I have not been posting very much this week because I am very busy at work. (I know. I know. Shocking!) It’s Annual Report time and things have picked up. On Monday I got ten documents in the mail and have to have them edited by Friday. Each document is only a few pages each, [...]
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Korea’s DYNAMIC sentiment
The Korea Times ran a wonderful article about how foreign banks in Korea are making profits from government initiated measures to counter the short-term loan crisis. It’s wonderful because it shows how truly fond Korea is of foreign companies doing business (and making a profit!!!!) in Korea. It really does illustrate how far this country [...]
Subway Habits
Doing anything everyday fosters the development of habits. Riding the subway is no different. Everything from which side of the door you stand on (I always stand on the side opposite the closest set of stairs due to the fact that as people come off the subway they bend to the side nearest the stairs [...]
Korea declares War on Japan!!!!
On Monday July 14, 2008 the Japanese government started getting ready for the 2012 (2012!!!) school year by unveiling new and improved non-binding guidelines for middle school teachers and textbook publishers. This is to say, in four whole years, teachers and textbook publishers could, if they felt like it, look at the guidelines to draw [...]
Why is Africa still fucked?
Billions of dollars in official development assistance (ODA) have been pumped into Africa over the years with few results to be proud of. Nevertheless, if one were to look at the development assistance websites of the worlds richest countries (USAID, DFID, CIDA, JICA), there is no doubt in my mind that you would find [...]