The Stumbling Engineer

The misadventures of an American engineer moving to and working in Seoul.

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Cell Phone Spy

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In Korea, cell phones have their own area code(s). In the past, each major cell phone company had a unique area code, say 010, 011, 016, 01...

Missed Photo Ops

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Twice today I missed out on good photo ops. I gotta carry my camera with me everywhere I go. First, I saw one of these viola or cello play...

Beer O'Clock 2

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Trevor and MY are finally ready to open the new Beer O'Clock. This time they have a partner in crime, Clark. This one is located in Sh...
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Saturday, April 18, 2009

Number Name

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Well, I was first introduced to the concept of a number in a name from listening to my Dad's Tom Lehrer records. The introduction to on...
Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Surgery

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I'm sure Young Stumbler #1 won't approve, but I'm wearing my slippers in the office this week instead of my regular shoes: A few...
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Monday, April 13, 2009

Incredible Popcorn

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I saw this package of popcorn at the store, featuring a photo of ME!
Monday, April 06, 2009

Modern Millie

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Young Stumbler #3 was in a most excellent musical this weekend. She played the role of Ruth. It was a wonderful production, with great mus...
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Thursday, April 02, 2009

Airplane Food

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Normally airplane food, even in business class, is nothing to write home about. But on the flight yesterday, the meal was especially good. ...

New Plane

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There was an airplane problem in Seoul apparently, and they had swapped planes for my flight to Atlanta. Turns out this plane is the first ...
Wednesday, April 01, 2009

Lounge

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I'm sitting in the airport lounge at the Seoul Incheon International Airport. This is a fairly new lounge in the new A-Concourse. Appa...

Recycling Claws

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I stumbled upon this scene this morning, which is the morning after recycling day. I posted a photo before of all the bags of recycled mate...
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Angus

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Met up with Trevor this afternoon, and MY and Angus were there also. Here are the happy mother and son:
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Legend

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During the seminar we had a break and took a walk around the nearby park. The park, indeed the whole area of the city, appeared completely ...
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Day Trip

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CH and I took a day trip to the city of Daejeon on Monday to attend a seminar. We took the KTX bullet train (pictured above) which took a...
Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Laughing Cow

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My latest addiction: As I'm busily watching a baseball game and eating Laughing Cow cheese cubes and crackers, I was too lazy to photogr...
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Sunday, March 22, 2009

Scandinavian Man?

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Had dinner last night with some friends, and I was asked the most unusual question twice, by two separate people, in different situations. ...
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Monday, March 09, 2009

Towel Spin

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On the return trip to Korea, I flew to Los Angeles for a side business trip. I drove a couple hours on the Ventura Highway (although it sho...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Handsome

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Young Stumbler #2 has come up with his own, new look. Wool pea coat and fedora hat. Very handsome. Look for The Stumbler to copy his styl...
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Birthday

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Young Stumbler #3 had a birthday yesterday, which I both missed and completely forgot. Here you can see her about to enjoy a large birthday...
Monday, February 16, 2009

Hasty Dinner

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On the return journey Sunday night, we met up with The Stumbling Brother and a Stumbling Friend from my school days. Had a delicious BBQ di...
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