View from above

Thinking in noodles.

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September 3rd 2007
I've plunged right into my second year in Korea. I'm no longer able to enjoy the "writer/editor" status that separated me from the foreigner-English-teacher stereotype, I now have a chance to be around Korean children for six hours a night. I love it. I love hearing their konglish complaints, making them laugh, recognizing a formula within the English language and attempting to explain it in simpl ... read more

Asia » South Korea » Daegu

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Korea was an independent kingdom under Chinese suzerainty for most of the past millennium. Following its victory in the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, Japan occupied Korea; five years later it formally annexed the entire peninsula. After World War II, a... ... read more