It’s a quiet time of the year for work. After a leisurely morning at home, I went to Korean class, where as always the cheery perky teacher imparted her wisdom. I had a good read of the International Herald Tribune in the afternoon at a coffee shop downtown. I also enjoy the JoongAng English supplement inside. But after nearly a decade and a half in Korea, reading the Korean English rags, and it doesn’t matter if it the Times, Herald or the JoongAng, I am reminded what Thoreau wrote about the news papers and the news. That most of it is gossip, and if you are acquainted with a subject or country, you can write the news from there well before hand. As for Korea, the headlines, labor unrest, Korea seeking to become hub this and that, Korea host XYZ international conference, SNU looks to become more international, corruption scandal, a story about prostitution, Japan must atone etc, etc, etc, will suffice. Just change the names and dates and there you go.
This being my first year to live in Seoul, I’m looking forward to taking a walk around the downtown area to view the lights placed up for Christmas. The weather has turned numbingly cold as of late, but next week the forecast calls for a bit of warmer weather. That will be a good time, to go to have a look, along with all the Japanese tourists doing the same and the locals too, out on dates.
This being my first year to live in Seoul, I’m looking forward to taking a walk around the downtown area to view the lights placed up for Christmas. The weather has turned numbingly cold as of late, but next week the forecast calls for a bit of warmer weather. That will be a good time, to go to have a look, along with all the Japanese tourists doing the same and the locals too, out on dates.
