Easy Rider Korean Style
2008-03-13, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby

The sun shown on my face as I strapped on my helmet and mounted my ride. Ok it's a freaking scooter, but hey it's Korea. A guy here can wear pink camo and nobody looks twice. Anyway the weather was be...

Cambodia, It Won't Cost You an Arm and a Leg
2008-02-29, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby

For this trip, I decided to go somewhere a little more exciting than the normal trip to Japan or China. It has been a while since I have got out of Korea for more than one or two days, and let me tell...

Above the 38th parallel (climbing Sarok San)
2007-09-27, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby

Sarok San(san=mountain)....what a trip. Sarok San is actually above the 38th parallel, which divides North and South Korea. But this is on the east coast so the DMZ is actually still a couple hundred ...

Building Noahs Ark
2007-09-16, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby

The clouds have been camped out over Korea for the good part of the past two months hiding the sun and much of Mt. Apsan. I honestly dont know where all this rain water goes. But if it doesnt stop so...

Bits in pieces
2007-08-03, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby

Well sorry its been awhile and I am doing so poorly updatind everyone so I will try to catch everyone up. First thing is I got a scooter. Yes it is crazy and I feel like Im in a middle of a NASCAR ...

The Grind
2007-07-09, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby

Well moved into the new school today. I must say it is very impressive. To have a private English school with a computer lab with around 30 computers and a library is pretty awesome. Unlike my las...

Starting Again.
2007-05-17, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby

Well back in Korea. Almost feels like I haven't left, but at the same time it felt new again since I am at a different school. Been kind of busy so got to say sorry for not contacting anyone. I dec...

Daegu
2007-04-15, Daegu, Korea, South. By: lacalaw2

Instead of going to Seoul this weekend, I went to Daegu. Here are some photos. The folks from English club had an extra seat, and I took it. It was nice being able to see a new city in Korea. Woob...

Leaving
2007-01-23, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby

Hey can you believe it has been a year today? I am honestly bummed leaving but so happy it is time to get to see everyone again. I booked my flight to Europe last week. I am flying from Seoul to Mosco...

The End is Near
2007-01-09, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby

Well my year is almost up and man do I have a lot of stuff to do. I kinda put off things until the last and plus my work schedule is pretty hectic too. I am hoping to get everything in the mail this w...

Nothing New but Leaving Soon
2006-12-18, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby

Ahh the first snow fall. I was so tempted to catch a snowflake on my tongue but the circling pigeons made me think twice before openning my mouth toward the sky. It was a really short snow fall but en...

Andong Trip and Fishing in Gumi
2006-11-14, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby

Well it's been almost a month since I last wrote anything. This is mainly due to my attempt to save money so haven't went on any trips. Plus I have been pretty busy at work. I did get to do some trave...

Busan pt.2
2006-10-16, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby

Well I went to Busan for the weekend. It was kinda unplanned and I didnt know I was going till an hour before we left. The international film fest. was going on and we decided to check it out. Funny t...

Seoul Train....Seoul Food
2006-10-08, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby

Oh the comedy,ha ha ha. Anyway I just arrived back from my 4 day stay in the big town of Seoul. Went there with a friend and his friends and had a good time. I did some shopping and dined out at some ...

If you laugh it doesn't hurt
2006-10-04, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby

Well I woke up today with some strange urge to climb a mountain. HMM for a guy with no hiking shoes, map, rope, or hiking partner sounds remarkably idiotic. So without going into to much detail let me...

www.susansaliar.com
2006-09-15, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby

Well I got half my overtime pay but she is not calling it overtime pay. She says she is giving it to me because I have done such a good job. Well I can think of a few words I would call it, one which ...

More trouble
2006-09-11, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby

Well my boss of course is making it a big deal for me to get my overtime pay. She is calling other schools for answers, which I dont understand because my contract is with her. I can't get over how st...

Back to the Norm
2006-09-06, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby

Well summer session is over which means no more morning classes. My day now starts at 4 and ends at 9:40. Pretty nice I must admit. The trouble with the director hasn't changed except she ran another ...

On the Road Again
2006-07-27, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby

Off on another road trip. Well not really a "road" trip since i will be on a train and a speed boat. None the less, I am heading to Japan for five days and will ride their bullet train across the isla...

my dirty weekend
2006-07-19, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby

I got back last night from Mud Fest and am still tired. I think that was due to the lack of a bed in my "hotel" room and the 5 hour train ride which was standing room only. The lack of a bed in the ho...

Missiles,Cyclones and Mud
2006-07-10, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby

As always, Korea has been crazy lately. With North Korea wanting attention and Japan getting angry and making threats, it has kinda made things stressful. It is funny because the South Koreans don't e...

Korea loves soccer
2006-06-20, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby

Last week our school closed Tuesday because my director said the road would be closed because the soccer game was to be shown at the intersection near my school. This is why I had to work SUNDAY, ...

working sunday and got a bike
2006-06-11, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby

Well I had to work a Sunday..Can you believe that? All because the World Cup. What is happening is there are these HUGE T.V screens at the main intersection in my area of town which is one of the bigg...

on the move
2006-06-04, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby

Well at the end of july I will be going to Thailand! Yep...riding Elephants, having monkeys steal my sunglasses, get Malaria...ok the last thing wouldn't be fun but its gonna be a blast. I am going to...

job offers
2006-05-25, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby

I was just offered a teaching position at the university. The job requires work 5 days a week 7-9am then 6-9 at night. Also includes someone to do my laundry and clean my apartment and my own office i...

