Interesting views from a Korean soldier's perspective

National Assembly Library (국회전자도서관), Seoul

• North Korea will not collapse but become weakened and it will move forward reformation and opening.
• The threat of war will remarkably decrease through the strengthened reliability between the ROK-NK military in the Korean Peninsula.
• USFK is needed as a stabilizer for deterrence on the Korean Peninsula.

From Han Seok-Pyo (2006), soldier of ROK Army, graduate of GSIS, Seoul National University.

Praying hard that my field research will proceed well.

Feeling good about insomnia and SNU Library

LG=Life is Good :-)

Insomnia
It's known among my close friends that I have insomnia from time to time. Not to say that I feel uncomfortable or suffered anything really bad from it, but most of the time I feel indifferent. This time, I feel great. The great feeling of insomnia occurred once in a blue moon. It comes from the sense of accomplishment of making full use of the sleepless 24 or 48 hours.

SNU Library
Seoul National University Library is really good. It is user-friendly either in Korean or English version. The only downside is you have to access it via Internet Explorer for maximum benefits, which is common for almost 99.9%-100% of all Korean sites (and they make you download tonnes of software and programs to run their sites!). Hence IE is the most popular web browser in South Korea and Mozzila is annoyed about this. My favorite browser is Google Chrome when I'm not browsing Korean sites though.
I'm glad I get to read some very relevant thesis and dissertations to my study. Perhaps I was motivated and inspired by some PhD dissertations during my undergrad years that I am having this habit of reading them whenever I have a writer's block. So SNU Library is currently my sanctuary.

Randomness kicks in:

• I am practicing to write in American English, although I know I have to switch back to British/Australian English when I return to Melbourne.
• Korean's spicy food is nutritious enough and provide sufficient energy for us in cold months. Good for me to work long hours. And finally we have our own kitchen to cook, yeah! And Thank God I finally have nice toufu to cook! I miss avocado in Melbourne though...
• Fieldwork is a combination of Amazing Race+Lost+Survivor+Fear Factor+Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?

Praying for the wellness of my field research, Amen.

Seoul

A corner of the roof of the Gyeongbokgung Palace's entrance gate. Click on the image to see the details.

I am finally here.

Praying hard that my field research will proceed safely. Many thanks to Korea Foundation's support, I really do.