Survive & Thrive in Korea
Ruslana! No, it’s not a James Bond vixen with bee stung lips, hypnotic eyes, and a body to kill for, but you’d be close. Ruslana is a Russian pop princess who I stumbled upon while surfing NPR. She’s in the news not because she’s flashing her punani like a certain American pop princess past her […]
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I just read on the Chosun that on a recent episode of the Oprah Winfrey show the talk show Maven dissed Korea, specifically, Korean women bigtime. The show in question concerned the lives and rising influence of women from around the world in their respective countries. Some of the countries on the table for discussion […]
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Over the weekend a friend and I went down to the Han river. Once there we kept on walking along the riverbank and under the highway overpass. I thought the area under the overpass was pretty great. The soil is all cracked and dried from the lack of rain, the weeds and foliage is dried […]
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A couple of weekends ago I went with a few friends to check out the National Museum of Korea. First of all the museum is located on line four at Ichon station practically smack dab around the corner from Itewon. Stepping on the Museum grounds, I couldn’t believe I was in one of the busiest […]
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Forget April Fool’s Day because in Korea it’s all about the fish. My students would point and say something like it’s snowing or your shoes untied and if I looked they shouted Fishing and started making the hand motions of reeling in a big one. Another student explained that April 1st became fools day because […]
Continue ReadingI can’t stay silent any longer. I know I’ve only been here a short time, but how on earth can one expect me to stay on the side lines, turning a blind eye to the serious dearth of insightful and meaningful blogging from expats in Korea. Really. Stop the whining! Open the drapes or a […]
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