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School of ROK: Ahnyoungheegaeseyo: Or, the Last Hanbok in Incheon

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Friday, August 14, 2009. Ahnyoungheegaeseyo: Or, the Last Hanbok in Incheon. Well, folks, it seems we've come to the end: the 333rd and final installment of School of ROK. Two years, five foster dogs, and 18 Airport Limousine rides later, we're headed to Edinburgh, Scotland. You can follow our continuing exploits at The Educated Burgher. We'll continue to reply to questions posted in the comments threads, so feel free to ask anything you like about our archived posts. Before we go, though, a final tale.

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School of ROK: The Glory of the Noraebang

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Sunday, April 27, 2008. The Glory of the Noraebang. Still sitting on some Japan pics, but with parent-teacher conferences and the aftermath of the trip (read: 8 hours of sleep per night for a week), it's been tough to find time. Of course, our utter musical hedonism this weekend didn't really help. This marked our first noraebang. In related news, Nana has scored a cult hit among the coworkers with her rendition of Europe. S " The Final Countdown. Rated as VH1's " Most Awesomely Bad Metal Song Ever.

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School of ROK: Shanghai: Zhujiajiao Water Village

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Saturday, July 11, 2009. Shanghai: Zhujiajiao Water Village. Shanghai isn't all urban glitz: many of the outlying towns are still very traditional. The old center of Zhujiajiao. For instance, has been painstakingly preserved as an example of a Chinese "water village," or canal town. The town was built on a river delta about 1,700 years ago, then rebuilt several times over the centuries. The natural waterways of the delta have all been channeled to serve as the town's main "roads," a la Venice. Itaewon Gl...

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School of ROK: Shipping shenanigans

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Tuesday, July 7, 2009. Last year we had some stupid problems with our shipment coming to Korea, when the company left it in the warehouse for four weeks instead of shipping it to us and then tried to bill us for the weeks of storage. So we determined that this time, we'd try to be as thorough as possible, and have a shenanigan-free shipping experience. Choice 1) pay ludicrous fee and get on with life. Choice 2) travel with 900 pounds of luggage, paying ludicrous airline fees. Choice 5) set fire to all it...

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School of ROK: Movin' on out

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Monday, July 6, 2009. Apologies for the sparse blogging. We're in the midst of move-out and things are alternately so hectic we can't blog and so dead we can't bring ourselves to do anything but recover. It's run, run, run, and then play video games for four hours straight to anesthetize our brains. So that this post won't be a total waste of space - I was ruminating on this end-of-year stress in the context of a topic called allostatic load. Another study found that both male and female teachers sufferi...

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School of ROK: Tteok Tteok Goose

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Friday, May 29, 2009. Y, Justin and I attended the 7th Seoul International Rice Cake Festival. A few weekends back. Here are some shots from the exhibition (as opposed to the other post, about people in weird costumes outside the exhibition). Traditionally, rice cake is made by whacking the dough with a hammer, Mario-style. From the rice cake competition:. Namdaemun Gate, rice-cake style:. A rice-cake pond of turtles:. Coworker Meghan and I try our hands at some rice cake-ing:. Here's the thing: the more...

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School of ROK: Animal Rescue Korea Article

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Thursday, August 13, 2009. Animal Rescue Korea Article. Part of what we imagine may someday be a series of wind-down posts. we've departed Korea permanently but still have some old photos and friends and such to keep in touch with). Basically, we can't say enough good things about ARK. Which is why we're turning it over to the JoongAng Daily English Edition and their article about ARK, " Finding Homes for Fido and Co. And kitties, and bunnies, and hamsters, and all the other things ARK does. Yay! Animal ...

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The Senseitions: Welcome to The Senseitions

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Sunday, August 15, 2010. Welcome to The Senseitions. I'm assuming most of you found your way here from one of our old blogs, School of ROK. From our time in Korea) or The Educated Burgher. From our time in Scotland). For you folks, we probably need no introduction. For anyone else, here's what you need to know. My wife and I have been living overseas since 2007, when we started teaching at Asia Pacific International School. In Seoul. (In fact, we still show up on some of those slide shows! The television...

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School of ROK: Pupdate: One out, One in

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Sunday, April 19, 2009. Pupdate: One out, One in. The Carousel of Dogress. Continues as Gordie was adopted Friday evening by a nice Army soldier named Steven stationed here in the ROK. Email updates indicated that Gordie is doing very well in his new home. I miss him a lot because he's the first dog we've ever had who liked me best. Still, my ego will recover. On with the new! Jagi" is Korean for "sweetie" or "honey," and while he is, we think of him as "Jaggy," short for " Jagger. Also linked to on our ...