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In Seoul: May 2009
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Monday, May 25, 2009. The rebellious teen ignores its mourning neighbour. I had no idea it happened until Jon asked me after dinner. Nobody told me. Nobody talked about it. Everybody in Gangnam was still dining or shopping. Did you hear about North Korea? 160;Oh sh*t .". Busy day," as Jon said. This is the second time in a week that the Koreas have made it on the front page of international news. As many of you have no doubt heard, South Korea's ex-President, Roh Moo-hyun, committed suicide. In mourn...
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In Seoul: December 2008
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008. Propaganda South of the DPRK. Once we arrived and bought our tickets (less than 10,000 won) we had to kill a bit of time on the South Korean side. Near the ticket booth and close to a few small souvenir stands - those vendors brave some really cold days! Admission: this photo has been doctored using the massively sophisticated program iPhoto (note: not a sophisticated program) to try and show you more of the landscape. I just wish it was also able to show you the be...After ...
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In Seoul: January 2009
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Saturday, January 31, 2009. I posted photos from our trip online today, but did so on facebook in order to share with other travellers . if this proves inconvenient for anyone, I'll repost here tomorrow:. To check out the small album, click here. Thursday, January 29, 2009. Shanghai photos to follow tomorrow. Although I'd initially been pretty concerned, knowing Korean doctors' propensity to overprescribe medication and Jon's (over? More to come later today. Monday, January 19, 2009. Well, I was hoping t...
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In Seoul: November 2008
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008. I can't help myself: this tune is so catchy, so genuinely big-band Christmas-y, that it almost fails to mock the holiday. Fails even though Stephen Colbert, satirist extraordinaire, is behind it. I failed to embed an audio clip in this blog (come on, Google, do your magic! So you'll have to navigate away from the blog to listen to it. Here it is, ladies and gents, "Another Christmas Song". 160;(Warning: The song gets pretty loud in the final few seconds.). 160;But he'd kep...
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In Seoul: October 2008
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Saturday, October 04, 2008. We've just finished another month of classes (3 down, 9 left) and another 3-day weekend. We've been busy, too, so it's time for an update. Jon ran in a 10k race on Sunday - first race in years! With some of our coworkers. Did marvelously. Ran it in under 40 minutes - can you believe it? The field was capped at an enormous 10,000 runners, walkers and joggers, from kids about 10 years old and upwards. The field had a small majority of men, according to the race results. They had...
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In Seoul: September 2008
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Sunday, September 21, 2008. Embarrassingly, we've still seen very little of this city and its surrounds. Our excuse: Kyobo Books has a great foreign language section with all the classics discounted by 50 percent! For a while in August I thought that I might pursue an MA in postcolonial English lit, so I burned through Conrad's Heart of Darkness. 160;and Toni Morrison's Beloved. . The further I get from John Irving's A Prayer for Owen Meany. John Hersey's Hiroshima,. 160;and Dubliners. 160; Now, ...
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In Seoul: Takeoff
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Tuesday, July 07, 2009. With a title like 'In Seoul', we knew this blog would have to come to an end when we returned to Canada. And with less than an hour left in the city, this final post will have to be quick, rather than comprehensive. I found out in the Economist .). To get home from the airport, Jon and I usually take the hotel limousine bus. Because we live right behind the Ritz-Carleton, it's absolutely the most convenient choice. We get dropped off at the door, tell the busboy that no, w...We've...
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In Seoul: July 2009
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Tuesday, July 07, 2009. With a title like 'In Seoul', we knew this blog would have to come to an end when we returned to Canada. And with less than an hour left in the city, this final post will have to be quick, rather than comprehensive. I found out in the Economist .). To get home from the airport, Jon and I usually take the hotel limousine bus. Because we live right behind the Ritz-Carleton, it's absolutely the most convenient choice. We get dropped off at the door, tell the busboy that no, w...We've...
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In Seoul: March 2009
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Sunday, March 01, 2009. But not too much adventure, I promise, mom. And no street food. The last thing we want is a Shanghai repeat. Honestly. The lead-up to this trip has been hectic: one hour off during business hours each day, and lots to get ready because . yes, we left it all to the last. Some things, however, were out of our control. A wedding date, for instance . And you thought package deals in Canada were predictable . 160;Not sure if Gemma rented or bought her dress. Despite all these differe...
