Survive & Thrive in Korea
In South Korea rock-paper-scissors isn’t just a kiddy game for preschoolers. Nope, it’s practically a national pastime. Unlike back home in the states where an occasional instance of RPS happens every so often if the circumstances allow, in Korea, people use RPS so much so that I’d be surprised if someone somewhere isn’t playing every […]
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So you’ve finally moved into your new pad in Korea. You throw your bags down, fall onto the bed, and prepare for a much needed nap to shake off the jet lag when you realize its much too cold! You find the thermostat on the wall, but who knows what those strange little symbols mean? […]
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Pardon me for being so forward. I don’t mean to interrupt your wistful gazing of your reflection in your cup of coffee or perhaps your deep contemplation of the latest strapless oversized leather Murse, but I feel compelled to make a suggestion that will hopefully make both our lives easier or at least a little […]
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I thought it was about time to do this. So I’m running a contest for the best original Konglish photo! Konglish is the taking of English words and absorbing them into the Korean language in a straighforward or unexpected fashion that leads to often zany results. I know you’ve seen it on Billboards, Store signs, […]
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Well, it looks like another group of folks are getting a taste of what it’s like to be an English teacher in South Korea. The Aussie Lacrosse team has been held in quarantine for swine flu in Seoul just like the ESL teachers who have been all over the blogosphere. All in all 27 people […]
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The Swine Cometh! My friend just sent me a link of facebook to an organization called Rate My Hogwon. They have an aticle up about teachers in Korea being rounded up for testing postive for Swine Flu. The teachers were all in the same training program for their chain of schools and now have been […]
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