tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34004838853514783142012-01-29T22:42:05.626+09:00A look at Asia from the inside out including Mainland China and South Korea. Living and working in Asia is an exciting and enlightening experience. Trying to understand Asia and Asians from the outside looking in is nearly impossible.狼布朗http://www.blogger.com/profile/14157445453807256641noreply@blogger.comBlogger651100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400483885351478314.post-89785768894437003002012-01-23T09:44:00.001+09:002012-01-23T09:44:49.982+09:00

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Unstoppable High Kick거침없이 하이킥High Kick was a very popular sitcom style program which aired between winter 2006 to spring 2007. It's popularity caused it to be produce well beyond its planned run. It has spawned to more series since with the same title.Episodes 02-19Episodes 20-39Episodes 40-59Episodes 60-79Episodes 80-99Episodes 100-119Episodes 120-139Episodes 140-167거침없이 하이킥 020회 part1 by

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Unstoppable High Kick거침없이 하이킥High Kick was a very popular sitcom style program which aired between winter 2006 to spring 2007. It's popularity caused it to be produce well beyond its planned run. It has spawned to more series since with the same title.Episodes 02-19Episodes 20-39Episodes 40-59Episodes 60-79Episodes 80-99Episodes 100-119Episodes 120-139Episodes 140-167거침없이 하이킥 060회 part1.avi

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Unstoppable High Kick거침없이 하이킥High Kick was a very popular sitcom style program which aired between winter 2006 to spring 2007. It's popularity caused it to be produce well beyond its planned run. It has spawned to more series since with the same title.Episodes 02-19Episodes 20-39Episodes 40-59Episodes 60-79Episodes 80-99Episodes 100-119Episodes 120-139Episodes 140-167거침없이 하이킥 040회 part1 by

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Unstoppable High Kick거침없이 하이킥High Kick was a very popular sitcom style program which aired between winter 2006 to spring 2007. It's popularity caused it to be produce well beyond its planned run. It has spawned to more series since with the same title.Episodes 02-19Episodes 20-39Episodes 40-59Episodes 60-79Episodes 80-99Episodes 100-119Episodes 120-139Episodes 140-167거침없이 하이킥 80-99 Super High

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Unstoppable High Kick거침없이 하이킥High Kick was a very popular sitcom style program which aired between winter 2006 to spring 2007. It's popularity caused it to be produce well beyond its planned run. It has spawned to more series since with the same title.Episodes 02-19Episodes 20-39Episodes 40-59Episodes 60-79Episodes 80-99Episodes 100-119Episodes 120-139Episodes 140-167거침없이 하이킥 100회 part1 by

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Unstoppable High Kick거침없이 하이킥High Kick was a very popular sitcom style program which aired between winter 2006 to spring 2007. It's popularity caused it to be produce well beyond its planned run. It has spawned to more series since with the same title.Episodes 02-19Episodes 20-39Episodes 40-59Episodes 60-79Episodes 80-99Episodes 100-119Episodes 120-139Episodes 140-167거침없이 하이킥 120회 part1 by

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Unstoppable High Kick거침없이 하이킥High Kick was a very popular sitcom style program which aired between winter 2006 to spring 2007. It's popularity caused it to be produce well beyond its planned run. It has spawned to more series since with the same title.Episodes 02-19Episodes 20-39Episodes 40-59Episodes 60-79Episodes 80-99Episodes 100-119Episodes 120-139Episodes 140-167거침없이 하이킥 140회 part1 by

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Unstoppable High Kick거침없이 하이킥High Kick was a very popular sitcom style program which aired between winter 2006 to spring 2007. It's popularity caused it to be produce well beyond its planned run. It has spawned to more series since with the same title.Episodes 02-19Episodes 20-39Episodes 40-59Episodes 60-79Episodes 80-99Episodes 100-119Episodes 120-139Episodes 140-167거침없이 하이킥 002회 part 1-2거침없이

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Gibbs Rules "Number 1 supersedes all of the others." 1. Never let suspects stay together. (Yankee White) 2. Always wear gloves at a crime scene. (Yankee White) 3. A. Never be unreachable. (Deception, 3.13) 3. B. Don't believe what you're told, always double check. (Yankee White) 4. If you have a secret, the best thing is to keep it to yourself. The second-best is to tell one

