Category Archives: WhinyForeigner

Incheon Airport Blues

Posted on April 19, 2016 by wetcasements

Incheon Airport, the main international hub in South Korea and an institution that many Koreans take a lot of pride in, is suffering from huge delays for foreigners going through immigration : “However, according to the Immigration Office, the extra booths … Continue reading →

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The Salt Is Real

Posted on March 25, 2016 by wetcasements

I have a male adult student who I basically had to break off communications with.  It’s not the first time either. Korea being a highly traditional culture undergoing major shifts in attitudes towards marriage, children, and sex, for various reasons, … Continue reading →

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I Have Opinions About Things And Sometimes Express Them

Posted on March 11, 2016 by wetcasements

Orange Caramel, “Catellena” So, I do this once in a while as an act of shameless self-promotion: I tweet here. I have a tumblr here, which has some overlap with this here “real” blog.  Scare-quotes because the line is always … Continue reading →

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Whiny Foreigner Returns!

Posted on February 18, 2016 by wetcasements

Living in a small-ish college town, I tend to forget that a lot of my experiences in South Korea are colored by the fact that I’m usually surrounded by slightly oblivious 20 year-olds. Which is a good thing, because if … Continue reading →

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#YallQaeda #VanillaISIS #Yeehawd

Posted on January 5, 2016 by wetcasements

#YallQaeda in a nutshell pic.twitter.com/mul2866b3r — Matt Osborne (@OsborneInk) January 4, 2016   Albert Burneko on the home-grown terrorists who have seized a Federal building out in Oregon: “Here is the thing. These men are not frightening. They are jamokes. … Continue reading →

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Two Great Mysteries As Winter Descends on Korea:

Posted on November 3, 2015 by wetcasements

Why does my college dude in charge of “turning on ” the heating units base his decision on an arbitrary date, as opposed to when the weather actually gets furking cold enough to use a heater? Why do Korean janitors … Continue reading →

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Ready For Retirement

Posted on July 21, 2015 by wetcasements

You have ups and downs in Korea, like anywhere else.  It’s only Tuesday and so far my week has involved 1) finding out that my employer might be trying to fuck me over on earned severance pay 2) a landlord … Continue reading →

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Swamp Season

Posted on July 15, 2015 by wetcasements

Wow, two incredibly fighty and negative posts in a row. I blame summer in Daegu.  It’s really frugging hot out there.  It’s really frugging humid.

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Whiny Foreigner Returns!

Posted on July 2, 2015 by wetcasements

Is it worth bitching about the insanity of Korean management practices any longer?  No, but I want to. So last week I entered my semester grades into the university computer system.  This week I’m supposed to wait for students to … Continue reading →

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ZOMG Graffiti Punks!

Posted on March 17, 2015 by wetcasements

Iggy Pop w/ Teddybears, “Punk Rocker” There’s something delightfully over-the-top and utterly South Korean about this story of a few subway cars that got tagged, supposedly by foreigners: “Another graffiti artist conjectured, ‘It is likely that foreigners who used to … Continue reading →

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