So You Want to Do a Masters?!

So You Want to Do a Masters?!

A Return to Studies

Once again my poor little blog suffers the pain of its negligent owner. It’s been a busy semester. I am now officially back in Grad School with a paper due at the end of May. To that end I bought a new iPad, which I’m using at this very moment to write this post. The new ...

Poor Neglected Blog…

I was talking to my father over Skype a few days ago when he mentioned the neglected state of my little blog.  So I decided it’s time for an update… The Holidays What can I say, it was great to have a real vacation as well as money.  I spent a relaxing week in Korea with K ...

Good-Bye Teacher … Lessons from a Less Than Perfect Year

I put this post up a few days ago, my father told me it was a little too bitter, and jaded. He sometimes acts as my editor/conscience on certain things. Anyways the outside perspective is good to have because what we mean to say isn’t necessarily the same as what is heard or read. With ...

Gearing Up and Winding Down

So my paper was passed in thirteen days ago.  As of yet, there is no word on grades.  These days I’m busy with other things though.  I’ve got two camps this year.  The first one is from Dec. 27-29th and the second from Jan. 3-7th.  I’ll have a week of prep (desk-warming) before my long-long-long-awaited ...

Appholes

A departure from my usual life in Korea stuff… Last summer, after 1.5 years with an absolutely terrible computer, and a nightmarish introduction to windows vista, I did something extreme.  I bought a Macbook pro.  Best.  Technology decision.  Ever.   While the windows computers were always cheaper, I found myself doing re-installs and restores every 6-7 months ...

Here’s what’s happening in Korea this week

Kimchi Crisis! A wet hot summer means there isn’t enough leafy green to satisfy the nations appetite for kimchi. The result?  Cabbage prices have gone through the roof!   One head of Cabbage will set you back 15000W over here!  The government is going to be allowing imports of chinese cabbage. Kim Jung-un Kim Jong-il’s heir apparent has finally ...