Survive & Thrive in Korea
Alia Sabur has just become the youngest professor in the world. Her appointment to Konkuk University in Seoul has also given her a spot in the world guiness book of records. The self proclaimed “girl genius” spotted the job opportunity on the Internet. She applied and despite not finishing her thesis and not having a […]
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A couple weekends ago I went with to Seoul Grand Park. Grand Park encompasses the Zoo, a lake, a Rose Garden, the museum of contemporary art and the Seoul Land amusement park. The day started off a little dreary, but sure enough the sun came out and blazed for the rest of the day. People […]
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There’s a cherry blossom festival going on in Seoul. I had planned to visit the festival grounds down by Yeouido near the Han River, but instead we found our Cherry blossoms in bloom at the Seoul Grand Park Zoo. There trees numbered in the hundreds and it was a spectacle to see all the flowers […]
Continue ReadingThe other day the 17th voyage to the international space station blasted off from Kazakhstan. South Korea cheered and applauded as they watched on a big screen in front of City Hall because on that rocket ship is one of their own. Twenty nine year old Yi So Yeon, a bioengineer, became the first Korean […]
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Last sunday my work mates and I made a company sponsored trip to Aschasan. Though it must be said that I was under the impression that Aschasan was more of a hill or even a slight incline than a full fledged moutain. Trust me, this bad boy was no hill and definitely all mountain. Somehow […]
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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 […]
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