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Young’s English Channel – YouTube

Posted on March 19, 2022 by Young

This is more news unrelated to writing, but the more I get off my plate, the more time I have to write. My COVID stuck-at-home project for the last year has been making animations presenting different English language points for … Continue reading →

Posted in Random | Tagged animation, don't have a face for youtubing, english learning, youngsenglishchannel, youtube | Leave a comment

Attention all male F-4 visa holders (Korean-heritage, other-nationality males)

Posted on August 18, 2019 by Young

In the past two weeks, I’ve been contacted on separate occasions by two Korean-American males, one who has been serving in the Korean Army since last October and one who is being pressured to join right now. Both of them … Continue reading →

Posted in Additional Material, Random | Tagged americans in the korean army, f-4 visa holders beware, forced to obtain dual citizenship, jus sanguinis, jus soli, korea is a nationality minefield, korean-americans talk to your parents, the danger is still real | 6 Comments

The Case of the Burger King Cripple

Posted on April 11, 2019 by Young

I was interrogated by the police for two hours on Thursday of last week. It wasn’t a pleasant experience, but what interrogation is? It started with a phone call during my smoke break at work. “Is this Young Chun?” I … Continue reading →

Posted in Random | Tagged eating fast food too often can be bad for you in more ways than your health, i don't believe in luck but there's a point where it makes you think there actually is, i guess my limp is worse than i thought, i related to the movie pure luck with martin short, interrogated by the korean police, maybe cripples and burger king are a match made in heaven, richard kimble and the one-armed man, why would someone use a stolen credit card to buy burger king | 2 Comments

Taking the TOPIK II

Posted on April 22, 2017 by Young

On Thursday, I got my results for the TOPIK II I took last month. The TOPIK II is for levels 3 to 6 (intermediate to advanced) and the best possible score is 300—100 points each for Writing, Listening, and Reading. … Continue reading →

Posted in Random | Tagged damn proctors on power trips, i didn't really care about the test but i do care about a b, i guess my bullshitting game in korean isn't so hot, i never fail so why did this happen, like so many things here they care more about the appearance of legitimacy rather than the content, or keeping our phones for that matter, topik, topik ii, what was the purpose of not letting us smoke, why the hell did i bother | Leave a comment

How to recover an item lost in a cab in Korea

Posted on March 18, 2016 by Young

* This post has nothing to do with any of my books or writing. I only thought it might be helpful for some people, especially those who can’t read Korean and don’t have access to Korean resources. If you want, … Continue reading →

Posted in Random | Tagged anyone want to buy the bottom hat for me, da bears, glam sucks balls, i have no idea why i chose william perry, just a random post about what to do if you lose something in a cab, my favorite was of course walter payton, need to cut down on drinking, survival tip for korea, sweetness, the bouncers at glam can go fuck themselves in the ass, when i was in the first grade i wrote that i wanted to be william refrigerator perry when i grew up | 2 Comments

Other News

Posted on June 5, 2015 by Young

I’m working on some longer posts that may never get posted so in the interim, I thought I’d share a couple of links to articles I’ve read recently that I thought were interesting. Each article is about a young Korean … Continue reading →

Posted in Additional Material, Random | Tagged another accidental soldier, conscription, draft dodger, is social justice just something nice we tell ourselves exists to make ourselves feel better about our shitty lives, steve yoo, yang kyoungjong, yoo seung-jun | 4 Comments

Doing What You Love

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Young

For those of you who don’t know, a few days before my birthday at the end of 2013, I was in a pretty bad motorcycle accident. A car making an illegal left turn T-boned me, shattering my left tibia into … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, writing | Tagged charles bukowski, doing what you love, find what you love and let it kill you, getting back on the bike, i bitch a lot about being poor but it's only so my friends won't suggest doing expensive things, i have very little real-world skills, i'm actually okay with dying penniless and alone, if only i could find a cost-effective way to satisfy my more carnal desires, it's a lonely road i've chosen, sacrifices | 2 Comments

Laid Bare

Posted on May 14, 2015 by Young

I was in the teacher’s office after class to scan some documents when I ran into one of the teachers working the evening classes who was persuaded to buy the book at the recommendation of another co-worker. I had only … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, writing | Tagged billy pilgrim, feel like i'm in one of those dreams where you're at school in your underwear, i'm a modern-day hermit, i'm not a good main character, is honesty the best policy, mersault, what the fuck are feelings, writing a memoir | 7 Comments

Random Update

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Young

[I’ll randomly update from time to time even when nothing big has happened and I have nothing special to say. If you want to have even a modestly popular blog, I was once told, you have to be prolific. After … Continue reading →

Posted in Random | Tagged as much as i argue i don't care about money i still have a lot of needless material possessions, asus service center in yongsan is not bad but you'll have to wait at least a day, can't do without my laptop, don't care too much about my phone, hankyoreh interview, i can't get much work done if there are pretty girls at the coffee shop, i don't have to worry about it at my usual place, korean john lennon, random update, sj4000 isn't bad so far, twosome place | 4 Comments

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Young’s English Channel – YouTube

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