THE BEST START TO A DAY I’VE EVER HAD

For the better part of the last 5 months, I’ve been getting up at 4:30 AM, sometimes earlier to make it to work on time.  Doing an early morning radio show from 7 – 9AM requires you to function at god-forsaken hours.
Today, our wake up call was at 3:30AM.  Meet at the hotel lobby by [...]

Adventures in North Queensland

After touring through Brissy and the Gold Coast area with 6 wonderful kids back in October, I think TQ decided to reward me for my excellent babysitting skills by sending me on a “Men’s Adventure Tour” in North Queensland.
We arrived in Cairns on Feb. 2nd, got reacquainted with my good friend Ben Southall, the artist [...]

귀트영 in Queensland, Australia

The following is a preview of my column in the February 귀트영 text book:

HI-HO, HI-HO,
It’s off to Queensland we go!

Back in August of 2009, 귀트영 in partnership with Tourism Queensland, Clarins and Webtour, decided to bring a unique campaign, never before done at EBS.  We started “The Best Holiday in the World” event where we [...]

Babysitting in Oz

I took another trip to Oz last month, but this time it wasn’t with 15 other candidates competing for the Best Job in the World, instead it was with 6 kids from South Korea, picked for “The Best Global Leader” campaign sponsored by Tourism Queensland and DAKS KIDS (clothing brand).
The 6 children were picked from [...]

Keynut Video – “Wake”

‘Key Nut’ 이란…?
: 심심할 때 주워먹는 땅콩(peanut)과 같은 오늘의 Keyword!

즉,  마음먹고 해야하는 공부를 통해서 배우는 것이 아니라 부담없이 즐기는 땅콩처럼
매일 하나씩 주워들으면서 단어를 내것으로 익히도록 도와드리기 위하여 ‘쇼!생생영어’ 제작진
이 만들어낸 우리만의 단어입니다.
‘오늘의 Keynut!’ 시간에서는 매일 한 단어만 배워보는 시간을 갖습니다.  우리가 생활 속에서
흔히 사용하는 쉬운 단어를 소재로  그 단어를 사용할 수 있는 폭을 넓히도록 합니다. [...]

The “perks” of being TQ’s newest employee

About a month ago, Tourism Queensland and myself finally put the ink to the paper on a contract that made me TQ’s latest Tourism Ambassador.  Paul, the director of the TQ office in Seoul, took the time out of his busy busy schedule to meet up and present me the certificate of appointment.

For a closer [...]

Island Caretaker Helpers Wanted! 섬관리인 밴이 도움을 요청합니다!

All right guys, here’s a second chance for you guys to get that dream trip to the Great Barrier Reef once again. Ben, the winner of the Best Job in the World, is looking for a couple of people to come join him on his adventures on the islands of the Great Barrier Reef [...]

Subway Photos

As promised, the pictoral evidence of my travels on Seoul’s public transportation.
July 12th, 2009

There are three main types of public buses in Korea.  There are the green “ma-eul” bus (neighborhood buses), the blue “si-nae” bus (city buses that have a longer route) and the red “ja-suk” bus (the buses that go from city [...]

Half Year Resolution

It’s the start of July, 2009 is halfway over.  Time to go review what I’ve done so far and what I need to do in the 2nd half of the year to make 2009 a success.
When I began 2009, I made 5 New Year’s Resolutions.  They were:
1.  Take a vacation to paradise.
2.  Volunteer in the [...]

#iranelection

Have you ever had a moment or an event that you experienced/witnessed/observed that just belittled all of your worries, goals, desires and needs?
I had this moment tonight while on, of all places, Twitter… the site I had ridiculed for so long for being “useless, distracting and obsessive.”  I have started to use Twitter since my [...]