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Life On Lockdown

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

Shoulder Surgery

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

Christmas Away From Home

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

Package Problems

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

Happy Thanksgiving

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

Korean Thanksgiving

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