Korea Life Blog - Fatcat Stops By


Fatcat, a cat who used to be fat but has since lost weight after the winter and needs a new name, was hanging around the other night near the front of the building. For fun, I picked him up and brought him inside.



After hiding under the bed and meowing for awhile, he finally comes out to have a look. Or maybe he was just more scared under bed. I haven't cleaned under it since I moved in 11 months ago. Who knows what's living there!



I was out of tuna, so I made up a bowl of hard dog food, some scambled eggs and french fries - what else could a cat want?



He didn't seem all that impressed at first , but later, after relaxing, hanging out on my lap, and getting brushed for half an hour, he ate quite a bit.



Out in the kitchen, he wants more attention but I've grown tired. As you can see, I'm wearing stylish boxers and ready for bed.



After checking out the Coca-Cola bottles, he notices a familiar sound from above.



Great. Attempting to check it out, he climbs all over my stove and frying pan. Damn, now I have to clean...well, maybe.



He can't comprehend the screen and keeps butting his head against it. It's a nice warm night and he's ready to go back out and chase some young fertile felines.



OK, Fatcat. Time to go. I opened the screen and he jumped out (and 7 mogies flew in). It was pretty funny though. Once outside he seemed confused, staring up at me and meowing. I went back outside to leave the bowl of food and he started rolling around. He's a good cat. I'm so worried to find him dead on the road someday.


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Korea Life Blog - New Poll


There's a new and exciting poll to take. Here are the results of the previous exciting poll.

How old are my readers?

15-20 31 (15%)
21-25 67 (32%)
26-30 56 (27%)
31-35 24 (11%)
36-40 9 (4%)
41-45 9 (4%)
46-50 3 (1%)
over 50 6 (2%)

205 Total votes


Not a lot to say, the results speak for themselves. I'm surprised I have that many teenage readers. Since I just turned 30 over the weekend, hurray, I feel a little out of touch with the newest generation. Keep it real, y'all. It's all good. If you don't like it, talk to the hand.

As for the older readers in their 40s and 50s, too groovy of you to come by, man. Hope you hip daddies come back soon.


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Korea Life Blog - Peter's Story

Check the Windy Times section for tonight's update about Peter's unique friends.


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Korea Life Blog - More Updates!

Update: I updated the Windy Times section with a pretty interesting story from tonight's class.

Added section 19 to part 6 of the Geoje-do story as well. Wow, what a night! I have no life!


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Korea Life Blog - Fukuoka Again

I decided to update the Fukuoka section. I cut and pasted from the previous post and posted the disappointing photos I took and added commentary. Have a look here if you're interested. I suggest checking it out only if you're very bored or somehow enjoy reading about uneventful experiences in Fukuoka.




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Korea Life Blog - Weekend Update

1. It was time to renew my visa, so I went to Fukuoka over the weekend. It was pretty much the exact same trip I took before except I met a friend there who used to teach here. He now teaches in Fukuoka. While he loves it there, he plans to return to Korea because Japan is just too expensive. We had a good time except he had no money and I ended up paying for dinner and beers. I didn't mind though as it was nice having someone to hang around with. He took me all over and I learned a lot about the teaching scene there. We also went to a really cool guitar shop where I spent 2 hours contemplating whether or not to buy this really nice Japanese Fender Strat. Unlike the Mexican and Chinese licensed Fenders, this one played and felt just like an American one and it was half the price. Still I wasn't sure I should shell out $550 on a guitar in Japan on a whim. Would hate to get it back here and find some problem with it. So basically I just played it for a few hours and frustrated the shop employees and my friend. Fortunately, unlike in Korea where the shopkeepers never stop bothering you for a second, in Japan, like in America, they leave you alone.


Because the rest of the trip was basically the same as before, I didn't bother to take many pictures and there's really not a lot to say. It was nice to get away from Korea, even though it was just for the weekend. I really like Fukuoka. It's clean and peaceful, cheaper and not as crowded as other Japanese cities. It was voted best city to live in Asia in 2000. If I were ever to teach in Japan, I'd likely start there.


2. Someone named June from Washington donated an amazing $50.00 to my blog today. A wonderful and unexpected surprise. After throwing away money on a visa run to Japan, it was nice to see. However, I'm keeping donated money aside for something related to this blog and my writing.


3. I was surprised to find two other people gave me invitation links to start a Gmail account, including one guy from the Blogger team. This surprise came right after I read a second rejection letter from Gmail about why they couldn't give me another account. I wrote them back and informed them how strangers and Blogger had helped me when the actual Gmail support team couldn't. "Way to go the extra mile guys," I said. As if they couldn't have simply given me a new set-up link. Instead they gave a typical BS answer. Oh well - so thanks to those other people, after having no account I suddenly had three. I gave one to my family so I can send them more photos. The other one is for sale: $100. Just kidding, I gave it away already, sorry.

4. I ate an entire large pizza last night. Then, so tired from my trip (about 4-5 hours sleep each night) I fell asleep at 8:30 and woke up today at 10:30AM.

5. For the few still reading, I wrote the next section of the Geoje-do story but won't post it until later when I proofread it. I can't wait to get the whole Geoje story done so I can edit it all and rewrite it. Some of the older parts I look back on now and realized I could have done them much better. But I guess that always happens in a first draft. I'm still surprised I've written as much as I have about a little over a week of my life. I have a lot of memories and that's why I'm so glad I took the chance and went overseas. Had I not come, that week of my life would be long forgotten.

Now I have to get ready for my long day at work: 3 classes and then Windy.


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