“Since worrying takes away your appetite and your sleep it’s not good for you, but you can’t stop worrying, therefore you get additionally worried that you are worrying, and then furthermore because that is quiet absurd, and you are mad at yourself because you do… Read More »Worrying about Taal
Christmas means something different to each person, how it was celebrated when they were younger and how it’s remembered as they’re older. While I listened to my friend recount what Christmas was to him, I thought to myself, “that’s nothing like mine was.” For most… Read More »Christmas Away From Home
When I lived in Spain I was never able to receive a package so I stopped trying (Packageless in Spain), in Korea this had never been a problem until a month ago. I’ve ordered countless things and I’ve received two packages from my family without… Read More »Package Problems
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!