 5 layers to drive to school on my motorbike. The last two days, I'm down to 3.Spring in this country is AMAZING. It strikes like lightning. First it's winter, then boom, you blink and the cherry blossoms are out. I will post pictures as soon as they come out.I can't wait to walk around with just a shirt and no jacket...I was told last summer was unbearably hot, but

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I'm trying to start another project... esl-news.blogspot.com.I figure, current events and news are great ways to get kids (especially middle school kids) to read. The problem is that most news sites, even the kid oriented ones are too difficult for many ESL readers. So, I'm hoping to put together a little news site with articles simplified for ESL readers which include word definitions. I'm not

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Wow, as some of you know, we teachers are spoiled with long holidays.Well, that has all come to an end, and I'm back in school. It's alittle bizarre for me, in that I don't really have much to do thisweek. Next week the school schedule will be finalized, and I'll get myformale schedule. So this week I'm kinda prepping for my clases comingup.It's going to be a strange semester, as I teach each

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I just discovered that every time I send money home, not only do I pay the service fees here ($12-20) but I also get socked for another $10 in Canada. I pay the fees here so I don’t have to pay them home, it's an option I sign for. I find that completely ridiculous. Each of those $10 extras and all the other fine service fees they charge, contributed to the $2,600,000,000 (billion looks better

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Cobra and phalic stalagmite 

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KTX 

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Hey everyone,Just got back from a great visit to Seoul. I had planned on going early Friday morning after doing some SUPER important banking, but alas the banking gods were frowning on me because it is year-end, and it was after 5pm that I left Yeosu. (What a stupid month to have year-end. It's the shortest, so everyone is stressing to get stuff done. Normally I have a week to transfer money to

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Hi Everyone, I'm heading off to Seoul today to get a few things done. I always say I'll give people advance warning of my visits, but I always seem to come to the realization that I am leaving the day I plan to leave. First things first, I have to do the dishes, go to the bank, get something to eat and catch a train.(They are about every hour or so.) Cheers

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Last Dinner in Siem Reap - Ra, Me, Jessica, Jeffrey, David, and Sammy 

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Hi Y'all,I've finally moved into the worlk of Blogging. Actually I"m hoping to move into the world of Vlogging (video log), but that will come soon enough.I'm hoping this will be a more accessible way to post updates on my adventures. I love that life is an adventure. I also figure this is better than my last email update, which was way too insanely long.Today's adventure actually

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