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Relationship Status:
It's Complicated
Birthdate:
February 20, 1983
Sex:
Male
Hometown / Country
Republic of Hawaii
Where are you now?
south korea, up there by north korea
District (in Seoul):
uijeongbu
Job:
sangsangnim
English Level:
Native
About Me:
i'm in month four of the typical one year contract. i'm developing feelings for this place which could be messy and result in my staying on for another year or more. thus, i think i should learn korean. at least enough for me to tell my students they're wonderful but that they really shouldn't stick the middle finger. hajima just doesn't cut it some days. also, i'm building a garden in my apartment and i'm tremendously excited about the little plot my principal is giving me in the school garden.
other than that, i really need to get out more. maybe some live bands. any ideas?

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6 months

i've been in korea for nearly six months. some benchmarks i still have no idea what i'm doing in the classroom my students are progressing, but not as quickly as i'd hoped; i don't know what else to do my apartment is getting cleaner, except the mold under the wallpaper is getting darkgreener i've had a pet dog for a few weeks, but then i let it go becaause he really didn't like staying in my apartment i broke up with my girlfriend i've alienated a few friends, primarily because they drink way… Continue

Posted on March 11th, 2008 at 1:00pm — No Comments (Add)

no, you're not fluent

i've been on this site for about a day now. i've been looking around: reading, leaving, and reading messages. i've also been reading the "about me" sections on peoples' pages. especially that bit about the level of english proficency. most people say "fluent" or "native."

maybe in conversation they're fluent, but in writing, they're worse than my 6th graders. the prepositions are all derranged. the're leet speek, but no numbers. and ... eh. just such bad english. and the

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Posted on February 11th, 2008 at 3:00pm — 4 Comments (Add)

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At 11:19pm on February 18th, 2008, skitsch said…
oh yea,if you go there,tell me how was it.i haven't been rainbow party series yet.
At 10:50pm on February 18th, 2008, skitsch said…
heh.i don't know the meaning but i'm sure you guessed wrong

At 10:42pm on February 18th, 2008, skitsch said…
oh.there was English information!



yeahie!
At 10:52pm on February 17th, 2008, Hana Kim said…
Yeah, I like the middle west states because I love my friend!
At 4:18pm on February 17th, 2008, skitsch said…
hey.i'm sorry i reply late.my computer had problems so i coulnd't find the link that i collected before.
anyway.here's some big parties from now to March

http://link.okfoto.co.kr/L_storage7/400729/2008011818451010.jpg

http://www.02pro.com/volume/johnacquaviva/clubvolume_0229.jpg

http://soulnation.new21.net/zboard/data/party/0301_falcom_web.jpg

http://www.clubanswer.co.kr/localevent/timomaas/images/timomaas_web_600_01.jpg
-i won't miss this one!

(in order to dates,those images have #s,english infos,too
and mostly,electronic stuffs.)
and there's some more things going on.things like lady's night,rainbow things(dragqueen show) but there are just korean lines,so i didn't linked.if you're interested in.i'll tell you more.

oh.wait.what's your job?seonsengnim or sajangnim?
sangsangnim means Mr.imagination.that's a cool job though.
At 10:17am on February 16th, 2008, candy! is awesome said…
its not that bad out here. well ive only been here for a little more than a month so i cant make too good of a judgement on it....
At 4:08pm on February 15th, 2008, Phillip said…
I see..Yea.. that's a few more benefits than I get.. haha..
At 7:02pm on February 13th, 2008, Hana Kim said…
One of my best American friends is from Mounement, Kansas and I visited his house last Jan. I like it even though it was not freaking cold.
At 6:07pm on February 13th, 2008, Phillip said…
Oh, wow.. Wait you work for a public school? How's that working out? What do they give you for benefits and stuff? I actually just had a friend of mine offer to work in a public school. She said it was better for somethings.. So what made you become a teacher here?
At 1:25pm on February 13th, 2008, Phillip said…
haha. That is outrageously funny.. I saw a few of those back home in Atlanta.. It was a strange but intently curious site.. haha
 
 

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