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Hang in There

montanaron — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 03:30:16 +0000

I’m still quite busy with work. Although the new semester’s class workload seems to have settled down, I was offered a project, which I’ve been working on the last several days. I’ve been proofreading a rather long paper written in English by a couple of Chinese students here at the university, a paper about [...] Related posts:

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Springtime!

montanaron — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 04:29:13 +0000

Well, we’re still a few weeks short of the official beginning of Spring, but the weather lately has been Spring-like. So, despite the possibility that I’m jinxing things, I’ve changed the header photos that appear at the top of the blog. I’ve put up the spring and summer photos that I took here in Yeosu [...] Related posts:

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Nose to the Grindstone

montanaron — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:52:05 +0000

Well, it’s back to work after the nice vacation. Unfortunately, I’m up to my eyeballs with classes and lesson planning for the next few weeks. After next week, my schedule becomes much more manageable, but until then I’ll probably post only on the weekend. I hope to get a few photos up of my trip [...] Related posts:

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Vacation Time

montanaron — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:01:45 +0000

It’s the end of the fall semester, so, as usual, I’ve been busy with final assessments, grading, paperwork, meetings and other duties. But soon, however, I’ll be vacationing in Laos (mainly) to visit with my friend Nai and his family. Korea’s weather is starting to turn wintry cold, so spending some time in a more [...] Related posts:

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Field Trip Postponement

montanaron — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 01:36:59 +0000

Once every semester, our special English class (Vision English) students and teachers go on a field trip to various attractions around Yeosu. (Here’s a previous post about the field trip.) We were supposed to take the trip today, but it was postponed until next Saturday because rain was in the forecast; we were told of [...] Related posts:

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Final Vacation Photos

montanaron — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 08:10:06 +0000

Here are a few more photos from my recent trip to Laos and Thailand. This is one of my favorite views of Bangkok, looking into the Silom area and taken from the statue of King Rama VI in Lumphini Park. I probably should have tried to take a panoramic shot to give a better sense [...] Related posts:

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Back to Work

montanaron — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 03:13:02 +0000

I arrived back in Yeosu yesterday afternoon, tired after a nice vacation, but ready to settle back into the daily routine of work, which begins again tomorrow. The flight back from Bangkok took off in a steady rain at 11:20 Friday night, and landed in a very dense fog at Incheon airport around 6:30 Saturday [...] Related posts:

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Semester Finals

montanaron — Mon, 30 May 2011 01:46:33 +0000

No, I haven’t forgotten about posting or been too lazy to do so, but we’re beginning the final part of the spring semester, which means assessments and lots of paperwork. I’ll try to get something posted soon, but I’m making no guarantees. I’ve got lots of photos just begging to be put here, so I [...] Related posts:

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Field Trip Time

montanaron — Fri, 20 May 2011 05:27:43 +0000

It’s that time of the semester again, when the Intensive English students and teachers go on a field trip to tour some of the attractions in Yeosu as part of the English course. We’ve had two of these events in the past, about which I’ve written here (in 2009) and here (in 2010). Both of [...] Related posts:

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Buddha’s Birthday and Other Holidays

montanaron — Tue, 10 May 2011 10:35:57 +0000

It’s kind of holiday “season” here in Yeosu. From May 5th through June 9th, there are four holidays, all of them on weekdays, so no work on those days. Unfortunately, we have to make up the classes that we miss because of those days off, a demand by the university that irks me to no [...] Related posts:

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