KLB - Site Access Problems
It seems some people in Korea can in fact see Korea Life Blog. Some still can't. Some can see China Life Blog and not Korea Life Blog. Some can see both and some can't see either. Some people have passed out from the confusion. At least you have the proxy sites to try, listed in the previous post, but you have to deal with the advertisements and/or popup ads.
I guess I should make a post from time to time on this site since it seems people are checking here quite often. I check the referral log and KLB still gets over 1500 hits a day, though I'm not sure why. The only thing I can think is that people have the site bookamarked and they just come here then click on the China Life Blog link. Other than that, there's always a lot of people interested in teaching in Korea, so the archives eith all the photos and commentary may be interesting to those people. I'll keep everything online, of course, since Blogger is free anyway, and if I want to talk specifically about Korea, I'll do so here.
How is Korea these days, anyway? I find myself missing a few things, specifically the food. The other biggie is the public transportation system, especially the subway and T-Money cards.
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KLB - Beijing (20)
Introducing China Life Blog. The life of an average American in Beijing China:
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KLB - Beijing (19)
To go along with my new life, I am going to start a new blog finally. Stay tuned for more details.
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KLB - Beijing (18)
Here are some more of the pics I was too lazy to post last night as well as a sneak peak shot of the e-book I'm working on slowly but surely. It will feature lots and lots of photos and the usual inegenious commentary.
Now it's off to the visa center and over to Roline's place and then to her health club for some exercise and swimming again. Looks like I will be free until the beginning of September. Jake is working on getting me in at his Korean international school which has a nice schedule (9-2) and pays in US dollars. There's also a Korean hagwon down the street someone at my health club referred me to, as he is friends with the owner. I went there last week and they were surprised with all the experience I have and that I could speak Korean - they really got a kick out of that. They want me to work there from next week, but I told them I have to wait a bit to see what happens with this other job. Anyway, seems it won't be a problem getting a decent job/pay in this area. If all else fails, Jake says it will be easy to get a lot of private students. There are literally thousands and thousands of Koreans around here.
Oh, some people have been expressing that it may be too soon for me to jump into another relationship or at least too soon to talk about it online after Julie. Well, I don't see what the point is moping around or hiding. Our break up was a long time coming and on a mutual basis. I, at least, harbor no ill feelings at all and wish her true happiness. I am all but sure she doesn't read this blog anymore and last I knew she moved on with her life and met someone else, too. We just weren't meant for each other and that's that.
There's no need to worry about me either. I not only have a new girlfriend, but I also have many other things going for me, including many new friends. I pay rent now and so this is half my place. I'm studying Chinese, playing guitar a lot, writing and exercising and I also have those job prospects. I'm taking it easy for awhile in the meantime. Why not? Everyone should. Life is good and I welcome change. That's how I ended up in Korea in the first place. I don't have any regrets and I think I have a good spirit and outlook on things. I am happy with myself and with my life.
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KLB - Beijing (17)
Roline left today. We spent the past 5 days together, so I guess we needed a little break, though I've been invited to her place tomorrow. Then it's back to the visa center, which is near her place by chance. Pay more money, get more visa. China is very simple. One month, three months, six, whatever.
Tonight I learned how to type Chinese. I supposed I never really thought about it much, but I always assumed it must be very complicated to type. I imagined some strange keyboard with lots of different shapes you have to punch together to make characters. Man, was I wrong. All you need to do is type the "pinyin" for a word, which is the romanization (English alphabet) of Chinese. Type, for example "hao" meaning "good," hit the space bar and there's the most relevant character. Hit enter and there you have it: 好 (this probably won't display right when published on Blogger but trust me, it's the right character.)
Nothing else going on. On a side note, John, my friend from Boston, finished his job and is leaving Korea tomorrow for good. He's going to Japan for a week to look around, then back to America for a month then back to Japan for a year, so he plans.
Thank you Roline for getting Chinese to work on my Korean laptop and teaching me how to use it.
Here I am sneaking a photo of her as she prepared for the previous shot. She's relecutant for me to take her picture now because "your camera makes people look ugly!" And all this time I thought I was just ugly - and here it was the camera's fault the whole time! Phew! Really, though, Canon seems to be better for outdoor, scenic shots. She just got a new Casio model recently which she likes (in her hand in the previous shot) and her phone takes pretty decent 2 MP pictures too. I'll see if she will send me some shots later...
Guess I'll need to change the name of my blog to go along with my new life sometime soon...
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