So I just got back from a week long trip to China. You know visited The Great Wall, Forbidden City, and Tieneman Square. (I took over 500 pictures!) But that's not what I'm going to blog about right now, at this very moment, while I'm trying to fight off a cold, I'm going to blog about my experience with GoDaddy.com .
I have several names hosted with GoDaddy.com and some of them I don't use anymore, as a matter of fact, I've forgotten that I even had some of them. That was until I was notified through paypal that I was charged $135 for hosting service! That was about a week ago, so today I finally got around to calling GoDaddy.com and after a brief 2 min hold, got a representative. There weren't 8000 prompts to go through, just one that asked if I knew my customer number or not. And while it's 7:17PM here in Seoul, it's 3:17AM at GoDaddy.com's headquarters in AZ.
Moving right along, within 2 minutes the customer service rep (I wish I would have paid attention to his name) understood my problem, explained to me the situation, and refunded the entire amount. While I was literally talking with him I received an email from paypal stating I had been credited the full amount.
It's not often we find customer service of this kind from a company, and from a .com ?! Now I know why I always use godaddy.com Even when I sign up through Google domain services, I always select to have GoDaddy register the name!
So now that I feel like I'm a GoDaddy.com evangelist, I'm going to take a nap and keep fighting this cold.. maybe I'll get to the China blog tomorrow... :\
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Well, Yonsei's Intensive Korean Language level 2 is over, and it's on to level 3! Level 3 is different in several regards from the first two levels. First, in the first two levels, you switch instructors after midterms, in level 3 it's the same instructor all the way through. Next starting in level 3 you get to choose an elective. In level 3 there are four: reading, writing, speaking, listening. Beginning in level 4 you can choose to learn subjects like korean culture, food, and even hanja, Korea's ancient language and alphabet (this is the foundation of Chinese, Japanese and Korean).
Group photo at the peak of our hike!
The semester ended with a big bang. Actually it ended with hiking a hill behind Yonsei University.
You can tell the semester's over by all the smiles on people's faces.
The three men in the class... ;)
Teacher in the center, and yes, peace signs are still in...
Heading away from KLI and starting our hike...
Hiro got tired... Why's it always the big guy that has to do the grunt work?
I've got enough weight to carry!
Group photo at the peak of our hike!A shot of Namsan Tower, I'll be heading there in a few weeks, but here are some pictures of it from Building 63~
Found out there's a little gym at the top of the Yonsei Hill. Seems the older folk like to go up there and do their thing. I like the guy doing pushups in the back... Reminds me of Rockstar. and is that Teli in the orange?!
Next thing: I sent in a request to Duke Law for a one year deferment in order to take advantage of some really neat opportunities that have presented themselves here in Korea, including the ability to pursue the Korean language to a graduate proficiency level. I received word back a few days ago... YES! So it looks like I'll be here for about another year, studying the language, the culture, and Korea's new law school system! Exciting stuff... I'm really excited because Duke has an amazing International Comparative Law program as well as some emphasis on National Security, both of which bring me happy thoughts! I feel that this extra time in Korea will really help me broaden myself for both!! I'll keep you posted on that as time goes on. Who would have thought!?
Oh yea, almost forgot, been doing some reading lately and updated a blog to our dorky book club ;)
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Middle-aged non-drinkers can quickly reduce their risk of heart disease by introducing a daily tipple to their diet, South Carolina researchers say.Sounds like a glass of wine a day can keep the doctor away? Paul was right in telling Timothy to drink a glass of wine with dinner... I still don't know why people just don't believe the bible ;)
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A lot has been going on since I last put thoughts to keyboard, here are some in no particular order:
1) I was inspired by a blog about eating dark chocolate
I'm a fan of chocolate, dark chocolate to be specific. And to be more specific, the 72% variety. So when my good friend blogged about the nuances of enjoying a piece of dark chocolate, I must say I was inspired.
2) Sent in my letter of acceptance to Duke Law School
3) Applied for a tourist visa to China
Do you know that a tourist visa costs over $130 for an American to get a visa!?!?!? Highway robbery I tell you! Anyways, I also secured the hotel for my trip, the Westin Beijing Financial Center. Looks pretty cool, it should be fun, except neither my friend or I can speak any Chinese, but I suppose if we did it wouldn't be as adventurous right?
