No, I don’t have an Asian Flush

I’m just sunburned.  I got a little too much sun in Guam.

When Asians drink alcohol they get a flush or reddening of their skin in their faces, necks and shoulders.   It is a result of being unable to metabolize alcohol.

We had a staff dinner with a bunch of other schools.  My sunburn was quite the conversation starter. After one Korean had a little beer he started to get the Asian Flush.  When someone pointed it out he said smiling, “Oh, I went to Guam.”

The children at school went hysterical when they saw “Mr. Redman”.  They grabbed their handphones to take pictures of my ruby face.  They were curious about my sudden change of color.

“Teacher, did you eat the maekju?”   Maekju (맥주) is beer.

Beer and Internet: It is What Post-Collegiates of the 21st Century Do

I met some amazing friends in college. I believe it is a necessity that we stay in contact with one another. My roommates from my senior and I decided to conduct at a video chat conference with one another. Joel Vanderworp, Shawn McKinstry, and I met on August 7^th at 12am (EST – 1pm Aug. 8^th Seoul time) to conduct a video chat. Because of the incredible technology available to us, we were able to share a beer together, catch up with one another, and recount some good memories.

Sharing a beer with Joel and Shawn via iChat

There are several ways to video chat with people. Skype may be the most popular. Skype is good because it works on basically every computer. There are other options, however. I like iChat because you are able to share screens or watch movies with one another. iChat is only available on Macs and the connection seems to get dropped a lot. My favorite is Google’s video gchat because it is reliable, the picture quality and sound are the best, and you can minimize your own face so you aren’t constantly looking at yourself instead of the person you are actually talking to. It is such a blessing being able to have face-to-face conversations with the people who I am closest with despite being thousands of miles and several hours away.

Watching Mad Men with Amanda