Survive & Thrive in Korea
As an American in Seoul, celebrating holidays here is like entering the twilight zone. Quirky holidays that you’ve never heard of before, strange twists on familiar holidays, and the complete absence of some holidays makes for a pretty disconcerting time. Take for instance, Pepero Day, a holiday celebrated on November 11 in honor of a […]
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Recently, the NYT has taken an interest in the local Korean ecology. The article in question focuses on Bonogit Hussain, an Indian man, and Hahn Ji-seon, a female Korean friend of his whom both found themselves facing down BOA. If you’ve lived in Korea for any significant amount of time, say about a month or […]
Continue ReadingHello, I’m studying in Korea for 2 months now, I really love it, and your blog is one of the references for living here as a foreigner. So first, thank you for doing this so smartly ! I just have a question because today I saw again this tv advertisement for the Penstyle-Olympus camera, […]
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I thought I’d share the insights I learned from my Korean friend walked me patiently through the intricate maze of the Korean rental system.
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Every year in Seoul KOTESOL organization holds a conference to increase the knowledge and skills of esl instructors throughout Korea. The tag line is that they Pursuing Professional Excellence in ELT. Straight from the KOTESOL website: Korea Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages is a professional organization for teachers of English. Our main […]
Continue ReadingMy family is really concerned about the big move to Korea. I hadn’t even thought twice about it before, but now there constant worrying has started to rub off. Is it as safe as I think it will be? Deb Deb, have no fear! Tell your family that we don’t all walk around in hazard […]
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