Survive & Thrive in Korea
I’m back again with apologies pouring from my lips. My new place still isn’t hooked up with internet service and I’ve been trying to get a hold of an ISP to connect me so the posts have been coming a bit slow. The draught ends today with a review of the Mexican restaurant Casa […]
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As club names go, Club Volume fits perfectly since the deafening noise downs out the cries of discrimination. Located in Itaewon in the Crown Hotel, Club Volume is Korea’s new super club pimping a futuristic sound system and a Jim Crow door policy. Of course I should’ve known the night was barreling toward the edge […]
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Maybe you’ve seen the brightly colored plush monster toys on a nearby shelf in your local toy store? You know the ones: cuddly in that Addams Family kinda of way. Well, those toys are the by product of an American Illustrator and his Korean girlfriend (they are now Married) who created the line of toys […]
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Nope, not the plastic surgery alienesque Spicy one, but her other footballing half. He’s in Seoul with the LA Galaxy playing a friendly match against FC Seoul today at the World Cup Stadium. Beckham must love Seoul because his lovely visage is plastered all over the place on Moto advertising. The shirtless wonder hocks the […]
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The 63 building is the third tallest building in Korea. It was built back in 1985 and stands 817 feet high making it the one hundred and twentysecond tallest building in the world. The building itself is really a must see. It’s a beauty and still stands relevant against the new organic ultra modern buildings […]
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Valentine’s Day is here and in Korea it’s a time for copious candy eating and giving. However, my students pressed it upon me that on Valentine’s Day only girls are supposed to give candy. So bascially the boys in class sit back and wait for the chocolate to come rolling in. I tried to explain […]
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