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I can relate. Given the negotiations I’m currently going through, I agree that having a back door at the ready is a good idea. Ninjas and cats are always mindful of their lines of retreat.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 16/May/2018 @ 12:44 pm
Phase One of Operation Permanent Residence complete.
And now: the search for a real home! Are you still planning on renting, or might you be tempted to buy (well, mortgage) a property?
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 16/May/2018 @ 10:24 am
Some fucked up things in my personal life but hey, I should be used to that by now, right? Too drunk to think about it at the moment, but I’d love to figure out just what it is about me that drives people I care about away. Heh, maybe I don’t want to know.
Boy, you work fast. Already?!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 15/May/2018 @ 1:46 am
Awesome!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 14/May/2018 @ 12:05 am
The first day of the rest of my (new) life
W150,000 sounds like too much to pay someone who drives dangerously, but at least the ride was exciting.
Welcome back to Ye Olde Stompinge Groundes! Good luck as you begin Phase 1 of settling in, a process that won’t really conclude until you find your dream home. May your real-estate quest go well and smoothly, and may you have fun establishing a whole new set of walking routes.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 12/May/2018 @ 10:01 pm
(Imagine a thumbs-up emoticon here.)
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 11/May/2018 @ 11:44 am
You probably won’t have time to check comments on anything written tomorrow, so please let me take this opportunity to wish you safe travels and good fortune as you follow your heart to a new land and new climes. I’d say “It’s been nice knowing you,” but that implies a finality that I don’t feel. We’ll meet again at some point, I’m sure, and instead of “so long,” I’d rather just say, “Thanks for your friendship and for the wisdom you’ve imparted in person and in my blog’s comment section. Thanks, too, for the on-base supplies you’ve gotten for me over the years (ssshhh!), and for the pleasure of your company during the few chances we’ve had to chow down in Itaewon. You’re quite the Mensch, Herr McCrarey!”
Good journey, my friend. I’ll be following your updates once you’ve established your beachhead in the PI.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 10/May/2018 @ 7:21 pm
They love me. They really love me!
Another great day in a series of great days.
En avant!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 08/May/2018 @ 3:59 pm
Sure, something like that.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 08/May/2018 @ 1:21 am
The threshold between life-phases approacheth, and the door to another universe doth beckon!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 07/May/2018 @ 8:41 pm
That “tombstone” says “Yeon Hwa Bong,” which means “Lotus Flower Peak.”
Looks to have been a great hike!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 05/May/2018 @ 4:07 pm
“One thing is clear, how well you adjust and how happy you are in the Philippines really comes down to your own attitude.”
Indeed. The Zen notion of hell is that it’s something you create for yourself. Relocate as much as you want, but if you constantly create the conditions for your own hell, don’t be surprised when hell follows you around.
I think your positivity, as well as your sense of purpose, indicates you’re on a healthy path, not a hell-thy path. Balgeun mirae! as Koreans say: “Bright future!”
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 04/May/2018 @ 9:51 pm
I’ve never even been there, and I already miss it.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 04/May/2018 @ 3:24 pm
I assume that, by now, you must be more than ready to fly this chicken coop.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 02/May/2018 @ 2:02 pm
Congrats on walking the Great Wall! As for your “Come What May” title, I thought you were going to link to this song, but maybe it’s not your style.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 01/May/2018 @ 3:46 pm
Not with a whimper, but with a bang! Looks as if it was a great time. Adios, Seoul!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 30/April/2018 @ 2:11 pm
“After all, this is the man who walked from Seoul to Busan at this time last year.”
True, but I was a few kilos lighter—not to mention in slightly better shape—than I am now!
It was great hiking and dining with you. I know there’s plenty of nostalgia as your days in Korea draw to a close, but you’re moving into a future that won’t let you ignore it, so eyes front! And enjoy that ride, my friend. I might not like the notion of all that heat and humidity, but I do kind of envy you.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 29/April/2018 @ 10:59 pm
A friend of mine, who has a Filipina wife, and who visits the Philippines often (I think he has some property there), says about the same thing: PI is fine as long as you know the ropes. To me, that’s not very reassuring.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 27/April/2018 @ 1:01 pm
Where there’s a will, there’s a way
“…but beautiful on the inside. Maybe.”
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 21/April/2018 @ 9:10 pm
See, it’s this history with a long, long line of women that earned you the moniker “Cum Together”!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 20/April/2018 @ 3:19 pm
“Cum Together”?
Party at John’s place! And don’t forget the lube.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 17/April/2018 @ 7:59 pm
When the war was over, the post-WW2 French existentialists looked around at all the blasted churches and cathedrals and concluded that God had failed humanity and, further, that the universe was therefore absurd and devoid of inherent meaning. The ethical conclusion that the existentialists drew was that, if meaning was to be found, it was to be found in the making of one’s own choices, the building of one’s own life.
“Existence precedes essence” was the battle cry of this group of philosophers: you can’t completely become who you are until you’ve reached the sum of all your choices, and that doesn’t happen until you die. So, up until that terminal moment, we’re engaged in the project of building ourselves through the constant making of choices, the exercise of our free will. We are born; we exist in this world; we make choices; when we die, we are the sum total of all those choices, and have thus arrived at our essence. Existence precedes essence, and it’s up to us to create our own edifices of meaning.
Good journey as you find your path along the ever-branching tree of possibility! And may you build a mighty edifice.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 13/April/2018 @ 10:27 am
Let’s keep in touch! I’m sure that that weekend will be a free one for me. I’ve got your email, and I think I’ve got your cell # and your Kakao ID, so we’re more than set.
I propose one last hurrah at a Brazilian place, but I’m open to suggestions. Oh, and: MY TREAT. J’insiste.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 11/April/2018 @ 7:28 pm
In that photo, everyone’s holding up their right fist, but you’re the odd man out, holding up your left fist. Hilarious.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 06/April/2018 @ 7:53 pm
Just one Deluge away from a new existence…
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 03/April/2018 @ 5:36 pm
Yeah! Stick it to Susan!
Continued good luck as shit gets realer.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 30/March/2018 @ 4:59 pm
Congrats to your granddaughter, and to you as well for your 28K floors! Happy boxing!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 28/March/2018 @ 8:32 pm
I get the impression that the angel wings make more sense, as a photo op, when you’re seated between them.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 25/March/2018 @ 4:52 pm
I suppose that, if one drinks enough beer, one can see angel wings sprouting out of other people’s asses…
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 25/March/2018 @ 3:35 pm
«« Back To Stats PageSo you’re not a mean boss after all. Good to know. Faith in humanity restored.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 22/March/2018 @ 10:09 pm