Scoring in K-League Baseball

Today I figured out how to use my television, and spent some of this afternoon watching K-League baseball. Turns out they keep score differently than we do in the States: strikes come before balls. I’d like to know (a) how this came to be and (b) if the position players are also numbered differently.

Weekend Visit to Nami Island (남이섬), Korea

This weekend my work took an overnight trip to Nami Island (남이섬, or Nami-sum), an island in the Han River about 1.5 hours northeast of Seoul. The drive from Seoul to Nami-sum was beautful. Our van’s GPS took us on the scenic route (or: we got lost) though a bunch of small towns and villages.

Evergreen Transit Hotel, Taoyuan Airport, Taiwan

On my way to Seoul I waited out a nine hour layover in Taipei’s Taoyuan Airport at the Evergreen Transit Hotel. My flight from Seattle arrived at 5:35 AM, which is 25 minutes before the airport turns on its air conditioning. I worried that I might be sweaty enough to set off the swine flu-sensing […]

There’s A Lesson In There, Somewhere

One morning in Las Vegas I took a walk wearing my Barcelona soccer jersey. On my way out the casino I took a wrong turn and went out to the sidewalk where cabs wait in line to be called to the front. Chin up, no eye contact, start walking. Ignore the “Taxi? Taxi?” “Need a […]