WanderingSalsero

About working from home....it's not just me that says you can

Several experts in this article talk about credible, viable and often very profitable opportunites to work from home.  Read it here.

A story of 'real change'

A ship's Captain in the Navy inspected his sailors, and afterward told the chief boson's mate that his men smelled bad.

The captain suggested perhaps it would help if the sailors would change their underwear occasionally.

The chief responded, "Aye, aye sir, I'll see to it immediately!"

The chief went straight to the sailors berth deck and announced, "The captain thinks you guys smell bad and wants you to change your underwear. "Pittman, you change with Jones; McCarthy, you change with Witkowski; and Brown, you change with Schultz. Now get to it!!!"

THE MORAL: Someone may be promising "Change"; but don't count on things smelling any better!!  Sound like any President we know?

GMO food....do you know how far it's gone already?

Genetically modified food.  How much do you know about it?  And do you know how far it's already gone?

I didn't until I saw this video.  And honestly, I'd prefer not to eat it.

If.........

What would it be like if somebody invented a time maching and went back and brought Julius Caesar back the the present.  Somehow he (Julius) wind ups living in Texas with a new name 'Jules King' and gets into politics.

And..............?

Taking a leak in the 'city'......

Since most of my readers are in the US, I guess this item, from www.blueq.com, might come in useful.  They've got loads of other cool stuff but you might especially like this.  It probably would be a perfect gift for that intellectual man who has everything and likes to travel. 

15 Point Guide To Peeing In The City

 

 

Alice is coming!

A skydiving instructor was giving a class to a group of beginners and he took a few moments to their first-timer questions.

One fellow raised his hand and said, "Sir.....if our chute doesn't open, and the reserve doesn't open, how long do we have until we hit the ground?"

The instructor looked at him, and in perfect deadpan, answered, "The rest of your life."

I was thinking that's sorta like the answer to the question, 'When are you going to look into the opportunity to come to Korea to teach English?' 

Fact is, there's still a huge demand for native English speakers over here.  With the bad economy back in the US and Canada, lots more teachers are staying an extra year, but all the good jobs are not gone.  Perhaps it's time for you to give it some consideration.

Is it a perfect job?

Well, that depends on what you're looking for.  But I'll bet that, for a lot of people, it's better than what you're doing right now. 

You won't make a gazillion bucks but, really, what's life all about anyway?  Life is about more than making money isnt' it?.  Everybody, especially in America, gives that phrase lip service but you'd never guess it from looking at the drudgery that most of their jobs wind up being. 

What about your situation right now? 

• Are you really getting anywhere? 
• Are you really doing anything that 'can't wait' a year or two while you see an exciting part of the world and take some time to enjoy yourself in a job with good benefits, guaranteed pay, and great 'off-the-clock' opportunities for fun?
•   Are you really having much fun doing what you're doing now? 
• Does your job own you or do you own your job?

Teaching English in Korea isn't hard work.  The biggest challenge is one of some slight but important adjustments in your own attitude.  It's a big world we live in and the US is, although still an important part, it's certainly not the only part, of it.  If you'll come over here and just make up your mind to do the best you can and let the chips fall where they may... then everything will be fine.

If you salsa dance, you'll absolutely love it.  There's lots of opportunity in and around Seoul.  Seoul is one of the top salsa towns in the world.  In Seoul you'll find over 11 great salsa clubs.  Do you know of any other cities like that? 

For dancing styles you'll find 'on1' and 'on2' and even (lately) some casino rueda.  In general, most Koreans are friendly to foreign salsa dancers.  Especially if you're good.  There's clubs all over the city (i.e. South, Central, Western Midtown and Southeast) and at least 11 of them are within easy walking distance from a subway station. (there's a few clubs that arent' but taxis are cheap).

And I'll tell ya too......if you're really good, you could possibly wind up making some good money giving lessons.  You're not actually supposed to have any kind of employment other than your job but.....it is done both in teaching and in other areas.

Remember.......you've got the rest of your life to have all the adventure you want.  How much do you want and.......how long is the rest of your life?  If you'd like some free and comprehensive information about the opportunity to teach English in S.Korea, you can get it here.

Ever wonder how 'fast' your computer and line is?

Have you ever wondered if your computer and/or internet connection is 'up to par' for speed?

I sure have.  And I've know there were sites where you could go and do a quick, online check.  But it's been a long while since I've done that.

