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It is the end of an era and the beginning of a new one.Tomorrow I will fly out of the Land of the Morning Calm and into the core of the Big Apple. These past 2 weeks have been, to say the least, amazing and saddening. After Samcheok, I learned I had another week off. It was spent doing some more sight-seeing in Seoul. One day being the most memorable: being at a protest rally for the former

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At last I have some time to sit down and update this thing after an exhausting, albeit extremely fun, 2 weeks of traveling. Went to Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto, Japan for a week and had a blast. I love Japan, and Osaka has such a different vibe from Tokyo. Nara was fun with all the deer in the park begging you for food. It is beautiful there. Kyoto is great. I think if I had a choice to live anywhere

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It's been a fun week. Last weekend, went to the Incheon Pentaport Festival with some friends and had a nice time. Too much of the music was hard rock, not my style. Though I really did enjoy DJ Kentaro at the end of the night.Sunday consisted of going to the Seoul Writer's Workshop, my final workshop before I head back home. And then finding my way back to Incheon.The week was great, I had summer

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After a regular day of class, lunch, cleaning, packing and talking on the phone, I figured I would join some friends at Seohyeon park for a picnic. I made a fruit salad and bought yogurt, nachos and salsa. It was a nice night of chatting and getting to know some people more. My old Bundang crew, which has grown and changed with new-comers. Near the end, an old friend, Alyssa walked by with some

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Image via WikipediaIt's Monday morning, my summer classes wil begin in about 15 minutes, so I figured I'd write something during that time. Other than being uberly jealous of my friend Kelly (http://kellycolson.blogspot.com) and the fact that she has the next 5 weeks off, I am pondering how the next 2 weeks will go with my kids. I am sure going to miss them when I finally leave Korea ; ; and just

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Today my school has its bi-annual pop song contest. I am one of the judges and am enjoying seeing the kids singing their hearts out and turning red as they do their solo parts. It's the last pop song contest I will get to witness at Nae Jeong Middle School, so I best to enjoy it as much as possible. ***I wanted to share with

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A late bus ride, less than expected room and more rain than expected weekend did not dampen my day. It was good to experience the Boryeong Mud Festival, swimming, and noraebanging. Good to see some friends I have not seen in a bit, one of whom I have not seen in 2 years from my old job at UACE. Just a fair warning to the ladies who decide to go to Mud Fest next year, careful of the mud pit with

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It's Tuesday morning, Monday being rather uneventful and busy, so I will write about my weekend today. I was down in Busan for the weekend. Got slightly burned, bit more tanned on the parts that are normally exposed to the sun and had a nice little time. Busan is a nice place, it sure has a different 'feel' to it than Seoul. But, all in all, it is just like most places in Korea to me. The UN

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Hump day is over, it's Thursday morning and the sky is falling. Facebook status updates, at least those of people living in the Bundang area, show the concern and/or jubilation of the thunderstorms now loaming over the district. What else is one to expect during the rainy season in South Korea? Every year is the same, bringing along with it massive amounts of water and the need to buy new shows (

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I have made a couple of attempts at making a blog, along with working on my website (http://joelcosmejr.com), so here I go again.It's July 1st and 2 months away from returning to NYC to see my son, family and friends. I have been in Korea for 4 years now and have not been hearing many positive things about the economy back home. Hopefully I'll be able to get something decent at first, then move

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