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So this is where one sand grain met all the other sand grains. And war didn’t break out! Well—good for you! May you relieve much tension.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 03/September/2016 @ 2:55 pm
“‘Probably here for the golf’ I lied.”
Does EO not read your blog? You’re quite gambler.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 02/September/2016 @ 8:54 pm
“But in no airport I’ve been in anywhere in the world did customs search every fucking bag! I don’t know if this is something new or if they were looking for something specific based on a tip.”
Maybe Duterte’s looking extra-hard for smuggled drugs. But not in your backpack.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 02/September/2016 @ 2:06 pm
Bonnes vacances et bon voyage!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 01/September/2016 @ 12:50 am
Congrats on being debt-free! By the way, your captions are consistently hilarious.
“I hope that means it was good.”
And again—Happy Birfday.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 28/August/2016 @ 11:55 pm
Happy Birfday. L’chaim!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 27/August/2016 @ 10:04 pm
Oh, and you’re back to “sam-gyap-sal”??
GYEOP! (Rhymes with “Yup!”)
Your lady will leave you if she hears “삼걉살.” Dogs will run howling, mice will spontaneously boil and explode, the ground will crack open, and demons with huge dicks will erupt out of the earth and skull-rape the populace.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 24/August/2016 @ 12:48 am
“She’s certainly not like any other Korean female I have known attitude-wise.”
Some of the Korean women I know who seem somehow different from the norm are usually that way because they’ve lived overseas for at least a few years, thus internalizing different value systems and thinking “outside of the box.” Then again, I’ve met unusual Korean women who have little experience with living in the West, but they nevertheless appreciate what the West has to offer, and their personal values reflect that appreciation.
Anyway, it sounds as if you’ve got a good thing going. May it continue to blossom!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 24/August/2016 @ 12:42 am
Very nice pics of a very nice time. I envy you: Seungmin had many hangups, and one of them was that she never allowed me to take pictures of her, so all my happy memories are in my head, where they’ll eventually fade.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 20/August/2016 @ 12:52 pm
So is this the new cutie in your life? Congratulations. And kudos on a record-breaking walk regimen!
As for stairs: it takes me 10.5 minutes to climb 26 floors. The Namsan stairs, if I start at the library and go up to the summit, take me about 20-25 minutes, so that’s somewhere between 52 and, oh, 60 or so floors. It’s a pretty relentless trudge. If your FitBit’s accelerometers are measuring vertical displacement, it could be that they’re counting the foothill slopes before you reach the actual stairs. Those slopes aren’t easy, either, so kudos again.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 17/August/2016 @ 12:27 am
Ribs lookin’ damn good. May your stye continue to disappear.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 09/August/2016 @ 7:28 pm
Congrats on the fire sale, and congrats on the niiiiiice, spacious office. I wouldn’t mind working in that, but I haven’t paid my dues yet. Give me another twenty years.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 09/August/2016 @ 10:43 am
Ugh. Sorry to hear about the phone. I guess you can carry around a small Ziploc sandwich bag for when it rains.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 04/August/2016 @ 5:41 pm
Take it to the limit (part deux)
Congrats on the promotion, and a huge tip of the hat for circumnavigating Namsan, a feat I’ve never once performed. By now, you know that mountain inside and out. Amazing work.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 03/August/2016 @ 12:19 am
So sad not to see any stye pics. All the same, get well soon. I haven’t had a stye in ages, but I do get the occasional eye infection, and I’ve got meds that I still use in such situations. Annoying, but temporary. Good luck!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 28/July/2016 @ 8:13 pm
Yo, Piece O’ Meat,
By the way, going from 150/90 to 140/80 is great. As you know “classic normal” blood pressure is 120/80, and the bottom number (diastolic, i.e., arterial pressure between heartbeats) is more significant than the top one (systolic, i.e., pressure during ventricular contraction). At my last checkup, I was 120/90, which is still high, but that’s way better than it had been before I started walking again (you don’t wanna know those numbers… let’s just say it’s a miracle that my heart hadn’t exploded).
