Life in Korea Archive

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Before the Power Goes Out

It looks like it’s made landfall! So far lots of wind & not much else. But definitely glad I took down the tent. Unfortunately the base website is down & has been down since yesterday afternoon. So we can’t  get any weather updates from it, know when the post will open up again, or the commissary, etc. The commissary [...]

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Rainy Days & Typhoons

On this side of the globe hurricanes are called typhoons. Typhoon Kompasu is the 2nd to head our way this summer. It’s literally rained almost every day in August. The first one fizzled out into a tropical depression, but this one looks like it might do better. Lots of lightning, lots of thunder – all sending [...]

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

Brisket & Kimchi

Just home from the monthly FRG meeting. FRG – Family Readiness Group: Fudge…don’t even know how I want to define this one tonight. Let’s just say it’s a mandatory meeting for soldiers & spouses…which always involves the most attrocious pot-luck dinners ever. Since I didn’t know about this one until literally an hour & a [...]