Yeah, my reply would have been,

“Fine, we’re selling our oil to the Chinese.”

DDA, Aren’t you special. You make all the English teachers green with envy

And that’s just scratching the surface, pew pew…

Fourth, since when do kyopos understand the Korean education system?

Presumably this means that since kyopos’ parents beat them to study more, they would be sympathetic to the Korean education system.

Personally, I would have come up with something a bit different, perhaps “Your Beer Sucks” on the Northern side and “Canada Has How Many NHL Franchises Again?” on the Southern side. That or “Could You Please Burn Washington Again — It Could Use the Urban Renewal. And We Won’t Even Burn Toronto This Time.”

Did you come up with those lines yourself? Maybe you could do a Jay Leno-type late night talk show on Arirang as long as you avoid cliched jokes about a certain form of animal protein.

I was able to make a Texas records check on the official State of Texas website. I had the paper that showed no records found and printed it on the computer. I then took it to the US Embassy and made a sworn statement (The US Embassy will not do any notarizing). Daejeon Immigration said that it was not official enough.

Daejon Immigration is wrong.

Go to Dave’s ESL Cafe Job-related Discussion Forum and read the sticky thread entitled “GUIDE: AUTHENTICATING A BACKGROUND CHECK FROM WITHIN KOREA.” It includes the phone number for the official in charge of E-2 policy at Immigration. He will be able to attest that your sworn statement, notarized at the embassy, is sufficient authentication. He will also be able to crack the appropriate skulls in Daejon to get them to accept it.

Hummm… Let’s say 4 million won in air fare… spread out over a year let’s say 340,000 won a month, plus 400,000 won a month rent, plus 2.5 million won a month (maximum allowable wages) and this adds to over 6 million won a month?

That’s hagwon bookkeeping for ya… No wonder these guys worry about staying out of the red. Anyhow, I’m sort of surprised that the average salary is still just 2 million won a month. Must be the fault of the strong KRW/USD exchange rate.

It is disturbing, but no more so than so-called patriot vigilantes in Texas, Arizona, or even New Hampshire taking it upon themselves to patrol the US border.

Hey, someone has to patrol that northern border. We know you’re coming — don’t think we haven’t noticed you’re massing your population on the frontier.

Coincidentally, you think there’s a metal detector in this?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I.....border.JPG

The inscription, BTW, is kind of heart-warming:

The American side of the Arch is inscribed with the words “Children of a Common Mother;” the Canadian side, with the words “Brethren Dwelling together in Unity.” Within the portal of the Arch on the west side are the words “1814 Open One Hundred Years 1914″ and on the east side, “May These Gates Never Be Closed.”

http://www.peacearchpark.org/history.htm

“Children of a Common Mother.” Touching, really, even if one of those kids sued Dearest Mum for early emancipation. Personally, I would have come up with something a bit different, perhaps “Your Beer Sucks” on the Northern side and “Canada Has How Many NHL Franchises Again?” on the Southern side. That or “Could You Please Burn Washington Again — It Could Use the Urban Renewal. And We Won’t Even Burn Toronto This Time.”

CALEE is… it’s just creepy as hell. Army of stalkers, 16,000 strong!