On Wednesday morning (12/4) I woke up to a picture sent by my family with Pal on a scale with the message, “what is wrong with my baby” 7,000 miles away I didn’t know anything had been wrong. Just last Thursday on thanksgiving when I… Read More »R.I.P Pal
Our thanksgiving doesn’t exist in Korea and it didn’t exist in Spain either. There’s no days off, no big Wednesday, just an ordinary meaningless day at school to everybody else. In Korea, the word Turkey is unknown to the students in both English and Korean… Read More »Happy Thanksgiving
A couple of weeks ago I went paintballing for the third time in my life. The last time I went paintballing was four years ago in Spain with my friend Mitch and a group of Spanish friends. This time it was with a bunch of… Read More »Paintballing in Korea
Fall in Korea is like fall in New York. The temperature is similar throughout the day and the crispness in the air feels the same. As the days get shorter and the leaves start to change, it reminds me of drives upstate with George Winston’s… Read More »Temple to Temple
Korean Thanksgiving or “Chu-Seok” was this past weekend. It’s similar to our Easter in how the date is different each year, but the time off is almost always the same, two days. My first year here we were incredibly lucky, it was called the “golden… Read More »Korean Thanksgiving
There’s nothing like being home, sleeping in your bed and spending time with family and friends you’ve known your whole life. Luckily I still have these to come home to, that my parents haven’t moved (I hope they never do) and most of my friends… Read More »24 Days and Too Much to Do!
On Wednesday I’ll be going home for a 24-day vacation. The last time I was there was right before I left for Korea in August of 2017. It’s been two years since I’ve been home and I cannot wait. Two years! That’s half the time… Read More »Home For Summer Vacation!
This August it’ll be two years living in Korea. I think two years enough time to figure out what you like and what you don’t like about a country. I believe that no matter where you live, you’ll find things to like and whether or… Read More »Little Things I love about Korea
After high school, I never thought I’d play baseball again. In college, I played softball with my friends, but that was 6 years ago. Since then, baseball has barely been a part of my life, only the occasional standings check to see how the Yankees… Read More »Back to Baseball
Imagine everything we know that makes up a wedding, now imagine none of that. That’s what a Korean wedding is like. This Saturday I went to the wedding of one of the teachers I work with. Before actually going to the wedding I’ve heard about… Read More »Tying the Knot