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We had a absolutely amazing trip to Bali, Indonesia, as we wrap up our time in Korea. I'm going to graduate school in international relations at the University of Chicago starting in September, and we are leaving the country on June 30. I love Korea and I have loved living here. I hope to be... Read more...
Published 4 months ago


span style="font-weight:bold;"Bjork!/spanbr /br /Declare your independence! Declare your independence! Raise up the flag. Higher, higher ...br /That's what we heard as we got showered with confetti in the last song of the Bjork concert in Seoul last night. For an anniversary president, I got... Read more...
Published 8 months ago


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Published 9 months ago


span style="font-weight:bold;"Clack on. Clack off./spanbr /br /The things you learn overseas ... we had a story in yesterday's paper that described a woman as a "clacker." The reference came from the movie "The Devil Wears Prada," and was about a woman who wore high-heels as she... Read more...
Published 11 months ago


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Published 11 months ago


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Published 11 months ago


Beijing, Chinabr /br /It's a strange feeling to go somewhere for nine days, then come back feeling like you knew less about the country that you did before ever visiting it. That's China. An amazing amalgamation of elderly women with bound feet, children with slits in their pants that make... Read more...
Published 12 months ago


Jack's birthdaybr /br /We've had a little problem lately with Jack. The last two birthday parties he's gone to, HE blew out the candles. Well, on Aug. 19 (yes, I'm late posting), Jack had his OWN birthday party to mark his 3rd birthday. Jack's gotten quite good at showing people three fingers... Read more...
Published 12 months ago


span style="font-weight:bold;"Borneo/spanbr /A friend told me recently that he's heard of the phrase "going to Borneo" as a euphemism for getting drunk, but he's never known anyone who went there. Well, we were crazy enough to do it. We dragged our kids there for a few days -- even went down a... Read more...
Published a year ago


To the market for burgers ...br /U.S. meat has been the source of a lot of controversy here. Korea is a pretty closed country to exports, and US beef has been banned since 2003 out of fears of mad cow disease. Of course, the many cattle farmers here who get the highest prices in the world for... Read more...
Published a year ago


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Published a year ago


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Published a year ago