Category Archives: Korea

Third Typhoon

Yet another typhoon came our way. This time it was typhoon Sanba and it was the strongest of the three so far. Well, strongest in the sense that at one point it time it had been a Cateogry 5 typhoon, … Continue reading

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Finland in Korea

Well, what do you know, I ran into something interesting today. After the conference and a dinner, I and a couple of others went for a drink near the conference venue. We went to Garosugil street, which is a popular … Continue reading

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Conference Without Traveling

Today I’m attending the CFI conference here in Seoul. It’s very convenient to be able to attend a conference without traveling anywhere, well, commute via subway. On a normal year, I spend about 7 days worth of time on airplanes, … Continue reading

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Photos

Long time ago, when I still had some free time, I considered photography to be sort of a hobby. I have what used to be a decent camera, well, still is, since it’s a DSLR and the lenses do not … Continue reading

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Settling In

First week is almost done and I’ve just come home from my Korean language class. I’m enrolled in an evening class at the university language center to brush up on my language. I have class twice a week, Mondays and … Continue reading

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Home, Sweet Home

Ah, I’m sitting on the balcony of our new home (well, temporary home, but you get my drift), sipping a cold one, and enjoying re-runs of MacGyver from Finnish TV. Does life get much better? Technically, I’m also enjoying the … Continue reading

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Two-Typhoon Week

As I wrote in the last post, I’ve been busy running around getting things sorted out, but two little things have one some days kept me home, namely typhoons Bolaven and Tembin. Bolaven came closest to us on Tuesday, but … Continue reading

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Bureaucracy

I arrived safely in Korea on Saturday and so far have mainly been taking care of bureaucratical issues (and surviving typhoons, but more on those later). First, the optimist has won again! As expected, I got the apartment in the … Continue reading

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Another False Start and the Real Start

I’m sitting the in the lounge at Helsinki airport waiting for my flight to (finally) depart. Originally, in a fit of optimism (lack of realism?) I had booked my flights to Korea for Tuesday, that is three days ago. I … Continue reading

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