I am not a superstitious person, but sometimes weird stuff does happen to me. Last year I dropped a knife on my sandaled foot and the knife went right between my first and second toe. I also found a picture of an old friend hidden in a book I thought I had lost in a bag that was in a box marked CDs. I also called my telephone company to complain about a problem with my Internet. I was in a ripe mood and I wanted to blame the poor telephone operator for all of the problems in the world, but she calmly and professionally calmed me down. When I gave my name she excitedly asked me if I had taught in Gyeongju. I said yes and I discovered this was one of my favorite students and now she has a good position at the company. Life is full of unexpectedness. I went to a tarot reader and these are my cards for the year. The woman said stuff like, you'll be successful, you'll earn lots of money, blahblahblah. The one thing she said that caught my attention was that she said that I needed to...

My Tarot Reading for 2012 I am not a superstitious person, but sometimes weird stuff does happen to me. Last year I dropped a knife on my sandaled foot and the knife went right between my first and second toe. I also found a picture of an old friend hidden in a book I thought I had lost in a bag that was in a box marked CDs. I also called my telephone company to complain about a problem with my Internet. I was in a ripe mood and I wanted to blame the poor telephone operator for all of the problems in the world, but she calmly and professionally calmed me down. When I gave my name she excitedly asked me if I had taught in Gyeongju. I said yes and I discovered this was one of my favorite students and now she has a good position at the company. Life is full of unexpectedness. I went to a tarot reader and these are my cards for the year. The woman said stuff like, you'll be successful, you'll earn lots of money, blahblahblah. The one thing she said that caught my attention was ...

I am a man of action and I think a lot of this has to do with the fact that I'm not good at making long term plans. Here, I specifically mean New Year's Resolutions. Last year instead of writing resolutions for 2010, I wrote a list of my accomplishments for 2009. So, instead of saying what I will do this year, I'm going to write about what I accomplished in 2010 and try to do better in the following year. Here are some of the accomplishments I am proud (and not so proud of) in 2010. 1. I wrote 660 posts for Seoul Eats 2. Am the weekly food columnist for Arirang Radio's The Way Home 3. Left Groove Magazine and became the Dining Editor for Seoul Magazine 4. Wore out my favorite pair of shoes at and had to walk home with one shoe (I also left my wallet). 5. Became a partner at O'ngo Food Communications 6. Started a successful culinary tourism business and Korean cooking Classes. 7. Was invited by the International Culinary Tourism Association to be a speaker...