Please, Please, Let Them Have Picture Menus

Hello Everyone. If you take the time to read this, you will notice a visible transformation in attitude and opinion in the author (me) over the past year. Now I am trying to make the most of my time here. I am focusing on "living" rather than just "being". Enjoy! If you stumble on this blog looking for info about Korea, please e-mail me with any questions, I will happily help you out. mattamond@gmail.com

Monday, July 28, 2008

Shutting Down

Over the next few weeks, I will be copying this blog into a word document and then deleting it. There's too much information about me on...

Wednesday, January 02, 2008

Sleeping through stuff, unemployment suits me.

New Year's Eve was the night of Meena and Ashlee's big Martini party, which I was actually really excited about! I brought back a me...

The Wii, games games games, couple stuff

Boxing day morning I walked Vanessa to school. Vanessa was frustrated with her school, because they insist that Christmas is just as big a h...

Christmas Day 2007

Christmas was really nice too. We woke up and exchanged our stockings and ate obscene amounts of candy. Vanessa got me a really nice sweater...

Christmas Eve 2007

On Christmas Eve, I ran some errands, went downtown to pick up my Secret Santa gift for VCR and get a transformer so we could hook up the Wi...

Christmas Open Mic - December 23 2007

Sunday was the day of my big open mic at the Speakeasy, a first at the Speakeasy, and something I was really excited for. I was really excit...

The Return

So, I'm back in Korea. It has been pretty exciting so far, lots to do, lots to do. This morning I was marvelling to Vanessa that it had ...

Thursday, December 13, 2007

On the road...

So, I've been back in Canada for a week and a half now... It's been good, but I'm not meant to be at home for this long any more...

Friday, November 30, 2007

lots to do, lots to do...

So, it has been an incredibly busy month. But, I have a new job in Gwangju. I will return in December. I'll be working on a huge blog up...

Friday, October 26, 2007

The end of an era!

Today is my last regular teaching day at Munhwa. I was taken on for two extra months a few months ago, and the plan originally, was that Mr ...

Thursday, October 04, 2007

You need to see "200 Pound Beauty"!

I just saw this Korean pop flick called "200 Pound Beauty". It's been out for a while, but I find it tough to keep up on movie...

The Fourth Music Party

Then it was weekend again, and this was the weekend of the fourth music party! This music party was promising to be the biggest one yet, but...

Chuseok in Seoul

Chuseok was a lot a lot a lot of fun. For Saturday and Sunday, Vanessa and I just sat and lounged around. We really needed some time to just...

GIC Foreigner Day, September 16

Last week was the big GIC foreigner day. I was the emcee for the first half. I wasn't qualified (they wanted someone who spoke Korean) b...

Starting to catch up.

Summer in Korea is a hot and sticky wasteland. It's too hot, and I honestly didn't care to go outside at all. The result? a whole lo...

Monday, August 27, 2007

Two years!

So, I have officially been in Korea for two years! Pretty neat, eh? I just finished teaching nine classes a day for almost a month. Well, la...

Friday, August 03, 2007

Best 500 000 I ever spent

First pose: Natural wood finish... just the way I likes it. Second Pose: have a closer look. Third pose: that's right, baby. Fourth ...

Thursday, July 12, 2007

INSANITY!

So Brooke, Laurien and I were walking home tonight, and we heard a smack. We looked behind us... Brooke and Laurien made panicked sounds... ...

A note of explanation

I am in the middle of writing my first big e-mail home in more than four months. That's a lot to report, so I thought of just referring ...

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

a good day of teaching.

Sometimes I feel like I'm really not accomplishing much. Especially the last month or so, with midterms, the kids have been pretty stres...

Sunday, July 08, 2007

Bad move, Jon Bon Jovi

So, I'm watching the Live Earth concert, and Bon Jovi is performing. I'll admit to a soft-spot for Sambora/Bon Jovi harmonies. Actua...

Saturday, July 07, 2007

Getting out of the rut + PARKING LOT FIGHT!

So, I've been feeling lately like I'm in a bit of a rut... Today I tried to get out of it. Luckily I had an awesome way to do it. I...

Friday, July 06, 2007

weird barbecue cat girls

So, I am continuing to have very strange dreams. I was telling Ee MeCha about this latest one, and she asked me if I had moved my bed recent...

Wednesday, July 04, 2007

some thoughts, few happenings

Yesterday was a pretty strange day of school. I have a new grade five class, which is pretty neat. Grade fives are usually pretty easy, beca...

Sunday, July 01, 2007

Full Frontal!

So, it's been a lazy Sunday (no attempts at referencing intended). Yesterday was a mess... I went to Provence at around 4 or 4:30... I s...

Provence's 5th Anniversary Party

There's a party tomorrow at Provence that is pretty exciting. I should say... it's now June 29th. I'm back at Starbucks sipping ...

Saturday, June 30, 2007

Music Party Blog Entry... is forthcoming

This is not the real entry. It's just to let people know that I am currently mixing down the recording, which turned out pretty well. I...

Students respect me?!

There's this phenomena that happens every few weeks here in Korea... EXAMS! These kids have more exams than a proctologist, and then we ...

Photo Contest

I recently read about a photo contest in the Gwangju news. I'll be honest, I usually only breeze through the Gwangju News... but since I...

Oh, the drama!

In other news, I have to vent a bit about drama. You know what I'm talking about... the talking, the awkwardness... I've always take...

Highlight Reel - Post-mom to Pre-Music Party

I wish I could say that it had been an eventful month. It really wasn't. At all. First, I became a master of Skype. Oh yeah, I can now h...

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