tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92527322011-12-30T03:59:34.252-05:00abhayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01861490615261551402noreply@blogger.comBlogger221100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9252732.post-1101990504436254652004-12-02T11:00:00.000-05:002004-12-02T07:30:21.090-05:00

ok this goes down as the funniest spelling of the year .... kinda threw me off for a little bit before i realized what it really was...

abhayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01861490615261551402noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9252732.post-1101990691449773992004-12-02T10:30:00.000-05:002004-12-12T09:58:23.183-05:00

so why would you wanna call a bird like that the "great tit"... i think the bird should press for sexual abasement of the highest degree... are y'all animal rights activitists listening???

abhayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01861490615261551402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9252732.post-1101897897292103222004-11-30T11:30:00.000-05:002004-12-01T05:48:17.640-05:00

inside the jeonju stadium... having a quiet and ponderous moment

abhayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01861490615261551402noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9252732.post-1101897001395015162004-11-28T03:00:00.000-05:002006-01-03T13:43:26.343-05:00

so what are the chances of finding a puerto rican woman in pusan, korea... almost zero right... oh well wrong!! meet ovidia (on the right) from san juan... who teaches english to the koreans... nice meeting you senorita.

abhayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01861490615261551402noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9252732.post-1101896517008791212004-11-27T20:00:00.000-05:002004-12-01T05:49:11.250-05:00

ok.. this is officially the most extravagant mcdonalds i've ever seen...

abhayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01861490615261551402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9252732.post-1101894370381365162004-11-27T12:00:00.000-05:002004-12-01T05:20:02.036-05:00

geben Sie mir die Kraft, um mit der ganzen Schwäche zu kämpfen geben Sie mir die Macht, mit Übel zu kämpfen geben Sie mir das Geschenk, um andere zu bringen und ihnen das Licht zu zeigen

abhayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01861490615261551402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9252732.post-1101895400147392242004-11-27T10:00:00.000-05:002004-12-01T05:18:55.756-05:00

Lang lebe mein Heimatland!! Können die Farben des schwarzen, roten und gelben Flatterns hoch oben!!

abhayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01861490615261551402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9252732.post-1101857305536255572004-11-27T01:00:00.000-05:002004-12-01T05:18:05.590-05:00

ughh... soju is the shit... after 10 shots it's karaoke time !!! LET'S GET SOJU-FIED !!! 우리들을"soju-fied"을 얻는 시키십시요 !!

abhayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01861490615261551402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9252732.post-1101135222896999932004-11-22T23:58:00.000-05:002004-11-22T09:57:47.800-05:00

well nothing better than to wind down and shred a little on the axe for a bit...two minutes before midnight.... .. and wake up your neighbors ;-)!!!

abhayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01861490615261551402noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9252732.post-1101110945807600312004-11-22T12:00:00.000-05:002004-11-22T03:09:05.806-05:00

yes it's true... no matter how articulate the recipe of a fine french gourmet or an italian chef... nothing comes even close to mom's.

abhayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01861490615261551402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9252732.post-1101062625924153222004-11-21T18:00:00.001-05:002004-11-21T21:11:58.610-05:00

so this is my first time at my new home in gunsan... never thought we'd live here in the first place but what the heck... can't get enough of the korean gizmos on the toilet seats or for that fact anywhere in the house... click here to see pictures.

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so finally we left seoul towards gunsan... that's where my home is these days... nice ride back home... in my dad's ssangyong chairman cm600s sedan... watched terminator 3... while getting a massage in the back seat... so hell yeah i'm pampered...and proud of it ;-).

abhayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01861490615261551402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9252732.post-1101060872184899892004-11-21T13:30:00.000-05:002004-11-21T17:03:27.546-05:00

yeah it's true .... there's this place called 'ashoka' in the famous itewan market in seoul... right on the 3rd floor of the hamilton hotel... try the buffet on sundays.. has very eclectic indian dishes... chicken manipuri, andaman chilli fish - and the food tastes great too... all for approx $15 buffet lunch.... not bad for a place where indians are scarce.

abhayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01861490615261551402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9252732.post-1101059985485857532004-11-21T11:30:00.000-05:002004-12-02T08:03:26.083-05:00

if you didn't quite get the meaning of the title... it means... "i seek my refuge in the buddha"... i think after all these years of more or less escapism and dodging any semblance of spirituality, i think that i have realized that in some sense my beliefs have some congruence with the buddhist teachings of good karma, non-existence etc... so i have decided to flirt with the idea of seeing how

abhayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01861490615261551402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9252732.post-1100982685807246572004-11-21T02:30:00.000-05:002006-01-03T13:38:49.020-05:00

here i am awake again... at 2:30AM ... in limbo between borderline sanity and sleeplessness... listening to w.a.s.p. - crimson idol... cool album... that's 10 yrs ago... decade of aggression.... metal will live foreover... 'nuff said... gute nacht!!

abhayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01861490615261551402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9252732.post-1100981805158628372004-11-20T22:00:00.000-05:002004-11-20T17:23:36.770-05:00

ate some thai food... time to pass out... might be awake again in a couple of hours... the hours of sleep beckon... must go to sleep....

abhayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01861490615261551402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9252732.post-1100981656130381382004-11-20T15:09:00.000-05:002004-11-20T15:14:16.130-05:00

maybe i've way too many of these back home in the usa... very similar to the seattle space needle... and almost 5000 krw (~ $5) to get up there. if the night's clear u could get a good view of seoul downtown... had to get out though .. the jetlag was killing me... enter sandman and pour sand upon my eyes.... they grow heavy with the weight of slumber.... ughh... need to shake off the curse.

abhayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01861490615261551402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9252732.post-1100977252077215902004-11-20T13:58:00.000-05:002004-11-20T15:09:06.263-05:00

yeah szechuan chinese sure does rock... and it's not the regular crappy chinese take out in the usa... this is family style... burns a hole through your tongue but still hits the heart... and remember don't tip the waiter... it's considered rude in korea(!!)

abhayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01861490615261551402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9252732.post-1100976804144268702004-11-20T13:00:00.000-05:002004-11-21T19:42:47.050-05:00

went to the downtown museum for the ancient relics of the joseon dynasty, saw the palace (see below) and finally the emperor's pavillion...with a cute korean guide...named ms. cho...

abhayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01861490615261551402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9252732.post-1100975871100820612004-11-20T11:00:00.000-05:002004-11-20T15:00:25.613-05:00

in the lotte shopping center and the current exchange rate is about 1078 korean "won" to a usa dollar... so shopping is fun... but goddam expensive... electronics are six months newer than what u'd see in the local circuit city or best buy... and u thought usa was really out there huh??!! although it's fun carrying 50,000 krw's in your wallet... feel like a rich dude... although that would

abhayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01861490615261551402noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9252732.post-1100975529822366072004-11-20T10:30:00.000-05:002004-11-21T18:02:06.690-05:00

ok... so nothing is different here.. starbucks look the same except for the hangul equivalent.... and yeah there is no venti... only small, tall, grande... remember to be nice to the girl across the counter.... and say "Kam-sa-ham-ni-da" before u leave.

abhayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01861490615261551402noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9252732.post-1100975144688234252004-11-20T03:01:00.000-05:002004-11-25T03:21:55.946-05:00

... and wonderin' what to do... got in on 20041119220000 and tryin to get some sleep on the heavenly westin bed. can't do. watch some stupid chick flick on the 42' plasma tv... the bathrooms are loaded with bvlgari accessories... might steal some for home ;-).

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