The Stumbling Engineer

I have often complained about the many restaurants here that have excellent menus for breakfast (be they Korean or Western fare), but they d...

I recently took a stroll around the rooftop garden on the 14th floor of the Shindorim Technomart. On this day, there happened to be a displ...

A report made the news this week from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), concluded that "people's weight,...

I got a new house plant yesterday. I've been meaning I get one, ever since my last one died. I was inspired by my friend Tuttle, who tol...

Korean rice cake comes in many different forms. The one I've recently come to enjoy is called 가리떡, approximately pronounced as kah-ree-...

Been saving a bunch of photos, and too busy to blog them. Let's go! The first cool thing was they had the anti-gravity demonstration go...

Because of a strange tax rule (having to do with VAT), I took the chance to move about 5 months before my lease expires. This was done with...

Here is my paper dragon souvenir which Tuttle brought me from Thailand. I would agree that it "combined" fairly easily, though I m...

Yesterday I went to school. Middle school. I took a placement test for a free Korean language class that's held by the government. I ...

I got some culture in this lazy holiday - went to the theater. The Shin-Yeon Arts Hall, specifically. Chose a play at random, called "...

It is that season again, time to begin my battle with the dry winter air. I've never used the heating in my home; somehow it absorbs hea...

Coffee cups, that is. Or in my case, tea cups. I noticed my coffee pot labels indicate it holds 10 to 15 cups. I know they use a smaller tha...

Made a quick Costco trip yesterday, as always ignoring my number one Costco rule: Never ever go on a weekend! Bought a pack of the cheapest ...

Ran into this interesting article in today's paper. I feared things might get this bad, but it looks like it's for real: SEOUL AIR ...

Bottle caps. When I was 12 years old, my Mother took me on a trip to San Francisco for a conference, returning via Mexico City. Her story ...