Comments for Hello Korea !

Comment on So it’s official by Comix Trip

Comix Trip — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:58:32 +0000

Well Seoul, does have a Salvation Army store. It is a Christain bookstore.
In Seoul(Itaewon in paticuluar) They do have used appliance stores. I can think of one that is right across the street from the 8th Army base. They will deliver for a fee too.
Near the Elementary School I used to teach at in Mia Samgerori, there was alos a used appliance store. So they are all over. I have neve seen a used clothing store though, so don’t ask me about those!

Comment on A Brand New Life by girl4708

girl4708 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:09:58 +0000

Oh Willie,

that would be a very short book, consisting of trips to the roof, brief conversations about education, and then Mr. Lee sucking in air through his teeth and muttering, “young uh. too difficult.”

Comment on A Brand New Life by willie

willie — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:48:54 +0000

First of all I love watching movies in empty theatres! You dont have to listen to people shoving nachos or popcorn in their mouths, and you dont get distracted by people texting or checking their messages non-stop.

Second, I think you should write a book about Mr. Lee and your relationship with Mr. Lee. I love your stories about Mr. Lee. Especially since it seems like there is more to Mr. Lee than one would think.

Comment on Secret Lives by girl4708

girl4708 — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:25:22 +0000

Yes. She bought that one too. I find the more controversial the better, as it really gets them fired up wanting to express their opinions. However, I DO work in a missionary school, so I censor my subject matter a lot out of respect for it being elected as such by the parents.

Comment on Secret Lives by jk

jk — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:51:38 +0000

his newer editions – for high school students and college students – are very good, in my opinion, though too controversial for my conversation class for now. they’re at kyobo, on the tables near the english shelves. i believe pusan national university published them.

Comment on drama, Korean style by girl4708

girl4708 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:22:43 +0000

hey – I’m not the one in the mud wrestling pit!

I’m just an innocent observer!

Comment on drama, Korean style by willie

willie — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:53:58 +0000

yall are ghetto.

you need to go on jerry springer.

Comment on drama, Korean style by girl4708

girl4708 — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:14:23 +0000

ha ha!

I can’t remember the circumstances around a tangent conversation about the V.P.’s managing style, but the witness said, “that man, he is a professional” meaning that he knew every dirty trick in the book.

Which reminded me of the time I wrote an incident report on the one extreme act of insubordination from one of my male students. It CLEARLY showed that a)my co-teacher was sleeping on the job and b)that disciplinary action was called for. The V.P.’s response was to hand over discipline to the head of some department, who, I believe were told to not do anything because the boy was a friend of the school’s Principal, and then later he sent someone to get an electronic copy of my report.

Later, I realized there was no reason to ask for a copy of my report electronically unless he wanted to alter it…

The guy’s a diabolical genius! If he weren’t running a school, he would make a great mob boss! Truly a “professional.”

Maybe if this high school was where I was stuck for the rest of my career, I too would join the vast majority of the other teachers in their hatred for this man. But since I’m just passing through and neither of us understand anything the other is saying, I’m happy to just let him smile and let him control everyone around him… :)

Comment on drama, Korean style by jk

jk — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:06:41 +0000

my jaw was dropped the entire time i read this post. comical, indeed!

Comment on comfort food by girl4708

girl4708 — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:58:35 +0000

It’s called Heuk Mi Ssal (흑미쌀)
and here’s a great cooking blog talking all about it:

http://eatyourbap.com/2009/06/10/heukmissal/

Comment on comfort food by girl4708

girl4708 — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:25:12 +0000

I’ll look for you when I get home…

Comment on comfort food by Ed

Ed — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:56:04 +0000

That rice sounds great. I will have a look in the local Korean groceries and see if I can find some.

What is it called in Korean?

Comment on comfort food by girl4708

girl4708 — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:06:30 +0000

I’ve known Koreans in the past who say they get ill when they are without it, or traveling. So I advise my Korean friends to bring some with them.

Because it is a pro-biotic, I think there is some credence to this. To be used to that as a digestive aid and then to hit the countries heavy with cheese, bread, meat, potatoes, and milk, is bound to bind and loosen any Korean.

I get kind of anxious myself now on those days when I don’t have any!

But I’m really into the aged kimchi. It’s really wonderful with noodles…

Comment on things I’ve gotten used to by jk

jk — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:38:29 +0000

hi, willie!

i agree with the latter. it wasn’t pole dancing. it was an attempt. ;)

actually, i do think you caught some air.

-jkim

Comment on comfort food by papa2hapa

papa2hapa — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:28:02 +0000

Korean food is comfort food. There’s something primal about kimchi that makes me feel good.

Comment on things I’ve gotten used to by girl4708

girl4708 — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:36:26 +0000

What the heck are you talking about?

Oh – you mean me taking winding up and attacking that pole??? ha ha ha! I was watching Canada’s top model and they all had to practice that, so I had to see if I could get enough air to do better than they did.

Unfortunately, I didn’t get ANY air and landed on my butt. Very memorable, I’m sure!

Comment on things I’ve gotten used to by willie

willie — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:52:47 +0000

things ive gotten used to:

suki poll dancin in the club at 3AM!

youre amazing!!! ^_^

Comment on waste by girl4708

girl4708 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:29:11 +0000

Willie, I was soooo careful to not mention WHAT and HOW you dispose of waste, and then you out-ed yourself! Is this what you learned in the peace corps? ha ha ha ha!!!

Comment on celebration by girl4708

girl4708 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:46:07 +0000

The link most people site doesn’t work for the bus routes, but this one does:
http://map.wooricy.com/SeoulMapEngN/

I think we might be neighbors then, as Hannam is close to where I want to live…

Yayy! We can meet in Itaewon and eat international!

Comment on celebration by girl4708

girl4708 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:30:49 +0000

ha! great minds think alike – I was trying to use the metro bus map on-line today (without much success) to try and figure out commute times.

got any tips?