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Riding in Buses with Koreans

This post has little to do with the experience of riding in buses with Koreans. Actually, the title is only my attempt to piggyback on the trend I set using the reference to Drew Barrymore’s 2001 movie in a couple of my posts about monks and girls. The only connection is that Today’s adventure entailed…

Riding in Cars with Girls I

My trip to Jeju island is coming to an end I have some time to reflect on my time well spent here. Most of that was spent riding in cars with Yunhee. She is my home-girl, and would be girlfriend if I had my druthers. But, I digress. She introduced me to several of her…

Riding in Cars with Girls

Jeju

Visiting Jeju Island was not unlike other times. I spent my time with Yunhee and she took me to a local forest.

Unexpected Expectations

“We’re beings toward death, we’re … two-legged, linguistically-conscious creatures born between urine and feces whose body will one day be the culinary delight of terrestrial worms.” -Dr. Cornel West I just read that someone lost a friend who had died unexpectedly which prompted me to write the following post. Dying is inevitable. I expect it…

Yunhee

With the week before grades due to myself — since they are done — I decided to fly south to visit my friend, Yunhee. She and I met in 2010 and I last visited her two years ago. Yunhee is the sole proprietor of the ‘Tom Tom’ curry restaurant on the eastern part of the…

Iksan Temples

On the morning of June 20th I visited four temples. Pictures taken at two of them are displayed below. Enjoy!

MERS

Here’s a picture of the only MERS I knew before this whole Korean scare started. MURS is a Los Angeles based rapper with whom I attended high school. Small world. MERS is the Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome — a newly discovered disease that has threatened the health of South Koreans while taking the lives of…

Have You Had Your Cup Today?

In Seoul, you can throw a stone and it is likely to hit two things. The first would be a Korean whose surname is Kim. The second is probably the window of a coffeeshop or its barista. I used to hate coffee. I saw it as a bourgeoisie habit, addiction. These days I gladly pour…

Riding in Cars with Monks

I only intended to sit and have tea with a former student who happens to be a monk. She was my student in Gyeongsan but has recently relocated to the city where I reside these days, Iksan. She could not meet with me so one of her fellow monks offered to entertain me during my…

Grading Papers

Part of their test was a writing section. Here is a student’s take on traveling in the Philippines. I got a kick out of reading this story for a few reasons. First, the city of Manila doesn’t strike me or many travelers as the place to just walk around. That these kids did it shocks…

Before Beijing Bound

It was two months ago that I decided to take this trip and bought my ticket. In June of last year I procured my travel visa for China, but with just one month before it expires I am putting it to use. It’s a shame. Really. Yet I am doing it and that is all…