courtesy of The Chosun Ilbo:

Today's Photo: December 29, 2010

The statue of King Sejong in Seoul's Gwanghwamun Plaza is covered with snow on Tuesday.

and that colonial distance can be saturated with separation due to homesickness of a different nature

Here is a screenshot of what you should see if you follow this link, which is to say my home is in that apartment building, on the 4th floor, the 4th window from the left.

You can follow the arrows to look around my neighborhood if you want. (also @bird_esque I can direct you to the windows of the cat cafe if you want.) I think it's nifty.

Street view about 5 minutes from my school, my students racing each other to the bus stop sometime this summer.

the terrifying escalators at Namtaeryung Subway Station

LOOK AT THE PINK PANTS.

LOOK AT THEM.

I'm thinking about working on memorizing this song for my next trip to the noraebang to impress all my co-workers. It's possible that learning Korean has become partially an ego thing for me.