I’m not a vegetarian, but Koreans call me one. At the moment I eat fish, it’d be almost impossible to survive here if I didn’t. Korea and Koreans don’t understand what it means to be a vegetarian or to not eat meat. This is partly… Read More »Not Eating Meat in Korea
Growing up, I’m not sure we went around the table and said what we were thankful for on Thanksgiving. From what I remember it was something I saw in movies or in tv shows, and it wasn’t until I came to Korea that I started… Read More »I’m Thankful for…
Studying for the GRE was exhausting, it dominated my life for the last 10 weeks and it’s all over now. I took the GRE on September 27th. Ten weeks ago, I made the decision to take the GRE on September 27th. At the time, ETS… Read More »Studying for the GRE
I’ve decided I want to go back to school to study architecture. It feels as if everything since University, my travels and life abroad, has led me to this decision and provided me with the experiences and self-awareness to hopefully succeed. Recently I started looking… Read More »Focusing on the Future
Actually, there’s no lockdown in Korea and there hasn’t been one, but the title is catchier this way. It’s been nine weeks since I had shoulder surgery and I never would have imagined that I still wouldn’t have taught an English class. Last Wednesday classes… Read More »Life On Lockdown
I decided to get surgery on Friday, March 13th. The question of whether or not to get surgery has been an internal struggle since last year. In March I partially dislocated my left shoulder playing volleyball. I can’t remember the first incident of something like… Read More »Shoulder Surgery
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
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
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