Archive for 2009

Saturday, June 27th, 2009

Much Ado About a Hooptie (part 2)

(Miss part one?…Read it here.) Well, our car finally arrived. Actually, it arrived about 3 weeks ago and we still don’t have it! I’m keeping my fingers crossed that it’s sitting safe & sound at the Seoul VPC (vehicle processing center) in Yongsan anxiously awaiting for us to come pick it up…rather than being packed back up & [...]

Friday, June 26th, 2009

Much Ado About a Hooptie (part 1)

As I start to write this post, I realize this story is going to be fairly lengthy – so I’m breaking it up to make it more manageable.  Like many things in the Army…insanity is everywhere, Korea included. And for this post, Insanity, thy name is SOFA. SOFA - Status of Forces Agreement: When there are US military troops stationed [...]

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

Lush & Green

The rice patties are really starting to fill out.