Army Life Archive

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

The 50/50 Principle

I’ve been in Korea 460 days of as this moment & in looking at the countdown I’ve got another 476 to go. Closer & closer to the halfway point. Life was such a culture shock those first several months. Everything  felt foreign – even my home. If I had brought more of our furniture – [...]

Friday, July 30th, 2010

Room with a View

One of the things about life in rural South Korea that you can count on is mosquitoes. Especially when your backyard bumps right up against the rice paddies. It makes trying to enjoy our rarity of a backyard near impossible. I had hoped AAFES would ship in those little pop-up gazebos…and they did – at [...]

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

Small World

One of the things I’ve noted about life in Korea is that you can’t go anywhere without running into someone. Perfect example. A couple of weekends ago the neighbor & I said ‘So long, Suckers!’ to the hubbies and headed for Seoul. We were bound & determined to have a estrogen-filled day of fun, frivolity, [...]