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I teach at a college in South Korea. I hate mayonnaise. I also do a lot of traveling and writing. My stuff has appeared at various sites on the net and even won an award (hooray).

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I’m fired up on writing stories and travelogues, playing rock and roll music, riding motorcycles, fly fishing, acting, traveling, hiking, performing comedy, and drinking copious amounts of liquor.

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I felt the most immersed in a foreign culture the first time I ate eel in Korea, watching the segments squirm and slither as they cooked in the pan…

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Tim Patterson

Tim Patterson is a longtime contributor and former contributing editor at the Matador Network.

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All you have to do is talk loud and big up the Japanese.

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There’s a reason my hometown of Annandale is nicknamed Koreatown.

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Rob McGovern suggests some places for a uniquely Korean World Cup experience.

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"Behind fear lies the door through which you might escape."

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