The Stumbling Engineer

These are the Red Ginseng "pills" that I recently began taking. I was feeling completely drained of energy for about a week, and ...

I've been visiting this convenience store, GS-25, in our office building occasionally since we moved here in February. I really don...

One of my friends who has left Korea told me where I could buy some more canned tomatoes, which I used recently to make a Burrito. There is...

As a kid, I remember The Stumbling Parents had a couple of small cast iron grills called "HIBACI's". This drawing I scavanged...

I met a foreigner a couple weeks at at the sandwich shop where I sometimes eat breakfast. Turns out he is on a team staying here in Seoul, ...

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...