Survive & Thrive in Korea
So one of the first things I noticed upon settling in here was that I had a cable television in my room with a rather intimidating amount of local channels on it. Although this didn’t come as a surprise, I must admit I did stick to my tried-and-trusted BBC/CNN/Discovery channel combo that seems to be […]
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(Writer’s Note: This originaly appears in the March 2010 edition of Groove Magazine) Fish out of water. That’s one way to describe Oscar Martinez. He’s the man behind the grill at Taco Rico. Oscar’s come a long way from home. He’s a genial guy with an easy smile and a big heart. It shows in […]
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The Guardian’s 10 Rules for Writing. So, I was on my way to work listening to my podcasts when the good folks over at Slate’s Cultural Gabfest mentioned a recent article in the UK Guaridan: “Ten rules for writing fiction” . The article takes ten points of advice from authors all around the world for […]
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Hello, dear readers, Kiss My Kimchi needs you! That’s right, I’m in need of a few good men and women who have been living knee deep in Korea or Asia and are now ready to share their experiences! It doesn’t matter if you’ve been here a week or a year or a decade. I started […]
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Expat & Korean Blogger Brunch Talk. January has been the month for K-blogging. Earlier in the month thee was the Seoul Eats meet up which tag teamed with the 2S2 crew for a combined event. They went out to grab some mandu-guk to celebrate the new year and then hit a nearby cafe for a […]
Continue ReadingLove the blog, great nom de plume. I am wondering what it is like being an “older” ESL teacher there, most tend to be in their 20s. I lived in Seoul a long while back and want to return to teach ESL and diving. Does Yongsan still have a big US military presence there? How […]
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