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Darling Buds
The weather here in lurvely Daegu is gorgeous. The roses are in bloom in front of the blood sausage restaurant next to my apartment. This is the seasonal sweet-spot between spring pleasantness and...
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Mighty Samsung Fighting!
Me and a friend went to the ballpark last Saturday. As I’ve mentioned before, Korean baseball is a glorious, glorious thing. I mean, c’mon — you get to eat fried chicken and Korean dumplings instead...
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ESL Thuglife
Robert Fripp & Brian Eno, Evening Star The semester is finally, officially over. Submitted my grades via computer last week, but had to spend two days transcribing everything by hand onto...
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Octochicken
Daegu, South Korea. Met some friends for dinner and had my first bing-maek (ice beer). The foam is frozen like a Slurpee and you eat it with one of those straw-spoon thingies. Not too shabby. For...
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Boo
The heat of Daegu summer is palpable. You walk outside and it hits you right in the face. Ugh. Hot. Just want to go home and stand in a cold shower for hours at a time.
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Fiery Offal Nomz
This is gopchang jeongol, makchang’s fiery, soupy brother. Instead of just grilling the cow intestines over flame you make a soup out of it with leeks, onions, mushrooms, some dumplings, some instant...
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Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard
Daegu, South Korea. I’m trying to eat better these days, and I love me some hot cult action, so me and a friend went to one of Daegu’s three Loving Huts yesterday. These vegan dumplings were actually...
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Tandoori Nomz
Met some friends for Indian food Saturday night. This place, India Dream, is quite good, around the corner from Beomeo Station exit three. But they served bread and jam for an appetizer. Why?...
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Give Me All The Nomz
Daegu, South Korea. There are a bunch of little alleys between Daegu Station and the “nice” shopping district of Dongseongno. This one particular street, which my Korean friend simply calls “Food...
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Color
Went hiking with my adult students yesterday. We went up Ka Fort Mountain to enjoy the fall colors. Not surprisingly, it was a bit crowded as people get out before winter sets in.
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Samsung Fighting!
Congratulations to my local Korean baseball team the Samsung Lions. They won their fourth consecutive Korean Baseball Organization championship last night.
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Gatbawi (Buddha Hat Rock, 갓바위)
Ask a Daeguite their plans for the weekend, and chances are they’ll say they’re headed to Palgong Mountain, a range that wraps around most of the city. I’ve been to the major temple. Donghwasa,...
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Saturday Night Makchang
Daegu, South Korea. Before and after Saturday night makchang, or grilled intestines.
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First World Problems
For the first time since I’ve lived in Daegu (six years!) my local expat watering hole isn’t going to show a rebroadcast of the Superbowl. This is the worst thing ever since cancerHitlerAIDS. I’m...
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Authenticity
I hate to sound like a Korea snob (“You haven’t experienced the country until you’ve done this!”) but I guess it’s unavoidable at times. Most of my thoughts along these lines would definitely have to...
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That’s Why They Pay Me The Big Bucks
Apparently, I might be on local Daegu teevee tomorrow. They want to interview and/or position highly staged teaching moments with us furreners since our study abroad in US/Australia/Germany program has...
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Attendance Lulz
Well, at week four it’s that time of the semester when everybody’s grandmother in the greater Daegu metropolitan area spontaneously drops dead.
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