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Just Wandering

Just Wandering

http://jackielbolen.blogspot.com/

This is the story of my life from the past two years and beyond. It's includes some pics and descriptions of my time in Korea as an English teacher and also stuff about my hike across the USA along the Appalachian Trail. I'm currently a seminary student at Regent College in Vancouver, BC.

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  • Books for Sale or Trade

    Posted on Sunday November 29th, 2009 at 17:41 in books

    4000 Won each if picked up. We can meet in Cheonan/Asan or Yongsan area in Seoul. Please buy at least 5 to make it worth my time Or, I can ship for an extra 1000/book. Minimum of 3 perhaps. I'm also very happy to trade. Post/send your list. Fic...

  • The Seoul Global Center

    Posted on Sunday November 29th, 2009 at 17:12 in podcasts, foreigners in korea

    A helpful one, from The Seoul Podcast about the Seoul Global Center. Anything you need, they should be your first call it looks like. And their website looks pretty decent, if you use internet explorer. If you don't, well, I guess you should in th...

  • Cultural Indoctrination

    Posted on Friday November 27th, 2009 at 16:30 in teaching english, korean culture

    So there is talk from the Korean government about making a cultural orientation/indoctrination mandatory for new hagwon teachers here in Korea. The Marmot's Hole thinks it won't do much to improve the quality of education here in Korea because the p...

  • Stuff

    Posted on Thursday November 26th, 2009 at 21:38 in shopping, foreigners in korea

    So, I will very rarely buy "stuff (except scuba!)" And if I do, I will think and debate about it for months before actually buying it. And I almost never give people stuff as presents. Instead, I'll buy them a birthday dinner or drink, or take the...

  • So why\'s everyone worried about swine flu?

    Posted on Thursday November 26th, 2009 at 06:18 in health

    I'm not really sure what the deal is in North America with regard to swine flu, but here in Korea there has been a lot of hysteria going on. Anyway, I don't think it's such a big deal. Perhaps people should be a whole lot more worried about heart d...

  • And another one from Betty Bowers...

    Posted on Tuesday November 24th, 2009 at 17:14 in queer stuff

    ...this one about Mormons and their opposition to gay marriage. It's bizarre, how governments lets Mormons dictate "family values" when they themselves have quite a sordid history with regard to family. ...

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