S T E P H E N H U C K E R . C O M

Today I had to call KT’s internet help centre b/c I forgot my password.

HOW: Dial 100, choose option 8 for Foreigners Help.

Note this is in Korean, so just listening won’t help much
Once there they were very helpful.
After checking ID by asking for my user ID and Foreigner ID number the operator gave me my password. [...]

After that long, ever so long Winter vacation, I imagined that there would not be many vacatons for quite some time.
So image my suprise after a mere 7 days at school I am told it is time for Spring Vacation.

Lets see I come back to school on Feb 9, a thursday for a short two [...]

After a long Winter break (Dec 29 – Feb 9) classes have begun again at Yaeumdong Middle School. Fortunately for the first day I have only one class.

2006-02-06 Snow falling on Yaeumdong

Today it snowed in Ulsan and about time!
It snowed once before, but it was a pretty weak effort.
This time I took my mountain bike and went riding up in the hills, slipping and sliding all the way – a lot of fun!

My school also looked very pretty

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Just saw Syriana today. It is the latest George Clooney / Matt Damon film. I loved it.
The acting was wonderful, the script was excellent and the good guys came in shades of gray.

The movie is about the oil business and the corruption / real politics associated with it.

Favourite quotes from the movie:

The Americian CIA approach [...]

Since arriving in Korea I have lived in three different apartments or “villas”. A Villa is usually a three to five story apartment building as distinct from the ten stories plus apartment blocks you see all around Korea.

In a “my” villa there were six apartments per floor. In the photo below you can see the [...]

2006-02-05 Kanweyeol Mountain Ride 08

Today is my sister Karen’s birthday.

Age: Classified

Today, I joined the Samamtb club for a ride to Kanweyeol Mountain near Eonyang.

The mountain is is 1,100 meters high! I didn’t know this when I turned up for the ride.
So with a sense of foreboding we started up with myself bravely guarding the rear (b/c I was too knacked too keep up). Fortunally various [...]

Saw Kiss Kiss Bang Bang today. Haven’t laughed so hard for a long time. Its a great action / comedy movie