This keeps coming up in different discussion threads so thought I'd put together some info again on where to get Indian/Pakistani Spices and Halal Meat in DaeguThe Bukbu bus terminal is located in the west end of the city near the Paldal bridge to Chilgok and Bisan Branch E-Mart, close to Paldal Market and Seodaegu Bus Terminal. It does not have a subway stop so you have to figure out the bus to get therehttp://maps.google.com/maps?daddr=1856- 3+Bisan-dong%2C+Seo...

This weekend I had to go back to a travel agent in Busan to pickup my passport with China visa (a story for later). The travel agent is near the end of the green line two stops after haeundae beach. On the coast there is a famous temple on the rocks where people go to watch the sunrise and the first sunrise on new years, so I decided to check that out. Nearby is another beach Songjeong which is supposedly quieter than Busans other two main beaches Haeundae and Gw...

Wednesday all classes were cancelled for 'school activity day'. Not sure what this is but we've had it before and nothing happens, so I was just in the teachers room preparing for summer camp. At lunch in the cafeteria a teacher asked me if I'd like to see Kung Fu Panda and some of the other teachers were going.I assumed after school, even though its not a movie I would watch, so I said yes to be social. Then I was told to be in the parking lot at 12.50! So I had...

This week all classes were changed to a speaking exam which I had to deliver. Students were put back into their homerooms of 38 students, whereas my classes are grouped by level into smaller groups. I have to interview each student individually in a 45 min lesson. That gives me about a min per student. There are 700 students to get thru this week. I swear there are kids I've never seen before in my life!There is a list of 10 questions for each grade they are supp...

My article 'Muslim in Korea' and a guide to halal food was published in the June issue of InDaegu. They had interviewed me about my Presidential Palace visit in their last issue (see earlier blog entry) and asked me to write about my experiences.http://www.in-daegu.com/PDFs/June2011.p dfpage 6 of 13the messed up the part on Uzbek restaurants, theres supposed to be two restaurants'Samarkand' by Daegu Station and 'Tashkent' around the corner on Donseongno----------...