Survive & Thrive in Korea
You may not read this, but I felt compelled to write anyway just to get this off my chest. I hesitated; really, I did, because I thought about the repercussions of how this letter may be received and how it may result in a walking stick to the back of my head, an elbow to […]
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Hi, you don’t know me, but I know you. I see you every day. Usually I just try to pretend I don’t see you, but I must confess that you make that difficult to do. You’re everywhere and try as I might I just can’t seem to get away from you. You’re at Coex when […]
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Joseph asks the following: Hello, I am interested in teaching in South Korea and stumbled across your blog while doing some research. I am having a difficult time sifting through all the websites and recruitment agencies trying to find a legit program to go through. I have looked at CIEE, SMOE, Reach to Teach, and […]
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Last Saturday after my whirlwind adventure through flower city I happened to stumble upon an unusual sight. You see the building right next to Flower City is an Exhibition Hall of sorts. It’s the place where the Tteok Festival was taking place at the same time as an anime fest. The grounds from Flower City […]
Continue ReadingOn the heels of Hillary’s recent statements on the drug wars and the effect of American made guns in Mexico I stumbled across this apropo little gem from cartoonist Mark Fiore. If you haven’t heard I’ll paraphrase what Hillary said on her trip to Mexico: “I feel very strongly we have a co-responsibility,” Clinton told […]
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It’s so hard to say goodbye, especially when you’ve become quite happily settled in a place Thankfully, I am not quite ready to say goodbye to Korea yet. You’ve probably noticed that I’ve been tweaking the layout and content of the blog, slanting it toward a Korea/Japan angle. I still have six weeks left in […]
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