Thursday, July 16th, 2009

The Great Cultural Divide

Saturday Eric took me to Lotte Mart (pronounced Lot-tee). It’s Korea’s answer to WalMart. Except imagine WalMart on steroids…massive, mega doses of  capitalist-pumping steroids.
There’s Lotte World, Lotte Hotels, Lotte Housing, Lotte Galaxy, Lotte Plaza…on & on.
It’s more than just food distribution – it’s tourism, construction, heavy chemicals, finance, information services, welfare – you name it, they [...]

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

The Last Time

The last time I saw my stuff…it was all boxed up.
The last time I saw my stuff…it was January… in Oklahoma… in the middle of an ice storm.

The last time I saw my stuff…Maggie Moo was lying on the couch – still a slick-faced puppy innocently unaware of the perils of toilet paper addiction.

The last time I [...]

Monday, July 13th, 2009

Little One

Meet “Little One”.
(Ok…so that’s not her real name. She has a Korean one – I just don’t know what it is.)
She’s our custodian’s dog & this was the look she would give me & Maggie when we first arrived in Korea 2 months ago – distant, cold, calculating.
She’s an outside dog, never groomed, full of mats, [...]