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Archive for the ‘Korea’ Category
On Nine and Counting
Posted in Korea on November 14, 2007 | 8 Comments »
Sunday morning I woke in the most comfortable bed I have slept in for some time, in an apartment about seven times the size of mine, halfway up Namsan mountain, with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking all of Seoul. Well, all of one-quarter of Seoul.
Saturday night had included blue shoes, hamburgers, hot chocolates, 1/3 of Ocean’s Thirteen, [...]
Eleventeen
Posted in Korea on October 17, 2007 | 9 Comments »
It is the 17th of October, which means eight months and one week ago today I was standing blurry-eyed on the sidewalk at Incheon International Airport with my suitcases. It would not be an exaggeration to say that I may as well have been drunk for the latter half of January and all of February, [...]
The Beach
Posted in Culture Shock, Korea, Tourists on September 26, 2007 | 2 Comments »
This week we are on school holiday to celebrate Korean Thanksgiving or Chuseok, and Monday I travelled out to the west coast with my friend Susan to visit Eulwangni Beach. It was a perfect blue-sky sunny day and fated to be even better, as by 1pm I already had one man buy me beer & [...]
Convenient Advertising for the Adopted.
Posted in Engrish on September 20, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Palace Schmalace
Posted in Korea, Seoul, Tourists on September 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
So yesterday I went a-palacing with my friends Arliss and Erin and their friend YoungMi. I have been rather hell-bent on seeing Changdeokgung Palace because there is a Secret Garden on the palace grounds. I don’t know about you, but anything that has the word “Secret” in it is somewhere I want to go. My [...]
An Open Letter to Ann-Kathrin of Hamburg, Germany
Posted in Korea, Teaching on August 10, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Hi? Ann I’m Sarah. I really miss and also I really like to ask a questions. 1st. Are you happy there?
Hello! I have a question to you. Do you like Korea? Do you miss me too? -Kelly-
Hi! I want to ask you a question. What was your favorite student in our class? -Susan-
HELLO, [...]
Student Names I Am Enjoying As Of Late
Posted in Korea, Teaching on August 8, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Dolly
Nemo
Bob
Irene
Adam King
Shirley
Superman
Gary
When you know the Honeymoon is over
Posted in Culture Shock on July 28, 2007 | 7 Comments »
February 2007
“Oh my god, it’s ASIA! Everything is so cute! Everything is so Asian! It’s all so fascinating!”
July 2007
“Old woman, seriously, no one can get off the subway if you are pushing to get on. Let’s try this: you wait about 1, maybe 2, seconds and we will all exit. Then you can run, jump, [...]
On a Wednesday, one week ago
Posted in Korea, Tourists on July 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Seoul Tower, Namsan Park :: July 4, 2007
Sunset, cable car ride, hot dogs on sticks, pineapple on sticks, jimjilbang scrub-down, The Best Engrish We’ve Seen Yet, apple sodas, last subway, Two Two Chicken and beer.




