Archive for September, 2006

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Who says Koreans don’t like the kitty cats?

September 5, 2006

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I can’t say I’ve ever seen a sight like this before. Most Koreans I know, especially of the older generation, don’t look too fondly upon felines. However, when I mentioned to these young ladies, “My, you seem to like the kittens. I heard a lot of Koreans don’t like cats,” their response was simply expressions of pure bewilderment, as in, “uh, duh, does it LOOK like we don’t like cats?”

Point taken. Things are changing here, bit by bit.

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Who says Koreans don’t like the kitty cats?

September 5, 2006

kittycats_koreangirls.jpg

I can’t say I’ve ever seen a sight like this before. Most Koreans I know, especially of the older generation, don’t look too fondly upon felines. However, when I mentioned to these young ladies, “My, you seem to like the kittens. I heard a lot of Koreans don’t like cats,” their response was simply expressions of pure bewilderment, as in, “uh, duh, does it LOOK like we don’t like cats?”

Point taken. Things are changing here, bit by bit.

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Food, lodging, TLC

September 1, 2006

What’s up everybody? I’m feeling much better today and will hopefully be up to 100% soon. I had another run this morning, along a nice “rail to trails” project in downtown Gwangju, fulfilling my 172nd week in a row of running at least 10 miles or more. These travel weeks are always the hardest, but i managed.

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