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    5 Things I like about living in Toronto

    I’ve been in Toronto just short of 3 months now and it’s time to post about the things I like about living here as compared to living in Korea – here’s the first 5.

    supermarket selection I love going to the supermarket as I can buy anything... read on
    Sep 26, 2011
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    Air Raid

    One of the things that i am not going to miss in Korea are the periodic air raid drills. Their generally supposed to happen on the 15th of the month at 2pm. When they go off everyone is supposed to stop driving, get off the sidewalks and enter... read on

    Jun 05, 2011
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    Not going to miss the yellow dust

    Yeah the yellow dust is back – wrote about this last year – I am really not going to miss this once I’ve moved back to Canada.

    Apr 30, 2011
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    A good meal for ony $7

    Lunch in Gwangju, 2009 – all this cost about $20 (3 main dishes) and two big guys couldn’t finish it all. Just started thinking about food since it’s lunch time here. Here in Korea I don’t even think twice about eating out. It’s so easy to get a... read on

    Mar 10, 2011
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    Bad Korean Driving

    One of the things I am not going to miss when I leave Korea is the driving. When I bought my HD camcorder last year I made a plan to make a video of the psycho nut cases behind the wheel here. However a little search on YouTube found several results... read on

    Aug 03, 2010
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    Excellent Service

    Last October I wrote about 5 things I will miss in Korea The first one on the list was service. I had a reminder yesterday about how great Korean service is. Last week, our cable company rearranged the channels we get and in the process we lost the... read on

    Aug 02, 2010
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    Ordering Chicken at the Park

    Yesterday my family and I went out to Seoul Forest for a picnic and day at the park. We met up with 4 other families and had a great time While there I realized, thanks to Dan, that there is something blog worthy in that event. At the major parks... read on

    May 29, 2010
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    Yellow Dust

    Yesterday the Chinese invaded Korea as they do every spring. Well not exactly the Chinese but all the sand from the northern China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan deserts gets airborne and flying east blanketing Korea and Japan in horrible yellow dust... read on

    Mar 21, 2010
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    Why am I Leaving Korea?

    A few days ago I left a comment on the Exurbanite Pedestrian’s (XUP) blog where I mentioned the low tax rate in Korea and how much I hate tipping, which I consider an evil custom. My comment is third from the top. Further down XUP asked me why I am... read on

    Mar 06, 2010
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    Looking forward to cheaper gas in Canada

    One of the things that I am looking forward to when I make it back to Canada is cheap gasoline. I know Canadians think that their gasoline prices are expensive, but when you look at prices around the world, prices are cheaper than average.

    I don’t... read on

    Dec 17, 2009
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