I first heard about the Corona virus from another traveler who taught English in Shanghai. At the time she referred to it as SARS, so when the term corona virus started popping up I was confused, was it like the beer? I didn’t pay much… Read More »Catching Fear: Corona Virus
It’s impossible to go to Palawan and not do boat tours. The Philippines are made up of 7,641 islands most of them accessible only by boat and some of them unvisitable. My trip took me to the province of Palawan which consists of two main… Read More »Palawan Boat Tours
When I told my parents I was planning on getting my scuba certification in the Philippines they were surprised because they said they’ve never heard me say it before, while that may be the case, for me, it was always something I planned to do… Read More »Under the Sea
“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