LowlyStudent

This made my day! 
 
... actually it didn't. I got my new SteelSeries headphones in the mail today, and it's Friday night here in Korea, so I'll be having some beers and ending up at a late night PC bang for drunk SCII. But, on any other day, it would have been  "the" highlight. Looking forward to this one!

I was in platinum, but then I switched to playing on the Korean server, after I finally got my Korean account working properly. I play exclusively on the Korean server now, because I am living in Korea, at the moment, and the lag is less noticeable for me. Sadly, I'm still a Korean bronze, though I am at the top of my league (2100 or so) and due for a bump soon, as I play mostly silvers and golds. All I have to say, when I go on the North American servers and play platinums, I usually just destroy them, even with the terrible lag I've started getting. If I was to guess, I would say that I am on par with low level North American diamonds. 
 
The NA server is not even remotely on par with the KR server, with exception of high level diamond players, where the skill levels are far more similar. That is so say, the average rank-and-file Korean player is really good --- the stereotypes are true.

Korea all the way. I've been teaching here for a year now, and I have just renewed my contract for another year. In Korea you get paid well, in relation to the cost of living. In Japan, you will likely have to work a second job to compensate for a the low wage. Korea is great, check out the EPIK program (the government program). Working in a private school can be a disaster. Highly suggest that you look into EPIK.

The Nikon D60 is a good starter DSLR. I bought one last summer, and I have been taking decent photos of my travels in Asia with it.

Wow, I haven't heard this question since 1994.