Survive & Thrive in Korea
Editor’s Note: Solutions is now closed I have a tragedy to report; my laptop computer, Mona, has become deathly ill and may be on her deathbed. It all went down this past Sunday when I upgraded with some new shiny memory. She had been chugging along on 512 but I thought a gig would do […]
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On Saturday a couple coworkers and me journeyed to Northern Seoul to check out Gyeongbokgung Palace. The trip for us consisted of a twenty minute subway ride on line Five. The station stop was Gwanghwamun exit 2 and then a straight shot north a few blocks to the palace’s front gate. Wikipedia says:Gyeongbokgung (Gyeongbok Palace) […]
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Today friends and family is national Teacher’s day here in Korea. It’s supposed to be a day where teachers everywhere are celebrated and thanked for their good work for their pupils. I don’t think all the schools close and I doubt the English Academies close. A day off would have been a nice way to […]
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Over the weekend I attended my first Korean Wedding. The Couple in question are friends of my coworker, and they nicely extended the invitation to me.Contrary to popular belief, or at least my belief, South Korea’s religious population is about 40 % Buddhist and 40% Christian. This wedding turned out to be a Christian Western […]
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Starting on Friday night Seoul’s First World DJ Festival hits the city and blows away your eardrums for three consecutive nights. The festivities go down at Nanji area of Hangang Citizen’s Park near the World Cup Stadium in North West Seoul. Last night my coworkers and a friend scooted over there around eleven and people […]
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Soju. When I first heard the word in conversation I thought to myself, “That sounds lovely. It must be a bottled water from the mountains of Korea.” That notion exploded into bits when I realized that Soju only resembles fresh spring mountain water in form only; the crystal clear liquid is really Korea’s infamous alcoholic […]
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