September 5, 2010 at 10:46 am · Filed under Lifestyle
OK, so I told you about the Narcissist. He’s the University “Professor”, who doesn’t like to be called a teacher. Even though he can be a douche, I’ve kept up my relationship with him since February. We met the first time, because we had to work together in a group, and we’ve stuck together since. It works out, because we both do the course work in a timely manner. He works hard to play hard. He likes to talk about he successes and achievements. And one topic, he told me about was his resume and ways to finding work. He gave me a copy of his resume packet, which is about 10 pages long. I was grateful, but then he told me that he had more to show me.
Last week, he sends me these 3 emails: full of attachments. I didn’t go though them right away, but after I did – I was dumb struck. “WTF is all this?” Pack 1 includes
an application checklist to Korean Universities
8 Sample Cover letter, neatly organized
12 Resume Templates, neatly organized
A 77 page “Guide to Landing a Korean University Job”
Korean University labels
507 names, emails, phone # to Korean University English Depts
and a tracking sheet for names and follow ups
There is no way that the Narcissist made this himself. He must have purchased it from somewhere, and he’s trusted it to me. Have I been introduced to some secret society? Soneone went through a lot of effort to making this. Pack 2 includes files to all of the Narcissists Resume documents:
Reference letters
Scanned Degree
Scanned Passport and Alien Card
Scanned Transcripts
Example Cover letter
Writing same and Teaching Philosophy
and Resume.
The Narcissist told me that he doesn’t use classifieds for finding jobs. He takes all the documents from Pack2 and makes about 50 copies, which runs him ~$100. Then, he uses the Korean University labels to mass mail his resume to all the desired Universities. Whether or not they’re hiring, they get his resume. I was liek, “Whoa!”
September 3, 2010 at 9:33 am · Filed under Lifestyle
I thought this was funny and clever, b/c it will probably come to be. At 2:20 the speakers demonstrate the feature to highlight the clock on the new iPod Nano. Then, they make a crack about putting it on your wrist as a watch. And I thought “You know that’s a good idea.” In the future watch out for the Nano wristband accessory to turn your Nano into a watch.
One of my friends in the graduate program has a bit of an ego. The other day I was with him and we met a new group of people. Let’s call him Narcissist.
New People: You came all the way to Korea for your Master’s program?
Mers: No, we’re already teachers in Korea and we’re doing this.
Narcissist: Well, he’s a teacher. I’m a “professor” at blahblah University.
*Pffft* Well, excuse me! You don’t have a Masters degree. I don’t see you doing any research in the area of Second Language. If fact, you’re only here for the money. You may have more experience teaching around the world and for a longer time, but sorry to insult your ego. You’re not a teacher; you’re a “professor”. Whoo! Technically, professors are University teachers, who teach a specific major of discipline. You actually fall under the category of “lecturer”, because you teach freshman general English as a required course. You’re on a 1 year contract with your University, and hop from one school to another. AND, you don’t speak any other languages! Really impressive, Professor!
I hate when people drop names or bend the rules to make themselves more important in front of others. Get over your self!
A heat wave is expected to continue Tuesday across the nation with the level of discomfort forecast very high.
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“Avoid outdoor activity as much as possible. It’s better to stay indoors when heat wave warnings are issued,” said a KMA representative. “Drink plenty of water, frequently. Sunlight should be blocked even indoors, with good ventilation.”
The discomfort index is expected to exceed 80 in most of the nation, the level that all people feel negatively affected by the high temperatures.
~ per The Korea Times
I’ve never heard of a “Discomfort Index”, but I like the sound of it. I’m going to use it in all situations. At the bar, “Talking to you is causing my discomfort index to rise”. “I can’t eat that chewy bar or else my discomfort will increase.”