Anyway, congrats on real, measurable improvement where it counts.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 27/July/2016 @ 11:49 am
Congrats on the step count and the lady-glances. Catcalls can’t be far behind!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 26/July/2016 @ 6:16 pm
Scrolling down that rib-rack pic was like watching that first Star Destroyer roll overhead in “Star Wars.” Almost thought I’d see that rib rack chasing down a tiny rebel burger patty.
May the sauce be with you.
As for your yard sale: may it make you richer than Solomon.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 20/July/2016 @ 1:01 am
At least I kept my head about me…
re: Duterte’s inauguration
I must’ve been reading an outdated article. Thanks for the update.
Then again… Wikipedia puts the inauguration date at June 30. Maybe Duterte is a time traveler…?
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 22/July/2016 @ 2:42 am
Oh, and I appreciate the evocation of Rudyard Kipling in your title.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 17/July/2016 @ 11:19 pm
I’ve heard that Duterte is a “hunt ’em down and kill ’em” type, so maybe we’ll see some progress under his watch, once he’s inaugurated.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 17/July/2016 @ 10:48 pm
Good question. In terms of cardio, I suspect that the staircase work, because it’s so purely staircase work, is likely just as beneficial as several hours of walking. Roughly speaking, twice up my staircase = one set of Namsan stairs.
In terms of caloric burn, however, I don’t think anything beats being on the trail for several hours. There’s simply no way that I can burn 2500 calories by going up my building’s staircase twice in 23 minutes.
I’m basically aiming for a balance between the two activities, but I confess that I like walking the trail way more. My problem is that, after doing nearly 35K steps, I’m pretty wiped out, and my feet hurt, which means I need to wait at least a day or two before I can do that again.
The schedule I’m aiming for, then, is just to do the creekside trail on Monday and Friday (5 hours’ walk), to do nothing on Sunday and Tuesday, and to devote Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday to building-staircase work.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 11/July/2016 @ 12:35 pm
Well! Since I’ve cut back on my long walks in order to ramp up intensity through more staircase work, I’d say you’re now walking almost twice as many steps per week as I do (I average 70K-80K steps/week). Congrats on attaining record highs with your step count, and on your continued weight loss. Obviously, you’re doing something right. The belly will melt away eventually, at which point horny women will be piling on top of you like rugby players.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 11/July/2016 @ 12:00 am
Dr. Vallicella recently linked to Johnny Cash’s rendition of “Solitary Man.” Seems fitting.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 05/July/2016 @ 11:08 pm
Congrats on the continuing weight loss! 200 sounds like a great goal: it’s mine, too, but I’ve got farther to go than you, alas—another 65-70 pounds. Keep on pounding the pavement.
The Hillary pic is comedy gold. Someone’s going to order it to be painted over, though, I’m sure.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 04/July/2016 @ 2:28 pm
The bats were impressive, as was the eagle. Is the weather often overcast in the Philippines this time of year?
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 01/July/2016 @ 1:22 pm
I can see a huge difference, Bruce, especially in the stomach. Keep on keeping on.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 29/June/2016 @ 8:29 pm
For what it’s worth, I think the crap you went through (and shouldn’t crap go through you?) would drive any man, no matter how laid-back, to use his “outside voice.”
500 pesos is—what—about $11? And 125 pesos is about $3? In your situation, I probably would’ve allowed myself to get wallet-raped, then would have grumbled about the experience afterward. Of course, $11 is 367% of $3, which means you’re being fleeced for 267%. So yeah, anger and action are justified.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 27/June/2016 @ 12:50 pm
Sorry you had to go through all that. Especially all the yelling you had to do—both at beggar kids and at duplicitous taxi drivers who think you’re just another stupid furriner they can take advantage of. Then, of course, there’s the prehistoric levels of Wi-Fi service…
I’m not sure the Philippines was all that good for your blood pressure.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 27/June/2016 @ 12:03 am
«« Back To Stats PageKorea ought to be a relief after all this shit.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 26/June/2016 @ 10:04 pm