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On restless Americans, living in a foreign country and settling down
TweetIf I had read this New York Times article before I had thought of teaching English in a foreign country (circa late 2007), I would have found the premise implausible at best. Americans voluntarily...
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I Live in Yeongtong-dong
TweetI live in Yeongtong-dong in a normal suburban existence. There is nothing that stands out from where I live and how I live from all the other millions of other semi-bored suburbanites who populate...
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Driving Through the Cameron Highlands
TweetThe road was dusty and the road was hot. Inside the air-conditioned car much of this didn’t matter as much. From Ipoh, the highway curved steadily between limestone bastions that seemed to have...
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Essay on Korea’s National Image – “What is Modern Korea?”
Essay on Korea’s National Image – “What is Modern Korea?” TweetIn October I entered an essay competition organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Korea. The competition sought to find...
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An Origin of Korean Discontent
An Origin of Korean Discontent TweetA thought struck me as I was taking a shower before work this morning. With the renewal of tension along the North-South Korean border it’s a sharp reminder of the...
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Is it Safe in South Korea on worldirish.com
TweetI was asked to write an op-ed by worldirish.com, a news website from Ireland which connects stories and activities of Irish interest from around the world, about the ongoing crisis between South...
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Looking Up
Looking Up TweetYou come to Korea from where I’m from and you can’t stop looking up. Always up. At the sky without so many rain clouds, at the trees forever in a constant pattern of change, and at the...
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The Koreans of Europe
TweetNo two cultures are the same but every one is similar, right? You could certainly say that about much of Europe, where thousands of years of breeding, trading, warring, traveling, and sharing...
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In Defence of Stamps
TweetSometimes it’s the little things in life that make the difference. There was a time when I would check the post every morning in the hope that there would abe a letter for me. I would ask my...
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Guest Post: Davy’s Day Cometh
Tweet Everybody needs a hero, whatever walk of life they’re in. Sporting ones seem to hold an especial one in people’s lives. I’ve been very fortunate to have befriended many of my heroes over the...
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“Poetry & Art” – An Essay on Creative Production (2008)
TweetDuring 2008 I was slap bang in the middle of a masters in 20th and 21st Century Literature in the University of Southampton. At the time, one of the course options was a poetry writing module,...
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Forced Recap: Chiang Mai 2014
TweetInstead of being reminded by my regrets, I should be reminding myself by the way I wish to remember. It has been over two months since myself and the rest of my clan returned from our two month...
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