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Spending almost all my time in Korea, I forgot about things like national holidays. This point was made clear to me this week. I was in the USA when my Korean colleague CH had a sudden business trip to a nearby city. Well, we couldn't let this opportunity pass, so I extended my stay a few days. We arranged for CH to visit our office and meet all the staff. After all the arrangements were made,...

Twice in one week! Last night Young Stumbler #2 graduated from High School! We are all so proud of him. Now 50% of The Stumbling Children have graduated - 50% more to go. The graduation ceremony took place in a large arena, which appears to be frequenly used for Hockey games!There were a lot of people there. In fact, even though the class size (about 450) was similar to YS#1 graduation ceremony,...

This week was full of celebrations. Last night we celebrated YS#4 Birthday! She is now 8 years old! Congratulations!Check out this strawberry cake!!! It tastes as good as it looks:Fuzzy, and I mean fuzzy, slippe...

Yesterday Young Stumbler #1 graduated from college. The Stumbler, indeed the whole family, are so so proud of her. Here are some photos and narration...We arrived at the gradutation creremony about 1 hour early, but as you can see the seats were already filling up! We chose some seats at the very back of the auditorium, right behind the orchestra! I worried it would be too loud, but actually it...

I thought I was out of food for a few days, when I realized I could make fried rice! I used rice, peppers, onions, cheese and eggs. The past few times I tried to make fried rice, it looked good but tasted bad. This time, it both looked good AND tasted good! Here is the obligatory food photo:I should have used green peppers (didn't have any) and the color would have balanced out better. Also,...

Back in 2004, John and I always talked about going to a Korean baseball game. I can't say why, but we never got around to it. Well, when Trevor announced the "Baseball, Beer and Burgers" special event, I had to sign up. The team is the "Woori Heroes" (translates as "Our Heroes"). This is an old team, but was recently sold, given a new name and now considers the nearby Mokdong Stadium as their...

I am going to officially declare my back ache over. And I have no idea what made it better. It might be the medicine, but if so, it is completely unexpected. During the 7 days or so that I took the pills, I felt absolutely no relief from the back pain. I can't say it was the physical therapy, since I only went that first day. I won't say I am 100% better, but then again I've probably not had...

After moving in February, I sorely missed the built-in radio that was in the bathroom of my last apartment. I was not able to find one here in Korea. Well, that's not 100% true - one of my friends helped me search on some Korean shopping sites, and he found some that were clearly designed for children. Frog radios, fish radios, etc. So I got this one in the USA (yet it is a Japanese brand). Now...

I haven't had a food post in awhile. Here is something I made the other night that is reasonably healthy. First we have the main course... salmon steak (from Costco) pan grilled in olive oil and crushed garlic. Broccoli with cheese - easy too cook in the microwave oven. And mashed potatoes, just boil and mash....

Ordered a "pitcher" of beer at a new shop that opened in our office building. I guess I wasn't studying the menu closely... usually when you order a pitcher at these places, you have a choice of 2000cc or 3000cc (one place actually has 1700cc, wherever they got that number from). I ordered 2000cc, and after a few minutes they deliver this monstrosity to the table (sorry about the focus - I can't...