The one with the saddle and the suicide

Well, after a 7 month exile, I am back in the saddle again. Still trying to get settled in over here in the Land of the Mourning Clams.
So one of the first pieces of news I get is that one of our expats has left us. Shawn was a pretty neat guy, I met him once or twice and mostly knew him from one of the ESL forums here. He had a great blog going about life in Korea: korealife.blogspot.com
which inspired a lot of people. Unfortunately he was bipolar, had some personal things going on, and some people were harassing him through the internet, so he left Korea in dissatisfaction and moved to China. He seemed to be doing well at first but the ghosts followed him. Unfortunately he couldn't get his medication there, still had to deal with those mental internet stalkers,and had some bad news from home. He stopped sleeping and started drinking and jumped off his apt building in Beijing.
Such a sad ending to such a neat guy. RIP Shawner....

So in the spirit of Shawn, I will try to be more dedicated to this blog. My apologies for not doing so in the past. And hey, don't be afraid to leave a comment to inspire me either!