"It's something unpredictable,
but in the end it's right.
I hope you had the time of your life."
-Green Day, Time of Your Life
Keep smiling down on us, Kellen.
Namaste
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In the end, all you take with you is your story.
-Australia-
Hello my name is...
If you wanna send me some love...
Neulpureun Elementary School
(c/o Jacqueline Scuderi)
Jeongja-dong, Bundang-gu, Seongnam City, Gyeonggi-do,
South Korea 463-834
Be the change you wish to see in the world.
-Ghandi-
An American
Living in South Korea
SoKo Info.
Official name: Republic of Korea
Capital city: Seoul
Location: East Asia
Population: 48.5 million
Official language: Korean
Language obsession: English (hence my purpose here)
Government: republic
President: Lee Myung-bak
Economy: export-driven
Area: 38, 622 square miles (roughly the size of Indiana)
Time difference: 14 hours ahead of Chicago
Useful Vocabulary
SoKo: South Korea
Gyeonggi: the province I live in
Seongnam: the city I live in
Bundang: the area of Seongnam I live in
Migeum: the nearest subway station to my apartment
Hongdae: University neighborhood in Seoul famous for it's nightlife
Itaewon: foreigner-heavy neighborhood in Seoul
Gangnam: upscale neighborhood south of the Han River with great shopping, bars, and restaurants
GEPIK: the public school corporation I work for
hangul: Korean writing
hanbok: traditional Korean clothing
soju: alcohol made out of rice or potato
makgeolli: rice wine
galbi: Koean BBQ
noraebang: karaoke room
jjimjilbang: spa or public bath
sonsaengnim: teacher
annyonghaseyo: hello
annyonghikasayo: good-bye (to someone leaving)
annyonghikaesayo: good-bye (to someone staying)
kamsahamnida: thank you
chingu: friend
ajuma: pushy old Korean woman
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
-Mark Twain-
Uniquely Me
I am
a confusion of cultures.
Uniquely me.
I think this is good
because I can understand
the traveler, sojourner, foreigner,
the homesickness
that comes.
I think this is also bad
because I cannot be understood
by the person who has sown and grown
in one place.
They know not
the real meaning
of homesickness
that hits me
now and then.
Sometimes I despair
of understanding them.
I am
an island
and a United Nations.
Who can recognize either in me but God?
-Alex Graham James-
*Namaste: the light within me honors the light within you... or...
I respect the divinity within you that is also within me.
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