Cullen Thomas: Guestbook

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Name: pedsiplieri
From: pedsiplieri
Website: http://benpakmanpakulski.net
Added: January 29, 2012

Of course I like your web site, but you have to take a look at the spelling on quite a few of your posts. A number of them are rife with spelling issues and I find it very silly to tell you. On the other hand I will definitely come back again!

Name: Master Bator
From: I be at Japan muddahpukkah!
Added: January 28, 2012

What uni did you go to? CLOWN COLLEGE, muddapukkah?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Name: smubsFrutsBes
From: smubsFrutsBes
Website: http://foreverbodytransformationreview.blogspot.com
Added: January 25, 2012

Hi there. I discovered your website by the use of Google while searching for a similar topic, your site got here up. It appears to be good. I have bookmarked it in my google bookmarks to visit later.

Name: Wallop
From: Delhi
Added: January 20, 2012

Why don't you and Lia McCord get together as a double act ? Same age, same crime, same time period, same origins, same perspective & both with book asperations.

Way to go (as they say in the States)

Name: Elise
From: Montclair, NJ
Website: http://www.TheWriteResource.biz or www.OurStoriesGodsGlory.blogspot.com
Added: January 12, 2012

Thanks, Cullen, for an excellent Gotham course on memoir this past Saturday. I thoroughly enjoyed your presentation/content. Learned some critical fundamentals and enjoyed lots of exploration through the writing exercises. You set the tone for class members to share freely and safely. Do you teach one of the 10-week classes?
Since I stopped by here, I checked out your very moving homecoming (truly must have been a moment you and your loved ones will never forget) and loved your story and especially personal reflection about the President's dinner! Guess we're all just a bunch of humans in the end. I'll be attending the Writer's Digest Conference soon and will dare to pitch my memoir. You'll get an acknowledgement if it becomes a best seller. Best of luck with your new book!

Name: Yani
From: Manhattan, New York
Website: http://www.tumblr.com/blog/y-i-can
Added: January 12, 2012

Just went for a free intro for travel writing at Gotham's Writing Workshop, and had such an insightful hour. Thanks Cullen! Hope to register for one of your classes.

Name: Debbie
From: Boston
Added: January 7, 2012

Just took your 1 day intensive memoir writing class. I learned so much and am ready to put my thoughts onto paper. Thank you. I would love to take another one of your courses if I can find the time. Hope to see you publish another book.

Name: Rony
Added: January 1, 2012

Just watched your story on Discovery Channel..Congratulations on your strength and persistence in the situation you've been through.

Name: 은주(eunju k)
From: Seoul
Added: November 6, 2011

thank you, your experiences are divided along.
,,,,,, I hope to see in south Korea someday.
Always in peace

Name: Doug Slagowitz
From: Orlando, FL
Added: October 6, 2011

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Name: Thomas Ray
From: NYC
Added: September 25, 2011

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Name: Mare
From: Netherlands
Added: August 31, 2011

Good for you that your out of Korea now, but I think all the media coverage is tasteless. You have only yourself and your greed to thank for what happend to you and now your are milking it for what it's worth. Discusting.

Name: Justin Williams
From: Seoul, Korea
Added: August 30, 2011

I found BOC on a bookshelf in Itaewon. I am really glad I read it. Thank you for your efforts, and for having so effectively shared the lessons you learned with the rest of us.

Name: Joe
From: Philadelphia
Added: August 14, 2011

Very moving story. Thanks for sharing.

Name: Strong
Website: http://www.xlblog.pl
Added: July 24, 2011

Great Stuff THX

Name: Park
From: Japan
Added: July 2, 2011

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Name: Ali Khan
From: Bulgaria
Website: http://www.hitrooms.com
Added: June 25, 2011

Made me appreciate the simple pleasures of life a lot more. Thank you, I really appretiate.

Name: MoMo
From: SAN DIEGO
Added: June 17, 2011

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Name: Danai
From: Australia
Added: May 22, 2011

Hey Cullen,

This is amazing!

Are you and Rockett still together?

Name: Cha Kongju
From: Korea
Added: May 2, 2011

Great book! As I was reading it I felt like it was for a limited audience, ie. those who have lived or are currently living in Korea, but it seems I was wrong. It's brilliant and riveting! I couldn't put it down. I could relate to many pf the things in the book, especially always sticking out like a sore thumb. The book is however a very good portrait of Korea. It's most certainly an honest portrayal. Anyways, I loved it and I'm recommending it to family, friends and fellow Weigooks!

