Since the beginning of orientation I knew that with whatever friends I made I wanted to host thanksgiving. I’ve had it three out of the last four years and really enjoy bringing people together from different countries and celebrating a holiday which for some is… Read More »Another Thanksgiving Abroad
Figuring out the Korean trash system. Korea has the most complicated, strict, impossible to get right trash throw away system. It’s been almost three months and I have yet to figure it out. Everything has its own pile, you need to use the right bags… Read More »The Most Difficult Puzzle
The day we left Seoul was a traveling day, nothing was planned other than arriving to Busan. We did not however think we were going to arrive as late as we did. The trip under normal circumstances should have taken 3 hours 45 min to… Read More »Chuseok Part II: Busan
During the interview they asked me a bunch of hypothetical situations, one was “what would you do if you arrived and they didn’t have an apartment for you and you had to stay at a hotel until they found one…?” While this didn’t happen, something… Read More »Unexpected Changes
Chu-what….? Chuseok pronounced Chu-sock is the Korean thanksgiving. This year it was called the golden holiday because it fell precisely in the middle of the week, which prompted the government to declare the Monday (between the two weekends) a day off, giving us a total… Read More »Chuseok Part I: Seoul
Take me out with the crowd, buy me some peanuts and crackerjacks……one song you definitely don’t hear at a Korean baseball game, but you do hear a plethora of others. Each batter has their own song and when your team is up,recycled songs from the… Read More »Take Me Out to the Ball Game…
You’d think finding a Korean teacher in a country that’s homogeneously the same would be easy. As of now my journey has been been a roller coaster of hope and disappointment. Learning Korean is important for me, living here and not being able to speak… Read More »The Search for a Korean Teacher
Culture shock defined by Webster’s dictionary as “a feeling of confusion, doubt, or nervousness caused by being in a place (such as a foreign country) that is very different from what you are used to.” However, I think shock is a very strong word and… Read More »“Culture Shock” – Cultural Surprises in S.Korea
Leaving the comfort of the Shingyang bubble was scary, what was even scarier was being dropped off in front of my apartment saying goodbye to my co-teacher. That’s when it hit me, I was alone and on my own, my first thought was “I wonder… Read More »The Bubble is Broken
I arrived to Seoul almost an hour later than expected, I chose the slowest customs line and my bags seemed to take forever to come out, I didn’t have wifi and didn’t know if the orientation group would still be at the airport, I accepted… Read More »Orientation Week in Korea