The Stumbling Engineer

Two members of the Stumbling Family arrived in Seoul for a few week visit, to be followed by 1 week business trip to Hawaii. Mrs. Stumbler ...

The other night, I headed out to dinner on the subway. As I boarded and took my usual place standing, I noticed a bad smell. I thought to ...

Another food post. Well, last time I made rice, I must have prepared too much. The rule, I think I have mentioned before, is 48 hours in t...

I invented my own Korean food for lunch today. Here is a photo of the whole meal (no, I didn't eat all that - there are left overs for ...

Just a mixture of photos this post. I found this photo on my cell phone today, I guess my friend SC was playing with my phone camera when h...

The Stumbler had a craving for steak last night. It is very difficult, if not impossible, to eat Korean steak at a Korean restaurant alone,...

Any of my friends who have seen me spill something in the past few years (something I do frequently) will no doubt remember my habit of carr...

I finally went to CH home the other night to visit HS and their new baby girl ES. I am proud to report that I can still hold a baby, althou...

I've been meaning to comment on this for some time. Korean incandescent light bulbs appear almost identical to those in the USA, except...

It's not often that a single person can leave a lasting mark on a city of 10 million (20 million if you count the entire metropolitan ar...

I have two eating habits in Korea of which Mrs Stumbler doesn't approve - beer and SPAM. I have observed Korean women have a strange fa...

We had some cold weather in January, and actually experienced a good snow one time. But since then, the winter has ended prematurely early....

My rice cooker broke down recently, and I was forced to replace it. According to my Korean friends, rice is to a Korean what bread is to an...

I had two trips this fall to Hawaii, as usual absolutely breathtakingly beautiful and also mind-numbingly boring. Here are some of the phot...