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Sun, 17 Jan 2010 | By sokocat | Views [3789]
British English vs American English, who is right? This is a debate I seem to have with increasing frequency at work. It usually stems from me having said something and then having to explain what I mean. Or the Americans and Canadians saying something ... Read more >
Sun, 17 Jan 2010 | By sokocat | Views [864] | Comments [1]
I think perhaps most people who decide they are going to spend a year teaching English abroad for a year have a strange feeling of self importance. Or at least I’m pretty sure I did. When I decided to come out I was convinced in my own mind that I would ... Read more >
Sun, 17 Jan 2010 | By sokocat | Views [1575]
Every Wednesday we teach “Free classes” or what some of the other teachers refer to as “Piss take classes” either way; they are not paid for, we don’t have to rush to get through the book and they are generally at a gentler pace. My contribution ... Read more >
Sun, 10 Jan 2010 | By sokocat | Views [1037]
I am not the fittest person in the world, nor do I enjoy voluntary exercise usually. Therefore many of my family and friends were surprised when I told them how I spent a cold Saturday in January. After teaching all week I was going a little ... Read more >
Sun, 10 Jan 2010 | By traveling_raccoon | Views [3432]
The gym that the family I married into goes to is ten minutes away from my house. As soon as we left my house, my brother-in-law asked me which pair of shoes I planned to wear to the gym. When I answered him by pointing at my answer, he said, "... Read more >
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Sun, 10 Jan 2010 | By sokocat | Views [645]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sokocat/ I have set up a flickr account so my photos can be seen in a higher resolution. I have also added descriptions underneath of what the photos are of and some futher information about their significance.
Sun, 10 Jan 2010 | By sokocat | Photo Gallery
A buddah with a hat!
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Wed, 6 Jan 2010 | By sokocat | Views [978]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haeinsa After recovering from my new years day hangover a couple of the other teachers and I decided to get out of the city and go for an adventure up to one of the most important temples in Korea. I am not pretending ... