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| Was 2008 a good year? |
| 2008 was a GREAT year for me personally ! |
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| 2008 was all right for me, all things considered. |
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| 2008 was so-so |
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| 2008 wasn't so good overall but it had its moments |
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| 2008 was an AWFUL year for me personally and for everyone, no? |
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| *shrug* ... years blur together... no different than any other really |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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glad to see most (even on Dave's) had a good year
the global economy news hype doesn't always translate |
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JongnoGuru
Joined: 25 May 2004
Location: peeing on your doorstep
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| Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 11:48 pm Post subject: |
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Voted "all right", but 2008 was actually closer to a "GREAT" year -- best of the past five. Still, always room to grow and improve.
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glad to see most (even on Dave's) had a good year
the global economy news hype doesn't always translate |
Right. The global economy can do whatever it pleases -- go up, down, backwards or sideways, and I really don't give a monkey's. For my team of pickpockets and panhandlers, it's when our business slows down, when we don't have enough work -- THAT'S a recession. That's our "global financial crisis", so to speak. And in over 12 years, we've never been in sync with the global or even the domestic economy's highs, lows or woes.
So whatever fortuitous planetary alignment, moon phase or weather pattern conspired to produce such a memorably profitable 2008 for me and the people who count on me, I pray they continue to hold sway in 2009.
More of the same, please. |
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the_beaver
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 12:09 am Post subject: |
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| I haven't had a bad year since... Well, never. 2008 was another good one in the string. |
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Rteacher
Joined: 23 May 2005
Location: Western MA, USA
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| Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:13 am Post subject: |
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Happy New Year and all, but I may need to approach financial dynamos like "JongnoGuru" for a job.
I just found out that my privately owned high school in Gyeonggi-do probably won't get the government money they need to rehire me again (I've been there four years) because they changed their name and status as a technical school to compete with the regular public high.
New government guidelines for public school hiring - through EPIC and other programs - are that no "new teacher" over 55 should be hired. Since I'm 59 and prefer public schools to private, this may be the beginning of the last New Year for me in Korea... |
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 1:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Happy New Year to you Van Islander, and to all a good night. |
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Are they the lemmings
Joined: 15 Feb 2007
Location: Not here anymore. JongnoGuru was the only thing that kept me here.
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| Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:46 pm Post subject: |
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2008 was a rough year for me so I'm glad it's over. However, I'm feeling very optimistic for 2009.
The undoubted highlight of 2008 was building a new house. We moved in in the spring and it's everything we hoped for--no complaints there. The problem was that we used up every last penny (and then some!) on the house and its furnishings, and I spent the rest of the year working feverishly to get back on top of the financial situation.
There has been light at the end of the tunnel since about October and, although there are still a few calculations to do, I think my December payments from various clients were just enough to thrust our heads back above water. I look forward to putting an end to the financial madness in 2009, and perhaps reacquainting myself with my hobbies.
Happy New Year everyone. I have a feeling 2009 will be a good year for the Lemmings household, and I hope it is for you, too. |
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ManintheMiddle
Joined: 20 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 8:29 pm Post subject: |
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Good, solid year for me personally.
1. Left Korea for good.
2. Got out before the won took a nosedive.
3. Landed a better university position with administrators who are actually professional.
4. Visited San Francisco for a week with my wife.
5. Visited India for ten days, again with my wife.
Downside:
1. Never got to see let alone date Lee Hyori.
2. Still stuck in Asia (although the "view" on the sidewalk is still good)
3. Missed the fall colors back home again.
4. Missed the White Christmas back home again.
5. Missed my mom's Swedish meatballs with galuska yet again. |
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