Out Did Myself
2006-05-16, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby

Well as I write this, I should be doing school work. Fun Huh? Anyway, today was Teachers Day. Its a national holiday and means I get candy and cookies from the students. I did get some good cookies so...

I Survived Seoul
2006-05-07, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby

Well I made it back in one piece and with some money left which is a miracle. I had a blast and was amazed at how many Americans were there. I actually would just stop and enjoy hearing english being ...

no seriously...really? nahh.......ok.
2006-05-05, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby

Someone elses stupidity is usually a good laugh for me or at least something that makes me feel a little smarter but sometimes makes me want to slap someone. We have had a couple of hot days and since...

Tacos and Teaching Time Change
2006-05-04, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby

Well I cooked some chicken tacos for me and Darby the other day and for a moment I felt like I was not in Korea. Mexican food doesnt exist so me finding a taco kit was an awesome find and me and darby...

trippin
2006-04-29, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby

well going to Seoul for the weekend and the DMZ where we are actually getting to go into North Korea. gonna be awesome. see yall in 9 months, I have been doing great just trying to dodge crazy drivers...

Fan Death and a Flexible Tongue
2006-04-14, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby

Ok before I start I must insist that this is not something I made up. Honestly I don't think I could come up with something so screwy. FAN DEATH. Ok, what is it you ask? well it's exactly what it says...

One man trash is another mans fish
2006-04-10, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby

Tell me three months ago i would be in a kayak in the middle of Korea I would of probably laughed. I finally got to do some fishing in Korea. This is something I have been hoping to do. So I went with...

04-05-06 hmmm crazy date .umm rain again.
2006-04-05, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby

Well I keep getting what do I miss the most being here in Korea. well excluding friends and family I will break it down for ya. Ok in no particular order.....I miss english, going to the store and kno...

Pal Gong Temple and American Chinese in Korea.
2006-04-02, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby

Well, what a Sunday and what a week. This past week at school was test week which means lots of writing and Robby-Son teacher in bad mood. Yes my students said it is only fair for me to take a Korean ...

urban hiking adventure
2006-03-20, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby

Well everyone backed out of going to the temple on the mountain cus of a big poker tourney. I myself was hyped about getting out of the wretched city and doing some hiking. So without a map or any rea...

Creed and the Cab Driver
2006-03-10, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby

The longer I'm here, the more I realize how diverse Korea is. You have old building amongst the new, you have a building being built while next door a building is being torn down. This is mainly becau...

sorry for the lack of new photos
2006-02-28, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby

hey sorry for no new photos of my sexy bod or any cool sites. its been to cold or rainy to take photos and plus i always forget. i will post a pic of my and a friend, Darby, doing or best "blue steel"...

okay you do or ya dont. please answer.
2006-02-28, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby

News Flash...sometimes yes means no and no means yes and I am about to kick something...ok let me slow down and explain my problems.(and no i dont care if you want to hear them or not.jk) Ok seriously...

rain and spas
2006-02-26, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby

well its raining again, last night ate out at a famouse Thai/ chinese rest. and it was soooooo good. it was an awesome rest. because if you want thai you sit in the left dinning area, you want chinese...

test week
2006-02-22, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby

well this week is the big week. i have to make out 7 different tests 12 different classes. little did i know susan the director failed to inform the students they would be having a test so needless to...

Nice days and jackhammers
2006-02-15, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby

well yesterday was V-day and it was beautiful weather. i was able to go downtown and look around at night without having to wear a heavy coat which is very rare here in the winter. it was a lot like s...

bad days and good days
2006-02-08, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby

Man last night was rough. ATMs close at 12am which means no money for me and a long walk home. sub freezing temp made the 1-2 mile trek seem like 20. my face was numb for like an hour after i got home...

slow down
2006-02-08, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby

Tough day today. I decided to start over in a class. Stop where we were and start the book over. My job is to read and call on kids to read a certain book and make sure they understand what they are r...

first snow
2006-02-04, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby

well everyone who knows me knows i hate the cold so what did we have to day....SNOW. ok i love the snow which is stupid since i hate the cold. doesnt make sense. oh well but it was just like home. mel...

huh? what?
2006-02-04, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby

Ok this being the only native speaker is getting old. I am glad i havent learned any korean curse words because i would of probably said a few. Let me explain....things are going good but for every ...

mountain dew and frozen boxers
2006-01-30, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby

well i now know i can survive korea because i came across the only fuel i need. forget the crazy food, i got mountain dew! oh yeah my prayer was answered. ok its not exactly the same but nothing is he...

Gettin set up. Home for a year.
2006-01-30, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby

well i made it all in one piece and with all my bags. korea is a pretty cool place. No crime and friendly people although the way korean sounds makes everyone sound angry. my studio apartment is nice ...