4) Finished reading "Blue Like Jazz," "Rules for Revolutionaries," and "I Isaac Take Thee Rebeka"
So I tried reading Blue Like Jazz once before and couldn't get past the first couple of chapters. I'm not quite sure the reason, but I really disliked the book. I mean, really, really disliked it! Anyways, so I thought I'd give it another shot and I must say that in the couple of days it took me to read it, I fell in love with Donald Miller... Well not with him, but with his writing style and the book. If you've ever wondered what becoming a Christian is like from a non-christian's point of view is, or if you've never considered yourself a Christian, or if you sometimes find yourself wondering if after death comes an eternity filled with pools of vanilla wafer pudding... (don't know why I threw that last one in there?) This book is for you.
5) Visited family
6) MC'd a Music Competition at the Korean Language Institute
Not so bad?
1) I was inspired by a blog about eating dark chocolate
I'm a fan of chocolate, dark chocolate to be specific. And to be more specific, the 72% variety. So when my good friend blogged about the nuances of enjoying a piece of dark chocolate, I must say I was inspired.
2) Sent in my letter of acceptance to Duke Law School
3) Applied for a tourist visa to China
Do you know that a tourist visa costs over $130 for an American to get a visa!?!?!? Highway robbery I tell you! Anyways, I also secured the hotel for my trip, the Westin Beijing Financial Center. Looks pretty cool, it should be fun, except neither my friend or I can speak any Chinese, but I suppose if we did it wouldn't be as adventurous right?
4) Finished reading "Blue Like Jazz," "Rules for Revolutionaries," and "I Isaac Take Thee Rebeka"
So I tried reading Blue Like Jazz once before and couldn't get past the first couple of chapters. I'm not quite sure the reason, but I really disliked the book. I mean, really, really disliked it! Anyways, so I thought I'd give it another shot and I must say that in the couple of days it took me to read it, I fell in love with Donald Miller... Well not with him, but with his writing style and the book. If you've ever wondered what becoming a Christian is like from a non-christian's point of view is, or if you've never considered yourself a Christian, or if you sometimes find yourself wondering if after death comes an eternity filled with pools of vanilla wafer pudding... (don't know why I threw that last one in there?) This book is for you.
5) Visited family
6) MC'd a Music Competition at the Korean Language Institute
Not so bad?
7) Performed in a music competition
Not so good...
Not so good...
8) Hung out with Gong Shan, or Shan Gong... ? :D
Good times of course!
9) Found a church near Duke that I like.
Found it through the Acts29 network, I've listened to several of the podcasts and I've enjoyed them very much. It's called Summit Church.
10) Considered staying in Korea another couple of months to take advantage of a potential scholarship offering and a neat research opportunity...
Not sure on the details just yet, but I'll keep you posted as more becomes available.
11) Found out that scholar jon is a finalist for the Fulbright!
He might be coming to KOREA!
I think that's it for now. I should really get back to studying for my finals next week. :\ I think I hate the quarter system.
Good times of course!
9) Found a church near Duke that I like.
Found it through the Acts29 network, I've listened to several of the podcasts and I've enjoyed them very much. It's called Summit Church.
10) Considered staying in Korea another couple of months to take advantage of a potential scholarship offering and a neat research opportunity...
Not sure on the details just yet, but I'll keep you posted as more becomes available.
11) Found out that scholar jon is a finalist for the Fulbright!
He might be coming to KOREA!
I think that's it for now. I should really get back to studying for my finals next week. :\ I think I hate the quarter system.
Had a rough night, thought I'd sit down and put some thoughts to keyboard. Why is it that life is so hard? I mean, it's not that hard except that we have to deal with people. And if we didn't have to deal with people, I don't know how many of use would consider it worth living. Have you ever wondered if God was just playing a cruel joke on us? I mean think about it, we're creatures that crave and desire community more than probably any other animal in existence, and just about every problem we have, comes from the communities that we crave. Then again, I should probably point out that the highlighting moments of our lives also come from the communities that we live in. When friends gather at Peter Piper for a little shoot-out tourney or when two finally get engaged (it was only a matter of time), or even when you just get to share some late night chicken and laugh about swallowing gum (I guess you had to be there). Anyways, maybe it's not that cruel of a joke after all. Don't they say everything is relative? Perhaps we wouldn't recognize or appreciate the good aspects of the communities we live if we didn't have to occasionally, (or even daily) have to deal with the nonsense.
On to other things, going to visit family tomorrow, going to China in three weeks... Let the good times roll...
On to other things, going to visit family tomorrow, going to China in three weeks... Let the good times roll...
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