Some background...

I feel as if the only people that will even look at this blog will be my friends who already know my background and why I am calling myself a FOB again; but, just in case this blog one day blows up and an anonymous person decides to start from the beginning, a little background never hurt anybody...

I moved to America from Korea in 1987 at the precious age of 6, which means every school I have attended, from elementary to law school was in America. I was a FOB (fresh off the boat) then, sitting through English as Second Language classes in elementary school. Now, 22 years later, I find myself in Seoul, FOB all over again.

I came to Korea as a result of the craptacular economy in the US as my ivy league law degree couldn't keep my off the unemployment lists. When the opportunity to work as in-house counsel for Samsung Electronics in Seoul arose, I half-heartedly and haphazardly reached for it... only to find myself in Seoul 6 months after I submitted my resume for consideration.

After 3 weeks here, there are many fascinating things about this country that I will share as time permits. Hopefully it will be accompanied by visual and audio aids to curtail my tendency to write long rambling posts. I am hopeful that even if nobody reads this thing, it will serve as a journal of my time here.