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The End
Iyagi from Korea is officially finished. I’ve run out of energy to write this blog. Thanks for reading.
-Mike
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Fourth of July
Not much news here. We had a small party over the weekend for the Fourth of July. There were only about 4 of us Americans there, but the Canadians and Irish and the rest got into it and helped us celebrate. We played a game of American football, had a BBQ, and shot off some [...]
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ESPN Korea
Either I didn’t have it at first, or they were just showing soccer every night, but ESPN Korea has turned out to be a great channel after all. This week they have the NBA Finals LIVE at 10am, which is perfect for me. The games finish just before I go to work. They also showed [...]
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From my class
[After reading a sentence containing the word wallet in class with some 5th or 6th graders]
Me: Wallet. What does this mean? What is a wallet?
Kevin: You have a wallet.
Me: Yes, I do. But what is a wallet?
Sarah: Uh…money house.
Me: Haha, yes, that’s good. Kevin, do you have a wallet?
Kevin: Yes, I do.
Me: Where?
Kevin: —
Me: Where [...]
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Children’s Festival
A couple weeks ago, a large group of foreigners in the Suwon area hosted a festival for local children. It ran from 1 to 5pm on a Saturday afternoon. An American teacher named Ryan organized the festival in conjunction with the local YMCA. It was great to see how many teachers came out to help [...]
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Busan
Here are some pictures from my trip to Busan.
This is the beach where we went surfing. I believe only two people from our trip got all the way up on the board, and I was not one of them, but surfing was still a hell of a lot of fun.
This is the Buddhist temple we [...]
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Central Park
Here are some photos of Dongtan Central Park, the most beautiful, amazing park I’ve ever seen. The main park also connects to another section of the park that cuts through the entire downtown area of Dongtan underneath the main streets. It’s not quite as large as its namesake in NYC, but it’s sure a lot [...]
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Korean Trivia A7
Seoul is at the same latitude as the North American city of San Francisco, 37 degrees north. For your information, I have listed the latitudes of all the choices.
A) Boston – 42 N
B) Dallas – 32 N
C) Havana – 23 N
D) San Francisco – 37 N
E) Seattle – 47 N
F) Tampa – 27 N
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Dongtan Photos
FYI: New photos of my street in Dongtan on the Dongtan page. Many new businesses are open.
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Tano of the day
hangul [hahn-ghoul]
Hangul is the name of the Korean alphabet, which unbeknownst to many Westerners is indeed an alphabet. Unlike Chinese which has thousands of distinct characters, hangul has 24 basic characters. Some of these combine to create additional characters for a total of 40 in the script. Hangul was created by King Sejong in [...]
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