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Apple,ipod,adobe,google,technology,tablet computer,anti-trust Court Jester in My Own Castle Assuredly, what a person is buying when they buy and iphone or whatever product, is at least in part, the product...the nuts and bolts of it all.  Apple cannot block software developers from writing software to use on Macs.  Nor do they want to.  Mac use worldwide is around 6 percent.  It

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Upcoming Movie Releases for South KoreaMarch Solomon Kane ('09) -- 25 Mar 2010 Green Zone (Universal) -- 25 Mar 2010 The Other End of the Line (Calling in Love '08) [Indian] -- 25 Mar 2010 Les Yes Men Refont le Monde (Les Yes Men refont le monde) [French] -- 25 Mar 2010 A Serious Man -- 25 Mar 2010 April Clash of the Titans (Warner Bros.) -- 1 Apr 2010 As God Commands (Come Dio

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Leading up to the Rolling Stone performance show on American Idol, the final 16 were paired down to twelve. I have to say that I was not too surprised. Two of the three girls I had at the bottom went home and two of the three guys at the bottom also went home. I don't know if they way they hold a couple of individuals at the end means that they were the bottom vote getters or what. If that is

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There were a couple of pitch problems but I don't think that matters right now. I think that people like you. I know that a lot of people are talking to me about...they have crushes on you. So, you're adorable and I thought it was great.--Judge Ellen Degeneres on American IdolYou could almost hear the judges telling Adam Lambert to stop with the gimmickry and really sing, so that they could

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I've been watching American Idol this season and it is actually my first time. I blame the Winter Olympics which caused a shutdown of other TV programs for two weeks. I can't help but think that some things are not being said by the judges that need to be said.I want to use this post to take a look at the each of the judges.Randy Jackson sometimes gives some pretty good insights but his issue

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Living overseas some news goes unnoticed. I don't mind missing the occasional spike in gas prices or the latest White House squabble. I did not much being outside the loop a bit on the bought and paid for World Series of the New York Yankees., mostly because of the way the Pirates folded once again. Once thing I was sorry to miss was the long awaited reunion of Creed. Now, from all I heard

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Having family around a table, with a feast before you, is a very special. I always looked forward to Thanksgiving dinner with the families and to Christmas with the tree and decorations, and the presents.We are going to try to recreate a taste of the holidays this year in our tiny little apartment. We will see how well that all goes. The Army base in Yongsan provides a service. They will

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Made In ChinaWe are really starting to get cold here. We've bought a portable space heater. It works pretty well, but it is not fun dragging it from room to room.It cost about half the price of the comparable coil-air blown counterpart, and is rated as using about half the electricity. It is good for a single room of decent size, and is more than enough on half power for a smaller room.I want

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I've made the jump from Danjin and headed over to Asan.  It is hard to move once you get settled in a certain place.  I still make it back to Dangjin and I will for the forseeable future, but I'm now in Asan for as long as that lasts.  The powers that be are rumbling about merging Cheonan and Asan into on metropolis...will it be Chasan or Aseonan? Asan/Cheonan is a better place to live

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If you were to survey Pittsburgh fans on the likelihood of the current Pirates team bettering the .500 mark for the first time in 16 years, many today would probably tell you that they have a decent chance. If you said at the end of last season that the same group would finish above .500 this year most would say no way. Sadly though, as much as fans would like to think, their favorite teams

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Weekend Flower FestivalsTina and I spent the weekend going around to enjoy various flower festivals.  On Saturday we went to Myeoncheon for the Azalia festival.  We sampled Azalia Pancakes made from pounded rice stuff similar to what you find in those Korean holiday rice cakes.We met up with Aaron and April and their two daughters and took in two small town festivals.  The photos here were all

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Spring is here and that means there are many more choices for things to do. Thang God! First on the list for this Florida boy was a trip to the nearest beach I could find (Waemok). Tina and I took BT to the beach for just the second time and let him run around a bit. It was still to cold to call it an official beach day. We probably need another month for that.BT really liked it but sadly he

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This weekend I wathced a bit of a minimarathon of 24. We had around 6 episodes that we had not watched, so we sat and watched them all back to back. Watchng them all, back-to-back I noticed that the writers of the show seem to hate women.Consider the female character's on show and their not very wise decisions. There is the girl, Marika that was dating the evil Dubaku. After being completely

