july 16th 1969
apollo 11 takes off from cape kennedy on the ultimately successful mission 2 put a man on the surface of the moon.
july 16th 2009
my last blog entry.
no I haven’t forgotten about my blog; neglected it yes, forgotten about it no. while the rest of the world has been preoccupied - still - with economic crises & swine flu i’ve been preoccupied with other way more important stuff: preoccupied with, in chronological order, work (another camp has come &, thankfully, gone), not being here (i escaped home for the guts of 3 weeks), turning a year older (& wiser), preparing for my latest ‘last’ stint in seoul, reading (i'm makin’ my way nicely through anything conn iggulden may have written & published) & settling back into life ‘livin’ with seoul,’ which included having 2 wait over a week 2 access my apartment thanks 2 the need for the landlord 2 kango the bathroom floor 2 pieces 2 access a troublesome water pipe (@ least I got a new tiled floor out of it).
but that was then & this, as time would have it, is now. i’m almost 2 weeks back & right about now i’m in the ck office preoccupied with wondering what 2 do, just like i seem 2 be every time i don’t have a camp on the horizon 2 preoccupy myself organising. there is stuff 2 do. there always is. it’s just that the absence of urgency that wafts around the office tends 2 account for ‘stuff’ getting put on the long finger. that & the quietness. yep, the office is awfully quiet these days… 2 quiet for my liking. & the few unfamiliar faces occupying seats that used 2 be occupied - when I was last in the office some 2 months ago - by familiar faces have done nothing 2 raise the excitement levels… not yet @ least. but that’ll change. it always does. i’ll just have 2 preoccupy myself until then.
‘livin’ with seoul’ blog album
you can catch up with the latest goings-on, minus the 3 weeks i spent @ home, by checkin' out the pics uploaded 2 the blog album since the last entry, way back when (click the picture above 2 do just that).
an employee @ the korea exchange bank in seoul displays stacks of $100 bank notes
from the bbc's 'day in pictures,' september 2nd 2009
'living with seoul' recruitment assistance
considering the present dire employment situation this website might come in handy. while it offers some good, practical advice regarding the do's & don'ts of interviews it really is just a piss take. check out the videos even if you don't read the text.
what i'm listening 2 right now
david gray, gutters full of rain
