http://dorty.reptaro.net Thoughts on popular culture as well as life itself. Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:41:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well I'm going home in December. My current job is discontinuing it's native teaching system and switching over to some sort of video English system. So I've had a busy few weeks looking for things to do next year and prepare what needs preparing. It's never fun losing your job. http://dorty.reptaro.net/2008/11/17/going-home/ On the weekend we decided to get away and head to Seorak mountain (설악산). It took about 4 hours by car to get there due to some heavy traffic but it was well worth the wait. The scenery was really beautiful but a week or two ago might have been ... http://dorty.reptaro.net/2008/10/28/seoraksan-%ec%84%a4%ec%95%85%ec%82%b0/ Hiking is always fun, especially if it's through a heavily forested area. On the Sunday I hit the hills with the girly and her father. The climb was very steep in parts but for the most part not so challenging. We were out for about 3 hours. It was such ... http://dorty.reptaro.net/2008/10/22/hikes/ Usually I study alone but a couple of days ago me and the girly decided to make an effort to study together to improve our respective languages since having a native to study with is a huge advantage when studying languages. We both forgot to bring the materials we prepared ... http://dorty.reptaro.net/2008/10/16/korean-study-revived/ I always wanted to try and make this - seasoned rice in a fried bean curd wrap (유부초밥 - pic). When I worked part-time teaching, one of the employees used to bring some as part of his packed lunch. He always gave me a couple. He said his girlfriend worked ... http://dorty.reptaro.net/2008/10/16/%ec%9c%a0%eb%b6%80%ec%b4%88%eb%b0%a5/ I've been trying MelOn for the past week or so. It's a Korean subscription based music service. There are various plans available depending on what your needs are. I wanted to be able to stream full songs and download MP3's that I can transfer to my iPod. The MP3 Plus ... http://dorty.reptaro.net/2008/10/09/melon/ Seriously, why would you steal someone's bike seat? Not only did they steal it but they replaced it with some secondhand ghetto seat. It wasn't just my bike either, it was all the other one's in the bike lock-up area. Seriously. http://dorty.reptaro.net/2008/10/08/bike-seat-vanishing-act/ This weekend I headed down to Choong-chu (충추) again for a weekend of work. On Saturday we headed to a mountain near the girly's grandparent's house. The mountain is covered in overgrowth, is incredibly steep but thriving with chestnut bearing trees. We spent the afternoon collecting as many as we ... http://dorty.reptaro.net/2008/10/06/chestnuts-and-apples/ I had quite a scare. The contents of my external hard drive were erased. My pictures, music, graphics back-ups etc. all gone. I searched the internet for tips on recovery and found various programs. I opted to try Data Rescue II because their demo version let's you scan a drive ... http://dorty.reptaro.net/2008/10/06/data-rescue-ii/ This morning I had my bicycle fixed! They did a full service so now my gears work correctly, my brakes don't rub on the rims of the wheels, and my ride is a lot smoother. It was a tad expensive though (at least it cost more than I thought it ... http://dorty.reptaro.net/2008/10/01/bike-go-go-and-toilet-money/