Blog World Expo 2008 Contest Entry Take 2, written 1 month ago, For those who have been following my blog still, you may remember my previous contest entry to win a full pass to the 2008 Blog World Expo from the notorious panda killer, John Chow. Well, unfortunately I didn't hit the jackpot that tim...

North Korea Delisted, or America Bends Over for Kim Jong-il, Again, written 1 day ago, According to CNN: The United States on Saturday removed North Korea from its list of states that sponsor terrorism, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said. […] McCormack said the United States and North ...

Olbermann vs Palin, written 6 days ago, Keith Olbermann delivers another scathing commentary. This time about Sarah Palin and her hypocritcal, nasty, rhetoric she's been spouting lately. Have a gander at this!

Busy in Seoul Day to day, written 4 weeks ago, Below you will find some information I talk about often. These paragraphs are taken from emails I sent over the last few months. I warned you last post that there would be a lot of information here. I hope you find it useful and not too long.***********...

100 "Mixed" couples wed, written 11 hours ago, The first time I heard about mass weddings was in 1994 (?) when a Korean religious group hosted one for its Korean and Filipino members. I saw it on the news first and then Kabayan Noli De Castro (now Vice President of the Republic of the Phil...

A project to gather English language information useful for helping animals in Korea. Just one person relatively new to animal welfare trying to help.

A journalist who has lived in (in this order) California, Illinois, Wisconsin, London (England), Indiana, Washington DC, New York, and now Seoul, Korea.

"How did it happen? I spent 14 long months in a strange, strange land." Paraphrase of lyric from 'All the Pretty Faces' by The Killers. My newest way to keep everyone on the other side of the ocean updated on my life. It's also a very good excuse to not f

A Canadian student studying abroad in South Korea.

Back in Indonesia, written 16 hours ago, -A baby monkey learning to climb. Monkey Sanctuary, Ubud, Bali.--A gate at one of the Hindu temples. Ubud.-For the past 3 weeks we've been chillin' in Indonesia; snorkeling in the reefs, reading in the hammock on the front porch of our beach hut, and jamming ...

Reasons, written 3 days ago, You know, my school would have let me go wherever I?d liked for my October holiday. Within reason, of course, I don?t think they?d have paid for a vacation to Antarctica, but previous teachers have gone to other locations than their hometowns. However, I had one main rea...

An American educator moves to Korea, presumably to teach English. Instead she discovers that learning Korean one Tae Kwon do class at a time is a more captivating activity.

It's Official 10.5, written 1 week ago, I will be going to Thailand and going to make a nice little vacation out of it too! To be honest, I was trying to plan a trip there anyways because it's a long weekend here. Also trying to get the school to pay for the flight or at least part of it because it ...

Half black, half Korean, and all man. Follow James as he lives in Korea.

useful websites, written 2 weeks ago,

Hacktakular, written 10 hours ago, This month our apartment is getting a new paint job. This has led to a few annoyances. Our apartment is on the second floor. This puts us right at the tree line four our windows. When we moved into the apartment, the security guard came over to harass the movers be...

Sarah Palin Wannabe, written 2 days ago, Sarah Palin Wannabe seeking smooth-talking man of action for political gain and undeserving power over a wretched populace, and control over an even more-wretched economy.I am sarcastic to the point of nastiness and am not afraid of a little lipstick to disar...

Wah, wah, wah, written 6 days ago, Oh, wouldn't the world seem dull and flat with nothing whatever to grumble at? ~W.S. GilbertAnother blogger named Roboseyo started an online discussion about why expats complain so much here in Korea. I realize I'm a bit late to the game, but I'd like to add my two...

blogging and Blogger, written 1 week ago, Blogger has a new feature called 'Following'. If readers so choose, they can become 'followers' of this blog. Its an interesting idea and a reasonable extension of blogs as popularity contests. It may be similar to the number of friends you have on Facebook;...

The End of an Era, written 6 days ago, Now that I am back from Korea, Kaurea.com doesn't serve its original purpose of letting people back home know what's going on. I still want to keep Kaurea.com, but it won't be in the same form. I'm contemplating turning it into a photoblog, but until I am decid...