Name: Michael Adams
Added: April 26, 2011

THAT is a life story. Gotta ask though like everyone else....

What became of Rocket? Especially after you came back to the US?

Name: Angie Smith
From: PLymouth, England
Added: April 22, 2011

Dear Cullen,

I have just returned to England after a holiday in Perth, WA. Your book was one of the books I read whilst on holiday after my Australian friend recommended it to me.

I found your account to be very moving, open and honest and a real insight into the Korean culture which I did not feel portrayed the Koreans in a bad light.

It was a good reminder that, as human beings, we all make mistakes from time to time, and that none of us are perfect.

Your book also demonstrates that in life, the experiences we encounter, good and bad, can help mould us into better and stronger human beings.

Thank you for your inspiration, Angie

Name: bill
Added: February 5, 2011

Dear Cullen,
First,I want to thank you for the one-day workshop
on Memoirs. Becaue of your talent and charisma the hours flew by. (My daughter was in another class and I almost begged her to come in to meet you)
I just finished your book - your words will be on my mind for quite some time. Something terrible happened to you and you turned it into something with purpose and meaning! My wish for you... "...and keep carrying it all forward; and as I began to do so, I felt like I was beginning to see over the wall and the mountains, out into the open sea of what we'd be next". p.258)
Thanks again
No adapda, Bill

Name: Stan
From: Chicago
Added: December 21, 2010

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Name: Glenn
From: Jeju
Website: http://glennjh.blogspot.com
Added: November 30, 2010

Hey man loved the book! I've had a pretty unconventional Korea experience thus far (mainly due to encounters with shifty hagwon owners) but it pales in comparison to yours. You're a great writer too... look forward to a new book (if that is on your agenda)!

Name: Lee
From: Busan, South Korea
Added: November 2, 2010

I may have learned more about Korean culture from your book (read over the period of one week) than from the entire first 2 years of living here (Busan, South Korea). Thank you.

Ironically, even if you haven't been able to return to the country, your words have. I came across your book in the Busan English Library.

Name: Jenny
From: Tasmania, Australia
Added: October 25, 2010

What a wonderful thing to be able to read the last words in your book, then push a few buttons out of curiosity and see your homecoming! Very moving - thank you for allowing me to watch.
I first bought your book a few years ago in a 3 for $20 bin (sorry) and was tempted to throw it out a few times along with other books that I had not read (sorry again!). I am so glad I didn't.
I'm in the middle of a reading binge, started yours last week and finished this morning. My expectations were low as I had no knowledge of you or your story, but it is wonderful to have the opportunity to immediately connect with you in some way and pass on my thoughts.
I can only agree with other compliments paid to you - your intelligence and genuine compassion leave an impression.
I was also very comfortable with and satisfied by your writing style (despite the interruptions while I checked the dictionary!).
I am facing a personal (very trivial in comparison) challenge at the moment and I hope to learn something from your experience to help me accept the events and outcome without bitterness or regret.
I hope you continue to live well - and cheers to your Mom!
Regards
Jenny

Name: doug overn
From: westchester, ny
Added: September 22, 2010

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Name: Goyo
From: El Paso TX
Added: September 17, 2010

Just finished your book. Thank you for sharing your experience with me about your stay in Korea. You be fine now!

I spent a year in Korea in the early '60s when I was in the Army. I later visited Korea in the late '60.

Name: Chris
From: Orlando, FL
Added: September 5, 2010

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Name: Aleida
Added: September 2, 2010

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Name: Bruce Conway
From: Victoria, B.C., Canada
Website: http://www.youtube.com/user/jazzflutist
Added: August 7, 2010

Honestly one of the most amazing books I've read in my entire life (including War and Peace).

Cullen, you're a real hero, and a good writer.

At the start of the book, I really wondered if you would make it through. I think it was your innate intelligence and strength of mind that must have given you an edge. The mental discipline required to survive must have been almost excruciating.

Curious, that other readers seem concerned about Rocket, but I think you explained that well in the book and need not be dwelt on. Also, it is rather tangential to the main message: mental fortitude in dire circumstances, surviving against the odds, or however it should be summed up.

