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7 Jul

Opening your brain to the experts

Posted by wevegotseoul in In the news, Things to think about, it's just my opinion. 2 Comments

I went to the RAS talk this evening and the guest was Brian Myers, an assistant professor at Dongseo University in Busan.
His perspective on “The Popularity of Kim Jong Il” is very different from what you read in most newspapers and from most bloggers that think they are experts and enjoy adding their uninformed opinions [...]

5 Jul

yeah we like expensive stuff

Posted by wevegotseoul in Things to think about, helpful!, it's just my opinion, things to do in Seoul. 2 Comments

We decided to have a dinner party thingy prior to our wedding ceremony as a thank you to our international guests that are coming (which is only about 3 right now haha). When I heard that Kabinett was having a wine event we were both keen to get there and see what was available. If [...]

25 Jun

This is brutal.

Posted by wevegotseoul in Anger management, In the news, Things to think about, sad stories, things to watch. Leave a Comment

Roboseyo pointed this out and you should be warned that the link leads to some very disturbing images and it is difficult to listen to the phone conversation but something that needs to be heard and passed on.

15 Apr

You think your office life sucks? Try a Korean’s

Posted by wevegotseoul in Things to think about, helpful!, it's just my opinion. 5 Comments

In my last post I put up a poll regarding time management and work place relations between managers and employees. It may surprise you that in fact, for Korean office life, the answer is C: Do the task in the 6 hours, that your boss says it will take, hand in the results, regardless of [...]

12 Apr

A question for you.

Posted by wevegotseoul in In the news, Things to think about, it's just my opinion. 6 Comments

I’ve created a little poll about “office” life for salary men in South Korea and am hoping you’d oblige me by completing it. Can you answer according to what would be acceptable in your culture? If, then just purely for my entertainment value, could you post a message telling others what nation you are from? [...]

8 Apr

Children of conflict

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Here’s another heartbreaking video to watch about children that have escaped North Korea, sometimes with one parent, sometimes with neither.
HT to marmot’s hole.

27 Mar

Eyes, buses, radios, shuttle buses to Costco, water and magazines — kind of helpful

Posted by wevegotseoul in Things to think about, it's just my opinion. 1 Comment

Here’s a few random rants that I’ve been saving up – in hopes that I wouldn’t rant about them but obviously am anyway. Some of them are good – sort of…
I’ve always been concerned about my eyes and eye health since I was forced to get glasses at the age of 4 and was advised [...]

25 Mar

Protected: Cycles

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21 Mar

Did You Know?

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I like these.

18 Mar

April 4th-8th….

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So perhaps you’ve heard about the latest round of tension that North Korea is causing? No? That’s alright, here’s a lovely little BBC article to help you out.
There are a few choice pieces that caught my eye:
South Korea and the US say Pyongyang may be preparing to test-fire a long-range missile and have warned it [...]