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Winter is finally coming to an end.  Dangjin got snow what must have been 8 or 9 times this winter.  The last snow came a little over 10 days ago, during the month of March.  Having grown up in a warmer part of the world, I am not used to winter hanging on as long as it has. March 20th is a long time to wait until Spring.Special Note:It's been a long time since my last post.  The culprit is my

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韩国现在鲜花盛开一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。 多美的花！ 多漂亮的花儿！For the past month the countryside has been covered with flowers, everywhere you look. The city and count planners have really gone the extra mile in planting flowering bushes and trees on many roadsides, on ramps, and building fronts.This is just a sample of what was around to see.

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Thought I would post some of the pictures of some people I miss. Are you missing? If you've ever seen my desk, you might understand how hard it is to find anything in my comptuter. Tania, Tian Yun where are you pics? I don't have one???Xiao Guo and Liu Yaning. Two real ladies with a lot of class and a lot of beauty.Da Mao! What else needs to be said.Xiao Guo probably does not know how

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动词以辅音结尾的 읽다 - To read 阅读 Formal 尊敬语 Standard 日常 Intimate 亲密 现在时态 읽습니다 읽어요 읽어 过去时态 읽었습니다 읽었어요 읽었어 将来时态 읽을 겁니다 읽을게요 읽을게 먹다 - To eat 吃 Formal 尊敬语 Standard 日常 Intimate 亲密 现在时态 먹습니다 먹어요 먹어 过去时态

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I want to give you a brief introduction to some of the businesses around Dangjin.Dangjin is compactly laid out with a wide assortment of business, shops and localities that make it a perfectly acceptable little town to live in. On the left you can see a 김밥천국 restaurant. This chain restaurant specialize in Kimbab (김밥). I especially like 참치김밥 (pronounced chamchi kimbab), or tuna fish kimbab

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Serious About FootballAsian countries have long ago learned that to be competitive quickly, one way to do it is to import talent from outside of Asia.Football is no different, however China, South Korea and Japan have also learned that their players need experience playing regularly in the more competitive European leagues. Below is a list of players currently active in Europe.---------21

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With the end of the Chinese New Year, came the Lantern Festival this past week. For a few short hours Linfen shed its dusty persona, and came aglow with the dazzling colors of handcrafted lanterns, bringing a very festive feel to Gulou Square.It was not all the traditional red lanterns that hang so majestically almost floating from loosely strung wires.Numerous animals represented some long

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BAD BAD Hantour BAD BADI've learned that when traveling into China from South Korea is is extremely useful to use a travel agent to handle the visa party, but fair warning, I have had good luck and bad luck.I recently came back from China. Kansan travel (051-747-0031) game me great help in getting my visa. They got me a double entry, though foreigners are suppose to be able to get multi-entry.

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This is an incomplete list of some Chinese movies worth watching.A World Without Thieves (2004) Tian Xia Wu Zei 《天下无贼》This one is really unbelievable in some ways, and a little frustrating at times, but is well worth watching. It has a very un-American style ending.Crazy Stone (2006) Fengkuang de Shitou 《疯狂的石头》Similar in style to Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, this film is worth watching

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Happy 22 Daisy!I recently took a trip back to Linfen, was there for about a week. Most of the students had not come back from holiday, however on my last night there I got to see some students and we went to ' Sam's Brother's Restaurant?' next to the Second Idiot for dinner.As it turned out it coincidentally was Daisy's (Zhang Wei) birthday. They brought her a special bowl of soup with one long

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About a year and a half ago I developed heal spurs on my right heel. It was so bad that after about an hour walk I was in excruciating pain, same for just standing. Read all the web sites. With the help of my good friend, Arnold, went to see doctors (I was in China at the time).They were talking heel cups, surgery and such. I tried the heel cup, didn't work because of where the spur was. Being

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What does the Chinese New Yearmean to you?Please tell me!What year is this? Most people in the world might tell you that it is 2008, and then wonder why you are asking such a silly question.The traditional Chinese calendar did not use continuously numbered years, but experts consider the new year starting in 2008 to be the year 4705 (more on this later).So, Happy New Year!For Chinese people (