I guess the word "love" also enters into it and the way we live our lives as either "islands" divorced from others or as little ripples in the big ocean. Even as ripples, we are still part of the ocean and perhaps the whole experience was to bring that message home as well.

Well, I have not yet begun my first book, but I know who to turn to for inspiration.

Congratulations and Best Wishes
To a hero, and a writer par excellence.

Name: Indonesia-1
From: Indonesia
Added: July 15, 2010

Saw you at NGC Asia, a few minutes ago. Yes, your memoir, your decision and what you have experienced., will make you stronger and appreciate life. Kind of your way, good luck my friends!

Name: gerard
From: Boston
Added: June 6, 2010

Hey going to read you book!
i hope you were falsly accused
because the excuse of youth doesnt fly with me
and i will hate it and you!
I was that age with muling anything
best wishes
gerard

Name: Edu
From: Seattle
Added: May 21, 2010

Hello Cullen,

Amazing book. I've wanted to read it for years, and I finally was able to get my hands on it. Glad that I was able to share your experience. Very inspiring.

Edu

Name: Gerald
From: Colonia del Sacramento, Urugua
Added: May 6, 2010

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Name: dvorders
From: Tokyo, Japan
Added: March 15, 2010

I read the book while teaching English in Seoul. It was great and I am glad to say this is one book I wasn't mad about having to pay some extra Won for because of shipping it overseas.

Name: English Mom
Added: February 6, 2010

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Name: Ashley
From: Scranton, PA
Added: January 18, 2010

Hello. I saw the show of course. I was glued to my seat the entire time. I loved the way you told the story..... your words were perfect. The footage of you coming home had tears in my eyes. I hope the best for you and your family! and Rockett! Thank You for telling your story.

Name: Erica
From: Austin, TX
Added: January 16, 2010

Saw your story on Locked up Abroad...curious what happend to rocket!!

Name: Mads from denmark
From: vallensbaek, denmark
Added: January 7, 2010

Cullen, saw the documentary you have made, about your visit in Korea. very touched by the story you told - and I have to read your book. I was mesmerized by your telling. The book didn't by any chance got published in danish, did it?

sincerely

Name: will
From: vancouver
Added: December 9, 2009

Great Book! Made me appreciate the simple pleasures of life alot more.

Name: dongmin kim
From: south korea
Added: November 30, 2009

컬린 토마스씨,

I am one of the readers south korea about your book(나는 한국에서 어른이 되었다

I feel very well like this, try to look for your homepage.

Clear your emotional energy in life
Once again, thank you.

I feel the desire to
Someone to help you leave the article about,

Name: faisal
From: india
Website: http://www.faisallatif.co.nr
Added: October 1, 2009

cullen congrats brother but tell me one thing where is rocket what about her?

Name: Dominic Maloney
From: Missouri
Added: September 22, 2009

Cullen-

Just watched the National Geographic special on your prison time in South Korea. Congrats on only spending three and a half years in jail. One thing is bothering me though, whatever happened to Rocket?? Are you guys still together?? Did she spend any time in jail??

Thanks in advance!!

Name: Carrie
From: Austin, TX
Added: September 5, 2009

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Name: Brent
From: S. Korea
Added: July 14, 2009

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Name: Aryf
From: Los Angeles
Added: June 30, 2009

Dear Cullen.
Like others' postings here, I have likewise just finished BOC. What an amazing, honest memoir (though it's been called that many times).

Of course, the book was finished years ago and your experiences related in it happened over a decade ago, but to the reader who just finished reading it, it's like it happened just earlier that same day.

Thank You for sharing with us and showing us what a triumph you have made of everything.

Aryf

Name: CC
From: Jersey City, NJ
Added: June 6, 2009

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Name: Deirdre Murray
From: Victoria, B.C., Canada
Added: May 15, 2009

Wow. I am moved by this memoir. I devour non-fiction and love a good, tragic and inspiring tale.......yours is right up there. I find myself wondering just where that inner jam comes from. It is our ability to survive life and do it with dignity that is so significant.

I plan to re-read your gripping and wonderful story and hope to glean something to kick my own ass through the final stages of accepting my own private imprisonment- if that makes any sense.

I look forward to reading more of your words.

Kudos.

Sincerely, Deirdre Murray.

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