| Pusanweb Writing Center -
Essay & Commentaries 2002, 2003 |
- The Good Days Ethan Hawley " Blah
blah imnida,” she points inside the park, “blah blah imnika?”
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How to Get The Degree
You Want, OR Are You A Fake ? Thor May "...Are you a fake? This
was the engaging header on an e-mail which recently arrived in my mailbox.." -
No Grass To Be Greener Lauren Kravetsky
"...after 2 days of trying to figure out what exactly is so different about
this city, I think I got it: There is no greenery anywhere!" -
A
Verse for Stan Johnny Ioannidis "At some point in your life, you
turned to someone or something for inspiration.." -
About
Names Thor May ...Names are funny things. You can summon the devil
with them, marry with them and get sent to war because you own one -
Letter
From A Chinese Postgraduate Thor May ..You
know, all the graduates in every college are going crazy now... -
South
Korean Language Policy - a letter to Mr Roh Moo-hyun Thor May .. A
Korean colleague assures me that middle class Koreans are spending up to 30% of
their disposable income on language study. If true, this is an extraordinary figure
with unusual political implications... -
North
Korea - The Japanese Card Thor May ..
it is difficult not to feel that the North Korean saga is approaching some kind
of end-game... -
The
Hermit Kingdom - A Book Review Thor May ..At this moment in life's
journey, I am particularly uncertain
about the meaning of the nation coded as 'Korea'.. -
Inside
Pusanweb - An Interview with Jeff Lebow Thor May ..it's
a journey ... not necessarily Pusanweb, but this web stuff is my art. It's my
creative thing, and so as long as it's growing and evolving, and I'm enjoying
it, and I'm having a nice life, that's cool. -
Home
for the Holidays Spook Larsen ..So what’s the Korean-foreigner zeitgeist
for 2002? The year was a pretty big one for Korea.. -
Name
Your Poison John Ioannidis ..The wiped-out staff is wiping their eyes,
their hands, the tables.... -
My First Korean
Haircut Andrea Schenck .. The time had come to face all my fears and
finally get a haircut here in Korea. -
Konglish
Rocks! Scott Soper .."Language is a skin. I rub my language
against the other". -
Crime and
Punishment Thor May ...On June 13, 2001 two 13 year
old Korean girls, Shim Mi-sun and Shin Hyo-sun, were crushed to death.. -
Geoje-do, Part 7 : The Ferry Pita Bird Shawn
Matthews ..From an orange plastic bowl crawled a squid onto the cement. It
squirmed desperately ... -
The Subway Salesman
Shawn Matthews .. they followed his hand intently with their eyes... -
The
Vegetable Man Shawn Matthews .. The voice shouted on -- a rooster crooned,
a dog howled in chorus... -
Exposed Sari
Fordham ...I was naked. Buck-naked. Stark-naked. Stripped. Exposed. Stunned.
Totally nude. Embarrassed forever... -
Shawn's
Lists I : Shawn Matthews
.. You’ve been in Korea too long when… -
Shawn's
Lists 2 : Shawn Matthews
.. How To Know You Lived Too Long in Korea Now That You're Back Home -
Mother-In-Law Diaries Scott
Morley ...Every morning at ten o’clock the house is rocking with elderly
drunk–junkies cheering on my son.. -
Still Steven Reeder ..
"There could be a problem." He put the ultrasound away... -
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Kabaddi Fever Patrick
Carle #7 for Bangladesh was introduced as "Lightning" Kaleed, who is
well-known for his "fast-break offense". -
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Embrace Joseph Steinberg
... 9/11 is the day when all those stubborn human qualities, like messiness
and impermanence, collided with our over-reaching ambitions. Assuming
We Get Out Alive by Johnny Ioannidis Memories, like rap fans or teenage
sweethearts, are entirely too fickle... -
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A New Low for Korea by
Joseph Steinberg My wedding to my Korean fiancée impending in
only a few weeks, a nationalistic feeding frenzy was the last guest I wanted at
the ceremony. -
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Conspiracy
Theory Danny May ...There were some bad calls today,
but there were some bad calls in every game ... -
Hiddink's the man John
Doe .... let's give credit where credit is due. Hiddink's the man. -
The First Lesson
Marci Gabriel ..."Ah, practice". They mimicked together. "Much
speaking. More speak" ,and they raised their glasses .. -
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Language Barrier Sheila
Windle ... Mr. Brotherhood told us about language barrier in grade ten geography
class. -
The Second
Hand Man Thor May ... he was in his own way reassuring.
He was no fool, but no pretender either.. -
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Rectal
Surgery Fatty Mortoff Piles : it's hard to believe such
little things could be such a big pain in the ass ... |