Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Saturday, March 25, 2006
A Korean Lady's "Secret Mission"
흠- 그렇다면 한국은 여성 총리를 갖게될까? 최윤희 사건을 계기로 아마! 우연히도 오늘<뉴요커> 잡지에서 다른 한 선구자적인 여성 "Louise Kim" (아카 김영신)에 대한 글을 읽게 되었다. 한국전쟁이 일어나고 바로 일주일 뒤, <뉴요커>에 갑자기 부쩍 한국에 관련된 엣세이가 늘었다. 이 나라가 도대체 어디지? 한국인들은 어떤 사람들 일까? 왜 우리가 그곳에 싸우러 가는거지? 사설들, 소설, 인터뷰들, 조각 조각의 사실을 실은 글들 그리고 침략 두 주후, 전쟁 발생 당시에 남한 외교관으로 있던 김영신에 대한 이 짧은 글도. 내가 가장 맘에 들었던 구절은 "나 또한 이곳을 정탐할 임무를 띠고 있지만 물론 그게 무엇인지를 밝힐 수는 없어요." 나 또한 이곳을 정탐할 임무를 띠고 있지만 물론 그게 무엇인지를 밝힐 수는 없어요! ~
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Thursday, March 23, 2006
Homesickness, 2002
3년전에 일년동안 한국에세 살았어. 그대 매일 Wilco의 "Yankee, Hotel, Foxtrot" CD를 드렀어. 메일 길에 도라단일데 그CD를 들어면서 고향에대헤서 생각했다. 친구, 가족, 엣날여자친구, 항국생활에대헤서 생각했다. 일년동안 Yankee, Hotel, Foxtrot 나의 OST 이였다. 오늘 옛날 New Yoker 관(issue?)안에 같은 생각 읽었다.
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Saturday, March 18, 2006
아찍또 지지하지?
I had a 10 year student whose dream was to be a scientist. He had a picture on his bedroom door of Hwang Woo-suk, and he used to say "My dream is to be a great scientist like Hwang Woo-suk!". I haven't taught him for a year, but I wonder what his parents tell him now. Does he still have the picture on his door? And what about these kids, whose father dragged them along to this march to support the disgraced scientist on March 1st? What misshapen morals will the kids take from this display?
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Sunday, March 12, 2006
Help - Bicycle Touring in Korea
한국에서의 자전거여행에 관한 정보를 찿도록 도와달라고 한국인 친구에게 부탁했더니 그녀의대답인즉 "아무도 실제로 자진거로 전국여행을 하거나 하진않아. 왜냐하면 그러기에 한국은 산이너무 많거든." 그럼에도 불구하고 네덜렌드에서 온 이 사나이는 한국의 전국 곳곳을 다녀간듯하다 (그가 다녀간 루트는 보라색으로 표시되어있다). 그렇지만 그는 외국인이다. 한국인에 의한 전국 자전거여행에 대한 정보가 분명 있을 것이다. 만약에 누구든지 자전거 여행 가이드 책자나 자전거로 다닐 수 있는 길이 표기된 지도, 또는 자전거여행 웹사이트나 모임, 신용할 만한 자전거 (용품)점을 알고있는 사람이 있다면 부디 아래의 코멘트란에 정보를 남겨 줬으면 하는데 잘부탁합니다! (김훈에 대해서는 이미 알고 있지만 그의 글은 내가 읽기에 너무 어려운듯... 더많은 정부를 목을 길게 빼고 기대하고 있어요!) Thank you, People of Korea, Friends of the Revolution!
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Sunday, March 05, 2006
Saturday, March 04, 2006
Opps, I thought she was a hostess!
Chosun Ilbo: "It is shameful if a key party official sexually harasses a journalist in front of witnesses. It is more shameful if the official, like Rep. Choi, previously headed a branch of the domestic and sexual violence office at the East Sea branch of the Korea Legal Aid Center for Family Relations. The scandal tips over into farce with the lawmaker’s innocently pleaded excuse that he did it because he “thought she was the owner” of the bar. Presumably he means it is perfectly acceptable to fondle the breasts of bar owners and that he has been doing so all his life." The cartoon show Kim Dae-jung, who was recently mocked by a conservative politician as having Alzheimer's, pointing to Choi and saying "Now there's dementia for you!" 왼쪽: 권인숙, 1986
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Friday, March 03, 2006
The New Yorker's Brokeback Mountain
Brokeback Mountain was originally a 20 page story in a 1997 issue of the New Yorker magazine. Last week the New Yorker parodied the movie poster with Bush as Jack and Cheney as Ennis... 원래 브로크백 마운틴은 1997년 뉴요커 잡지에 20페이지로 실렸다. 지난주에 뉴요커 표지에 부시가 잭 체이니 애니스로 패러디 했다. 나이스!
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Thursday, March 02, 2006
Wednesday, March 01, 2006
A Long Weekend in Taiwan
The top of the tallest building in the world, Taipei 101, is regularly engulfed in clouds.
And the poor security gaurd on the top floor is engulfed too. Nobody wanted to pay extra to go outside, so it was just he and I.
Before Taiwan, I had never been to a pleasant English bookstore in Asia. This one was so nice, and had such a good selection, I stayed for hours.
Chiang Kai Shek (장계석) Memorial Hall.
I'd prefer to work on top of the tallest building in the world, engulfed in wet clouds and cold air. At least you can scratch your nose.
The kids perect their dance moves in the the reflection of the Chiang Kai Shek's big windows.
And their flag dancing in the pavillon.
Mei's Teashop. Good for hours of reading. Mei가 영어 잘 해!
The neighborhood around Mei's Teashop has great 365빌딩 같은 architecture, and cafes, and delicious 포장마차.
A little bar with a liitle balcony for reading and drinking.
Beer and the New Yorker and a view of the kids drinking in the park.
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