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SuperbowlThe last three years I watched the Superbowl on a Shang-hai tv station, complete with Chines announcers. I used to think that the announcers were primarily annoying. I really came to miss knowing exactly what was going on. This year I watched the game in Korea, with Korean announcers--no surprise there. Dispite language difficulties, certain things transcend all cultures, like love,

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An Update on MeSo, with winter more than half over I am looking forward to spring time and warmer temperatures. I will be really excited for the day I can take a nice trip to the beach and go for a swim. I am guessing that will be sometime in mid-March. I have a short break before I have a little work to do in mid-February. Personally I've been doing better lately. I think part of that has

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News HeadlinesChina loses $4.5 Billion because of snow storm. Hundreds of thousands trapped in Guangzhou. Tens of millions have their travel disrupted. Vast areas of central and southern China have experienced the most severe winter in half a century in the past few days, coming on the heels of one of the warmest winters on record last year.Weather ForecastHeavy rain will hit southern parts of

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I have never been the biggest fan of Reality TV but there are a couple that I really like. One is the Apprentice which is all about business. The other is on called the Amazing Race. I really like this one because it sends people traveling around the world. They get to see exciting things and meet many different people.This most recent season saw a Father and Daughter team (Ron and Christina)

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I think winter has the ability to provide some of the most beautiful views during the year. To see the fields covered in blanket of white, buildings and trees alike with a layer of white. Winter is really rather beautiful when viewed through a window. However, winter is really rather cold.A good amount of snow fell last week her in Korea, as I understand it did in Shanxi as well. The cold

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I remember back to when I was in Junior High School (Junior Middle School for those in China, Middle School for those in Korea). I was standing in line to get my lunch with my good friend Henry. Henry was a passive individual who was much more interested in mathematics than in anything physical. Standing in line was always an ordeal because it put your in a confine place with very little

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Autumn Equinox The Mid-Autumn Day Festival 中秋节 zhōngqiūjié, also known as the Moon Festival, is a popular East Asian celebration of abundance and togetherness, dating back over 3,000 years to China's Zhou Dynasty. In Malaysia 말레이시아 马来群岛 and Singapore 싱가포르 新加坡, it is also sometimes referred to as the Lantern Festival or "Moon cake Festival," which is just the same as "Mid-Autumn Festival" but

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Want to practice your pronunciation. Have a specific problem? Practice your American English pronunciation at the phonic level.http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/

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In China I had some good opportunities to hear some traditional Chinese music instruments, particular the Erhu 二胡 and the Pipa 琵琶. A good friend of mine from Shanxi Province played the Pipa which has a very elegant sound. Pipa This instrument resembles the Spanish guitar in some ways, with long fingernails being cultivated to pluck the strings. The Pipa has a history of

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Acrobats show their skill on a teeter-totter, throwing the other into the air where they do flips or other moves.Farmer Ribbon Dancers showed some acrobatic ability as well as synchronized dancing. A ribbon fastened to their hats trailed behind gracefully. People watched from around a small enclosed arena.Horses were a big part of early Korean lives. Some riders showed their acrobatic

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The lives of early Koreans, just like the lives of all early people's was tied to agriculture. Many of the practices of the Koreans resembles that in China and Mongolia, due largely to the connected early histories of the nations.A small grinding mill for a home, and and early "desk."Villages were surrounded by walls and homes were primarily lit by what ever sun entered the home.People's lives

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Remembering AncestorsGhosts are a big deal in China. You have several rituals or observances that are connected to ghosts. There is the hopping ghost, a ghost who hasn't quite made it to the afterlife.Thee are countless Chinese movies that deal with ghosts on some level.Chinese people will sometimes say of ghosts, "If you believe it, there will be, but if you don't, there will not."Coming up

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Living in Korea and needing to go on a "Visa Run."The process is relatively straight forward. You have to get yourself to Japan. An easy place to go to is Fukuoka, a smallish coastal city which is the closest location to Korea. You can get there one of two ways: ferry boat from Pusan (approx: 200,000 won round-trip) or by Air (approx. 400-450,00o including all the taxes, round-trip from

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Fukuoka, Japan. I nice little city.On a little visit to Japan. Everything seems almost brand new, almost artificial. It was really hot yesterday as well, so most of the people seemed to be out of sight. I got to go to a baseball game which was exciting and interesting. I searched the whole day yesterday to find an internet cafe. I finally found one today. I guess most people have comptuers at