Well, I found another such site tonight.  My upload speed is 669 kpbs and my download speed is 962 kpbs.  Is that good?  I really don't know.

You can check yours too. It takes about 15 seconds.  Go here.

Twitter Discussion on Dave Letterman

Do you Twitter?

I really don't but I do have a Twitter account.  I couldn't even tell you for sure what my 'handle' is.  I suppose it would be 'wanderingsalsero'.  I might be curious enough to delve more into it if I was back in the US but, far as I know, being on the Korean phone system over here sort prevents me from effectively interacting with Twitter.  Thus.......I don't.

But I read a lot about it and just last week I even read something about some IM guy (that's "internet marketing" to you who don't know) whos' figured out a way to make money from it.

Anyway.......here's a funny video of Dave Letterman discussing Twitter with Keven Spacey.

The Casino Rueda class was a success

Yesterday was the day of the 2 Hour Casino Rueda class that I did and I gotta believe there was some Godly direction in it because was a remarkable chain of events that even made it possible.

First of all, it couldn't have happened unless I somehow met Pill Hyun Hwan , the owner of Candela Dance Studio who most graciously (and wisely, I might add) contributed his contacts, staff and most excellent studio to the event.

I forget how I met Pillhwan.  I think it was from my blog.  We got to talking about interesting new things to do for dancers in Seoul and, of all those that we discussed, doing a free casino rueda class like this seemed to most logical right now.  So that's how it got started.

We had an excellent and very interesting mix of attendees at the class too.  Probably about 60/40% Korean to 'foreigner'.  I, for one, think it's a good thing to have events like this where the local nationals can meet and mix with foreigners because it's so hard to do otherwise.  In most cases, they're curious about us and we're curious about them.  Life is just so busy otherwise, ya know? 

We had about 7 couples.  We had an extra couple of ladies but luckily a couple of them, Suki and Michelle, were capable and willing to practice their leading so that made it perfect for pairing up.

To be honest, I thought I might cover a lot more than we actually did, but.......well, that's OK I guess, since everybody seemed to have had a good time.  We did:

son montunu, pa' el media, llevela abajo, exhibela, caminando, taro, taro y no le sugues, dile que no, enchufla, enchufla dos, enchufla que no, enchufla mentira,  vacila, and adios. 

Then we did that thing I used to do back in Houston called 'el corral' except here I'm calling it 'Hwaseong' (there's a big fortress here called "Hwaseong Fortress" that has a very long wall).  I've got some other ideas too for patterns that'll be fun.

Suki actually said something that I thought was very profound.  She was talking about the ethnic background of casino rueda and she said that in Cuba it started out like a 'game'.  I though to my, "Yeah......that makes sense!"

Actually, I would have used the word 'sport' but I think the implications are similar.  'Game' might actually be a better word in some respects because it has more of an implication of fun than sport does.

The class was two hours but I really think everybody would have gone another hour if we'd scheduled it.  I am reminded now, after all this, that it takes more time to teach those fundamentals than it does to just teach patterns.

As of the present we don't have have any specific plans for our next event but I'm sure there will be something.  I think we've got three general objectives now:

(1)  Wash, rinse and repeat this introductory crash course for rueda newbies.

(2)  Come up with a 'Pre-K' introductory class for complete salsa newbies

(3)  Move ahead to higher levels of proficiency with this first freshman group.

What's really significant about this event though, in my opinion and as far as I know, was that this was the first every such event to ever happen in Korea.  From what I've heard this was the

• First ever A-Z Introductory class on casino rueda in Korea
• First ever such class for foreigners and Koreans
• First ever class sponsored by a real dance studio

I think that's pretty cool.  And it's all because Salsa Eddy told me about the class that Sandro Moro Sleeper was having in Austin one Saturday, way back around 2000 or 2001 where Rene Guiets, (www.salsalovers.com) was coming to Austin, Tx. to do a big workshop.

One thing led to another and now I find myself in Korea, or more specifically...Seoul, S.Korea.  Seoul in an incredible salsa town with over a ten excellent salsa clubs.  But like lots of places that have the 'potential', casino rueda hasn't taken off here.

Maybe I can do my part to get it started.  Yesterday seemed like a stepn in the right direction.  If you're reading this and you're in the Seoul area and you have any interest in casio rueda, let me know and I'll make sure you're kept up to date of what's going on regarding the reuda community in Seoul.