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
About a month ago I noticed some changes around Boseong, the tennis courts by the gym were getting redone, the wall surrounding the sports complex was painted an ugly shade of blue, and roads around town were being repaved. At the same time, banners started… Read More »Psy Comes to Boseong
People who say they can’t watch movies with subtitles are missing out on a whole world of amazing movies, particularly Korean ones. I was first introduced to a Korean movie eight years ago while searching for movies to watch. It was Oldboy and at the… Read More »A World Unknown to Most, Korean Movies
I’ve wanted to write this blog post for a while, but between getting Lasik and starting the new school year I haven’t had time. Finally, I have some now. Sri Lanka is known to have some of the best safari’s outside of Africa. For a… Read More »Safariing Sri Lanka
Lasik is something I’ve wanted to do in Korea since before I came. I knew it was a common procedure and that it was significantly cheaper than the US. I didn’t plan however to get it done this February until about a week before I… Read More »Lasik In Korea
“It is the island at its most scenic, a mist-wrapped land of emerald peaks and stupendous views, of hillsides carpeted with tea plantations and graced by astonishing waterfalls. This is a place where you can wear a fleece in the daytime and cuddle up beside a… Read More »The Hill Country of Sri Lanka
Traveling to a new country is always eye opening, no matter how much you read on it and what you know and don’t know about the country beforehand, there is sure to always be things that while traveling make you think, “this is different” or… Read More »Surprising Things About Sri Lanka