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Blame it on Canada

Posted in South Korea, Weird & Absurd, tagged , on April 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Well, not really blame it on Canada, but blame this Letter to the Editor at the Korea Times on someone who was no doubt asleep at the wheel who obviously did not read this letter too closely-and thereby not catching the tongue-in-cheek litany of complaints about expat Canadians before it was printed:
Dear editor,
As someone who [...]

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Jeremy Aaron at Seven Months: Going Mobile

Posted in Family, Jeremy Aaron, Laos, Southeast Asia, tagged , , on April 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Now that he’s mastered his baby walker and can sit up for over an hour by himself, Jeremy Aaron is about ready to put all that strength to good use by going mobile-in this case by crawling. He’s already shown some signs of this by testing out his strength and moving his body.
On keeps me [...]

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Fast & Furious in Seoul

Posted in South Korea, Weird & Absurd, tagged , on April 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

In what might have seemed like a scene out of a movie, some of Seoul’s rich and reckless were recently busted for drag racing in the city, according to a recent article in the Korea Times.
Hundreds of doctors and other rich, reckless speedsters were caught driving Ferraris, Lamborghinis and other brand-name cars at breakneck speeds [...]

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Hello Papa!

Posted in Family, Jeremy Aaron, Laos, tagged , , on April 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This morning when I called On, Jeremy Aaron answered the telephone.
Well, not exactly answered the telephone per se, but when On’s cellular phone started ringing and flashing this morning, Jeremy Aaron picked it up.
He was also in for a little surprise because the phone was also on vibration mode.
It was one of those tok jai [...]

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Happy 5th Birthday Bia!

Posted in Family, Laos, tagged , , , on April 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »

That’s right little Bia turned 5 today and he’s not that little anymore, at least not as little as he was when I first met him, but he is definitely the “little man” of the house helping out On when he’s not busy playing. He fetches her water, helps her carry things for Jeremy Aaron [...]

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North Korea Accuses Seoul of Poisoning Soccer Players Before Match

Posted in News, South Korea, Weird & Absurd, tagged , , on April 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

In one of the more bizarre stories to break this past weekend in South Korea had nothing to do with North Korea’s launching of a missile, but instead was the story about food poisoning and a soccer team that could not “get up” for a match.
In a belated accusation, North Korea claimed that South Korean [...]

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