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Pattaya: What Do You Say To A Naked Lady?
Gather ’round children so I can tell you about the one time I went to Pattaya, Thailand. Can I Buy You a Drink? As I have mentioned before, living in Korea as an expat can get to you, big time. I...
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My Trip to Southeast Asia, Part 2: My Spanish Butterfly
After getting attacked, I moved on some more expensive bungalows that were directly on Lonely Beach. Fun In The Sun Koh Chang in Thailand is a little slice of heaven and I despite being broke I quickly...
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Sorry For Party ROKin, Part Duh: Because I Got High
Say What? As I have mentioned before, I just don’t get why people want to smoke pot in Korea. You have this stuff called soju, which is essentially a legal drug that is cheaper than water and it knocks...
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Haebangchon: Let the Good Times Roll
HBC Fest Rocks While Seoul is a huge place, with some 13 million people or so, at times as an expat it can seem very very small. If you find yourself hanging out in the area of Seoul known as...
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The Korean Expat Dating Scene: Just the FAQs
I Wanna Hold Your Hand We here at Asia Pundits thought it would be fun to use the FAQ form to address an issue dear to everyone’s heart: the dating scene in South Korea. Enjoy So, yo, how difficult is...
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Potheads of the World, Unite (But Not in Korea)
Whatever When I was a little kid, I hated being yelled at for stuff I didn’t do. I’m still that way. The Korean government is on the warpath about pot and I am getting really annoyed that potheads are...
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Fast Times At The Pojangmacha
Rest. Relax. Get Drunk One of the more interesting and fun things about nightlife in Korea is the pojangmacha. Pojangmachas are the covered soju tents one sees all over the country. They are a great...
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Daegu, Liquor Bags and is the Hokey Pokey What it’s all About?
I am a liar. A charlatan. A purveyor of disinformation. Creator of false hope. Progenitor of impossible dreams. All week long I sing Hokey Pokey and claim “that’s what it’s all about.” But is it?...
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One Shot! NYT Profiles Drinking Culture in Korea
I’d like a hot girl and some cold soju Koreans of all types love, love, love to drink. This is not a stereotype. It’s a cold hard fact. Besides, even the venerable New York Times says it’s so. So it...
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We Need To Talk About ‘We Need Surgery’
This post is in no way supposed to be unbiased. I love this band, and you should too. They rock! Way back when, Seoul’s expat music scene was amazing. This was back in about 2006-2007 and I was running...
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