30 Dec
Another haiku for you inspired by late night TV watching caused by jet lag. Hope you enjoy! As always I used wordcalc.com and submissions can be sent to talktome@the-orange-backpack.com Jet lag Brainlag drag Season one of Portlandia Put […]
30 Dec
vperkins @ flickr I walked into the room. Where were the lights? The fast talking dealers? The buzz? The wait staff running around in their cute little uniforms? It looked like a casino, but it definitely didn’t feel like one. I’ve been to casinos in both Busan and Seoul and as you may […]
23 Dec
This week, I think there is pretty much only one thing worth writing a haiku about and it’s not the holiday season and it’s not the wretched Korean winter and it’s not even then end of my contract with my school. As I always I used wordcalc.com for my haiku and submissions are always open. […]
16 Dec
Another haiku for you this week! I used wordcalc.com again if anyone is going to challenge me. LOL As always I will accept submissions which you can send to talktome@the-orange-backpack.com New video game idea […]
13 Dec
I just got punched in the bum. The minotaur from the new film “The Immortals” fell on his bum and I got punched in mine. Not hard – more like a little baby sized fist with a bit of strength. Not too long before this the main character, Theseus, fell into some stagnant […]
9 Dec
I’m starting a new series on The Orange Backpack. One which will (hopefully) be a regular thing. Every Friday I will post a short poem in any format I choose related to wherever I am in the world or something I have done recently. They will all be related to travel and barring tragedy or […]
8 Dec
Some of you may remember back in September, I published a short article “Human Beings Rendered Obsolete: Go Go girls in trouble”. Well, it seems this tragedy is not going to end with them. Even professions that involve high levels of skill and personal involvement are being threatened. Some of you may know that […]
1 Dec
Being a foreigner in South Korea gets you gawked at quite a bit, even when doing something as simple as walking down the street. So maybe the proposition to get naked and jump in a steaming hot bath with some of those same gawkers is not exactly how you’d like to spend your weekend. […]
Back when Arizona was just another part of the New Mexican territory, before the surrender of Geronimo, the gun fight at the OK Corral and all the other things that really made Arizona famous – there were camels. Yes camels, those giant, spitting, hump-backed, two-toed beasts of burden trekked their way from Texas through Arizona […]
The Hwaesong Fortress in Suwon is one of the most famous fortresses in South Korea. It was built in the time of King Jeongjo, over 200 years ago ,and represents a sordid historical past that makes the Tudor family look like “The Muppets”. Built using the most cutting edge technology of the time, it put […]
Being a foreigner in South Korea gets you gawked at quite a bit, even when doing something as simple as walking down the street. So maybe the proposition to get naked and jump in a steaming hot bath with some of those same gawkers is not exactly how you’d like to spend your weekend. […]
When I told people I was going to a museum about toilets, the reactions I received most were either excitement or a puzzled look, followed by “A what!?!”. Surprisingly, some of my peers had already heard about the infamous Mr. Toilet House here in Suwon and one even had his picture up on the wall. (They […]
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