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an acorn in the dog's food
꿈보다 해몽이 낫다 » the interpretation is better than the dream
Created on 2003-04-28 01:04:17 (#1029895), last updated 2009-07-05
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Basic Info| Name: | Paul in Uijeongbu |
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| Location: | Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi-do, Korea (South) |
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samedi@livejournal.com BioHello, 안녕하세요, and welcome to "An Acorn in the Dog Food".
My name is Paul and I work as an English instructor in Uijeongbu (의정부), a city in the north of South Korea. I've been using LiveJournal since 2003 and have been documenting my experiences in Korea since arriving back in August 2007. My interests - and therefore what you'll see me writing about - encompass a number of subjects, but one of my goals for 2009 is to devote more time to the archaeology, anthropology, folk history, and various locations one can find within Korea. If you like what you see, feel free to leave a comment on an entry or send me an email at samedi@livejournal.com.
The name of my blog comes from a Korean proverb: 개 밥에 도토리 » An acorn in the dog's food. Since dogs don't usually eat acorns, it's likely that one would be left uneaten if offered to a dog in its food. This proverb gets used as a way to describe something or someone that is out of place -- ideal for a foreigner living and working in Korea.
The two most-popular entries on my blog deal with School Uniforms and Korean Food, while some of my favorites include those on the subjects of Daoism in Korea, Kimchang - Winter Cabbage in Korea and Alsace, Ulsan and Whaling in Korea, and my Korean Temple series, which typically includes a number of related cultural and folk stories.
My name is Paul and I work as an English instructor in Uijeongbu (의정부), a city in the north of South Korea. I've been using LiveJournal since 2003 and have been documenting my experiences in Korea since arriving back in August 2007. My interests - and therefore what you'll see me writing about - encompass a number of subjects, but one of my goals for 2009 is to devote more time to the archaeology, anthropology, folk history, and various locations one can find within Korea. If you like what you see, feel free to leave a comment on an entry or send me an email at samedi@livejournal.com.
The name of my blog comes from a Korean proverb: 개 밥에 도토리 » An acorn in the dog's food. Since dogs don't usually eat acorns, it's likely that one would be left uneaten if offered to a dog in its food. This proverb gets used as a way to describe something or someone that is out of place -- ideal for a foreigner living and working in Korea.
The two most-popular entries on my blog deal with School Uniforms and Korean Food, while some of my favorites include those on the subjects of Daoism in Korea, Kimchang - Winter Cabbage in Korea and Alsace, Ulsan and Whaling in Korea, and my Korean Temple series, which typically includes a number of related cultural and folk stories.
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 | samedi@livejournal.com | |
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 | paul.bailey.ii@gmail.com | |
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