• Hating
my job as much as I do, I often find myself premptively constructing elaborate post-hagwon plans which typically include exotic destinations, lengthy plane rides, nudist beaches in...
ulsan, korea
19th Apr2012
12th Mar2012
Why are there so many women in Korea? Oh God.
I don’t remember seeing so many, but the new ones look…different. In fact, they almost resemble — dare I say it — men. Wait. No. Well that’s...
09th Feb2012
One of the ways
diligent Koreans like to practice their English listening skills is by watching English-language TV programs, which are broadcast in quantity here, the especially popular ones being pigshit...
05th Jan2012
• Making
comparisons with your mother country is inevitable after living abroad for a decent interval, and this is especially true of teachers here, since we, as opposed to...
28th Dec2011
• On understanding, or 언어보다 행동, 백문이 불여일견.
My profession and lifestyle rarely require me to communicate ideas more complicated than ordering a malted beverage in a foreign tongue. I teach in my native language;...
22nd Dec2011
• One
way Marxist dictators like to prove their mettle is by doing something stupid, and I’m hoping the newly-minted autocrat to the north isn’t as insane as is...
10th Dec2011
I shouldn’t have a job.
But I do, because Korea spends the most money on private education among all OECD countries. Fees at my school range from ~$150-300 per month, depending on the...
10th Nov2011
• So I drank a bottle of soju
and decided to write an op-ed for The Korea Times, one of Korea’s two English dailies. The text follows. At the time of this writing, hundreds of...
07th Nov2011
• Every Korean should be required to listen to this
They corrupted the priceless African image of Isis Replaced it with a lifeless, anorexic white bitch The fashion industry got ‘em in a funny spot Self-hatred leaking...
10th Oct2011
• Ill fares the land
to hast’ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay - Oliver Goldsmith, The Deserted Village, 1770 It was a bad time to read Tony Judt’s...