Survive & Thrive in Korea
Phoenixstorm’s Things I Should’ve Brought to Korea, but Didn’t If you have scoured the net for that perfect esl job in Korea, signed a contract, and have taken the steps to get your E-2 Visa, then you need to starting thinking about the next step in this whole teaching in Korea business: What to bring […]
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With the weather here in Seoul moving toward the colder temperatures the time has come for the annual ondol ritual. Don’t fret if you don’t know what ondol is because if you’re living in Korea then you most likely already have it set up in your apartment. Ondol is the name for the Korean […]
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Where there is competion there will always be cheaters. Whethere it’s a simple game of checkers or a high stakes poker game, there will be some who want to find that short cut in order to come out on top. The same holds true in the classroom and in the heated pressure cooker arena of […]
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Today the Korea Association of Hakwon and the Korea Association of Foreign Language Academies held their annual Seminar. At our school we didn’t find out about it until Thursday which put a snag into everybody’s weekend plans. Our boss also informed us that attendance was mandatory so there was no escape to be had. Which […]
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This Sunday November 11th is Pepero Day in Korea. It’s not an official Holiday, but one of those ingeniously made up holidays engineered by Corporate honchos sitting in their sky high towers devising new ways to get money out of our pockets. Much like Sweety’s day back in the United States, Pepero day is about […]
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I have been seeing top ten lists all over the place. I guess its that time of year or perhaps it’s just en vogue to populate a top ten list. So given that I have seen top ten lists about favorite Korean foods, cultural events, cities, bars, clubs, museums, and everything else imanginable. I decided […]
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