http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/08/07/behind-bars/ Fearless. Thoughtful. Witty. Canadian. And Opinionated. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:29:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/08/07/behind-bars/#comment-6667 This Week’s Wandering News « The Daily Transit Sun, 17 Aug 2008 11:26:23 +0000 http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/?p=1071#comment-6667 [...] writer-gone-English-teacher Joel McConvey posts a witty piece of booze-laden journalism about expat bars from his corner of the world in [...] [...] writer-gone-English-teacher Joel McConvey posts a witty piece of booze-laden journalism about expat bars from his corner of the world in [...]

]]> http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/08/07/behind-bars/#comment-6612 Chelsea H. Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:02:14 +0000 http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/?p=1071#comment-6612 It's a very thoughtful insight into the periphery scene that skirts the mainstream Korean culture. Korean culture is a conumdrum, itself. Having a confucianist root, it prizes on order and uniformity, but at the same time, there thrives a penchant for something foreign and ecletic. Having lived in Canada for a substantial number of years, I might be now viewed as an outsider but keeping in touch with a ground reality, observed through a visiter there is quite refreshing. It’s a very thoughtful insight into the periphery scene that skirts the mainstream Korean culture. Korean culture is a conumdrum, itself. Having a confucianist root, it prizes on order and uniformity, but at the same time, there thrives a penchant for something foreign and ecletic. Having lived in Canada for a substantial number of years, I might be now viewed as an outsider but keeping in touch with a ground reality, observed through a visiter there is quite refreshing.

]]> http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/08/07/behind-bars/#comment-6504 Boozing Foreigners « Quintessence of Mediocrity Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:01:46 +0000 http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/?p=1071#comment-6504 [...] 7, 2008 · No Comments An interesting article at The Walrus on ex-pat bars and the allure of drinking with strangers while travelling the world. One thing that [...] [...] 7, 2008 · No Comments An interesting article at The Walrus on ex-pat bars and the allure of drinking with strangers while travelling the world. One thing that [...]

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