I went to Korea in July 2003 for a one year stay as an English teacher just to experience something different, and finished up staying there for almost 12 years. Firstly in Jinju, and then up to Seoul in 2006.

Moved back to the hometown in 2015 to help run the family business.

Info for the equipment geeks:

Cameras:

Pentax 6x7

Asahi Pentax S

Asahi Pentax K

Asahi Pentax H2

iPhone 3GS. iPhone 4S. I lost it. I'm back to a 3GS. iPhone 5S. iPhone 6. iPhone 8.

Canon Canonet G-III QL17

Canon 1000D

Lenses:

For Pentax 6x7:

SMC 55mm f/4

SMC 105mm f/2.4

SMC 165mm f/4 leaf shutter

SMC 200mm f/4

For Pentax S, K & H2 (m42 mount):

Tokina RMC 24mm f/2.8

Sigma Mini-Wide 28mm f/2.8

Auto-Takumar 35mm f/3.5

Porst Color Reflex Auto 50mm f/1.7

Takumar 55mm f/1.8 preset aperture

Auto-Takumar 55mm f/1.8 'Zebra'

Auto-Takumar 55mm f/2

Takumar 135mm f/3.5 preset aperture

Takumar 500mm f/5 preset aperture

For Canon EOS:

Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6

Canon 50mm f/1.8 II

Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8 Di Macro

EOS adapter for the m42 mount lenses

Epson Perfection V500 Photo for scanning negatives.

Ever heard of the Electric Universe? These guys are onto something.

I also collect early issues of the comic 2000AD, 1st edition science fiction novels - mainly from 1950s publisher Gnome Press (see my other Flickr account - Gnome Press Sci Fi), signed 1st editions by my favorite author Gene Wolfe, and anything else of interest.