The Stumbling Engineer

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

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Dreams Again

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This summer I had a possible client with a possible project here in Korea. The work continued to be delayed and delayed, and the final form...
Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Medieval Torture

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Yesterday the doctor asked me to return today to have another look at the elbow. We finished at the factory in time, so I stopped by after ...
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Elbow Grease

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Well, not grease, but rather medicine: About two weeks ago, as my hand was healing up, the elbow on my other arm began to hurt. I didn'...
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009

That's A Lot of Spam

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My internet service provider has a spam filtering service. You can visit a website which allows you to search and review emails which have ...
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Saturday, August 01, 2009

Who is Ben Harper?

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"Who is Ben Harper ?" you might ask. I certainly did. Caught this song on the radio the other day, and let me warn you the tune ...
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Thursday, July 30, 2009

Thumb's Back

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Almost a week with this splint, and my hand itself is still swollen and hurting. Even though I was told to come back in 2 weeks, I went bac...
Friday, July 24, 2009

Super Ultra King Klutz

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Fell flat on my face last night, just walkin down the sidewalk minding my own business. Well, not my face, but rather I caught myself with ...
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Friday, July 17, 2009

Safe Recycling...

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...or, how do you throw away a trash can? I've noticed this iron safe located in our office building's recycling area. Is the safe t...

Bar Zippo

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This photo is for The Stumbling Brother. I'll take him here if he ever visits Seoul.
Sunday, July 12, 2009

Back to Seoul

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I made it back to Korea okay. It's interesting that during 1 month in the USA, I don't think that I heard one news report about the ...
Monday, July 06, 2009

Fourth BBQ

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We all stumbled to The Stumbling Parents' new home yesterday for a Fourth of July picnic. Let me count the food BBQ Pork Ribs Grilled Ve...
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The Stumbling Parents...

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...have stumbled into town! They moved about 2 miles from our home, arriving last weekend. It has been a busy and fun week for them, unloa...
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Mish Mash

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This is one of my favorite styles of road signs in Korea. This is not the most complicated, but it is a good example. You arrive at a craz...
Saturday, June 27, 2009

Southern BBQ

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During CH's visit, I introduced him to some true southern BBQ. It isn't Memphis, but this place is pretty good. We had the pork pl...

Whiskey

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After many years of just driving by, I finally scheduled a visit to the Jack Daniels Whiskey Distillery this week. My colleague CH was visi...
Monday, June 22, 2009

It's A Breeze

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I have made a temporary office in what used to be Young Stumber #2's room. One problem was the ceiling fan. On low speed, it vibrated....
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Sunday, June 14, 2009

Hyundai Sonata

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We went used car shopping this weekend. Young Stumbler #3 needed a car, which she will share with me when I'm in town. We went to the ...
Tuesday, June 09, 2009

Scallops

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We had a delicious dish last night, grilled scallops on the half shell. This was prepared "fushion" style - a spoon of sweet and ...
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Tuesday, June 02, 2009

Odd Elevator

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Literally. In the new office building, you see, there is an unusual elevator system. Going up from street level, or going down at all, you...
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Money Lost

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T-Money, that is. I wrote about this special device that is used for subway and bus fares (some taxi's reportely will accept it, too) b...
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