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Chris on November 12th, 2010

Get a fuckin’ scooter dude! So no joke, you should for sure get a scooter or motorcycle.  Buying a scooter was one of the best decisions I made.  It is simple to get and easy to drive.  It made my time in Korea much more enjoyable for numerous reasons.  I had freedom to go wherever [...]

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Chris on October 16th, 2010

I am currently unemployed!  I finished my year long teaching contract on Oct. 11th.  I received a fat bonus and my Korean bank account is looking pretty solid.   Upon completion of my contract, I got a bonus of 2.3 million, my normal salary of 2.3 million, 817k of other pay owed and sometime around [...]

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Chris on May 17th, 2010

This is my Korean cell phone I was provided a few weeks after arriving.  It is a nice phone and does everything I need it to do.  It is very cheap.  I text a lot and I have only spent about $140 for 6 months for pre paid minutes and what not. The cool thing [...]

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Chris on February 19th, 2010

The title pretty much sums up what happened to me….I got the H1N1 flu.  A couple of months ago, there was mass hysteria about the flu and EVERYONE in Korea was freaking out about it.  Since then, people have forgotten about it and most kids have the first round of the vaccine.  Soooooo, if I [...]

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Chris on November 12th, 2009

Gimbap Triangles = rice and something (really anything) wrapped in seaweed into a triangle.   Fuckin’ food dude! Okay, so I am still illiterate….I can’t speak the language….I can only get by with my smile and pretty eyes (which have worked well for the previous 25 years!).  So, I can’t always eat at a restaurant because [...]

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