The Stumbling Engineer

Dishes, that is, not a course number. This week's Joongang Daily reported that Agriculture Ministry will unify the English names of 102...

Realed to the Taxi Theory of mine, I have developed the Elevator Corollary. Whenever The Stumbler arrives at the elevator on the 6th floor...

There's an ongoing shakeup of my Korean satellite TV these days. CH received a call this week, saying they were going to quit providing...

The last time I went to the bar, I absolutely could NOT believe what I saw on the bar tender's hand. She had a metal letter "D...

The week leading up to Chusok, the Korean "Thanksgiving", many people, families and companies give Chusok presents. In the stores...

I was treated to this interesting sauce at lunch time recently at one of the restaurants here in our office building. You can see the oblig...

Today started off okay, until I went to the dentist office. I was supposed to have a final imprint of my teeth for the permanent bridge/cro...

I was listening to some Canadian friends describe the hotel breakfast buffet at their vacation in the Philippines. Suddenly we realized the...

A few random observations from 2 weeks of on and off summer Olympic watching from Seoul. This ain't my father's handball When I was ...

Or as we spell it in the USA, Ramen. Actually, I think what we ordinarily buy in the states as Ramen is a Japanese product. The Korean pro...

Our friend from a few years ago, SC, had moved to Busan a few years ago, opening a successful Curry Restaurant. SC used to work with us, and...

Sunday is my wash day, but today was special. After some confusion at the store, I finally found an 8 meter long clothesline which I can te...

Choco Pies, a Korean favorite snack food. For folks back home, think Moon Pie. Chocolate Moon Pie. So tell me readers, which is more pathe...

At the office, I have repeatedly forgotten to bring my key. If CH was out at a meeting, I would have to go back home and get it. This week...

The Stumbling Mom reported that she had found a Korean "pure corn silk" tea, which was said to be delicious. I was suspicious, an...

UPDATE: The procedure went very well yesterday. Everything was very familiar to me - that is, the Korean dentist's tools and technique...

On my recent trip to the USA, I was re-directed at Incheon Airport from the Business Class lounge to the First Class lounge. Apparently the...

A new restaurant "stall" opened up in the food court downstairs in our office building. It sells Chinese-style food. They had an...

I have now accumulated 26 different countries in my Hello Kitty "country national flowers" collection. According to Wikipedia, the...

I happened to be taking out some trash early Wednesday morning, which is the next day after Recycling Day on Tuesday. I was surprised to se...