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This is a pretty good version of a somewhat famous song in China, some of you may have heard it. :) You can follow this link to hear the song. There is a video out there somewhere too. I am working on getting the MP3 so you can download. If anyone knows where I can find it, please let me know. I tried to buy the CD but It was unavailable in the three places I went to.애쉬 한(한수연) (Ash Han), R&

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学会阅读韩国 II한국사람을 읽는 것을 배우십시오See Learning Korean 1The more you familiarize yourself with the various Korean letters, the easier reading the language will get. Rembember, just think of each letter as a simple conversion from one letter for one Korean symbol.Some important words to lear are those that have to do with money. The Koran from of money is the won, like Chinese rmb. Unhaeng sounds a lot

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图片网站Using Your Bandwidth WiselyComing from someone who loves to surf the internet, let me tell you, pictures are where it's at. Don't get me wrong, I do love words. But throwing up a bunch of text will send people running from your website. It's like reading the old Wall Street Journal. People who read that do so because they want money or are trying to maintain what they have. The Journal

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哪里表腿?테이블 다리가 있는 곳에?I've been out to a couple of restaurants recently. Last night I had Kalbi which is barbecue. The other night it was this kind of stewed chicken soup. I have to say, the food was great in both cases. The side dishes, and everything tasted great. The hard part about the whole think was something that I didn't really experience in China.What you can see in these pictures are

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Learning Korean is easier than learning Chinese, and maybe easier than English. I will give you some basic lessons that will have you reading Korean before you know it. This sign is on a road near where I am this summer. For this very short lesson I will teach you 9 “letters.” I won’t bother with the proper names for now. This is just to show you how easy this really is. The 9

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Dragons and monstersWhere do they come from? Why doesn't Sci-fi/fantasy play well in Asia. A lot of people seem to say that it is too far away from their lives. While I never felt like a Jedi Knight growing up, having seen enough war movies as a child, I was quickly able to adapt the other-worldly Star Wars galaxy.Maybe the new movie by Korean director Hyung-rae Shim is just the ticket to help

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韩国青少年相比,中国青少年My experience in Korea is much more limited than that In China, but it seems that Chinese students are much more diligent, and respectful. A recent experience comes to mind. My experience so far, when giving middle school students when given assignments, they outright refuse to do the assignments. Literally standing over them they will write something, but the work will be very

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Breakfast and Desert in China, Dinner in KoreaWhen thinking about the available street foods I've found that I favor a Chinese street food menu in the morning and a Korean street food menu in the afternoon or evening.Genneryally, Korea has the best street foods, at least as far as my palate is concerned. As much as I've tried, I never really took to much to Chinese street food, though each

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Saturday I was invited out to dinner and drinks at a place called Gecko's Terrace in Itaewon, a popular part of Incheon/Seoul. We caught the bus to the subway at Juan and then took the subway to a Soul Station. We could have taken another train, but in the interest of time, took a taxi the last leg of the way. Taxi's are a pet-peeve of mine. I will have to address this sometime.Anyway, I

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If you've ever bought an ice cream bar in China, then you know that it is something distinctly different from the same experience in North America, or elsewhere in the English ice cream eating world. Ice cream in China seems to be much more akin to Ice Milk. And asking for an ice cream (冰淇淋 bīngqílín) is even more different than you'd encounter in North America.Despite these very clear

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One of the first things a person understands immediately when moving to China is the uncomfortable world of a person who is illiterate.All the signs are in Chinese or in Pinyin-either way you cannot read them. Supermarkets are greatly appreciated because they have everything you need in one place. It is not a time saver in the traditional sense, but you sure can waste a lot of time trying to

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One of the most challenging things about living abroad is that there is so much cultural immersion that you find you need some good old fashioned Hollywood entertainment to maintain your sanity. there is nothing like a considering the moral implications of wiping out the Cylon race, or pondering what super power I want to have that can make weary travelers feel at home again.This is more true

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I'm off to the Land of the Morning Calm now. Incheon, Korea is really a nice place. It is not busy and provides easy access to Seoul. I came in through the port at Incheon from Tianjin. I opted for the boat ride rather than air travel, and I am not at all disappointed. The ship, while not new, was nice. It was great to be out on the water. The sunset happened to be spectacular. I wonder

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