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The All You Can Eat Update

November 16th, 2008 · No Comments

It’s been a while since we’ve updated this site with our latest misadventures so first things first: no we haven’t defected to North Korea, no we haven’t been arrested, and no, we haven’t ended up victims in some snuff film after a weekend retreat to a hostel in the countryside went wrong.
The truth is, we’ve […]

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Tags: Korea · Rant · Travel · Video Games

Harold Pinter, I am not.

August 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

It’s a surreal moment when I realize that my girlfriend I have been out here in Korea for almost six months now. On the one hand it feels like just moments ago I was popping Xanax and complimentary screwdrivers aboard a Singapore Airlines flight while praying the wings didn’t detach at cruising height. Yet at […]

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The *Not Really Exciting* Update…

August 17th, 2008 · No Comments

We’ve had a handful of emails from family, friends, debt collectors and bounty hunters asking for some substantial update as of late, but truth be told, we’ve been so busy with life in Korea it’s been hard to take a break and write something substantial about our existence among the land of Kimchi and Kalbi. […]

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Ghetto Fab Ko-reeeean stylez!

August 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment

Nothing’s more pathetic than acting ghetto tough in South Korea…
…except when two white english teachers do it.

Straight up reppin’ those adverbs Bundang style!

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Life in Bundang

July 19th, 2008 · 3 Comments

It’s hard to believe we’ve already been out in Korea for almost five months. Sometimes it feels like just the other day our Director was picking us up at the airport after a 12 hour flight out of San Francisco, then other days it feels like we’ve been out here for years already. It’s fair […]

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Tags: Korea · Rant · Travel

F**k Korea!

July 1st, 2008 · 5 Comments

My first genuine “Fuck Korea” moment happened the other week.
That’s right, my first moment where I, for lack of any better description, got so frustrated with some practice, ritual, custom, and illogical cultural behavior here that I blew up like Bill O’Rielly after an hour with Al Gore and George Clooney. I got mad. Not […]

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Tags: Food · Korea · Rant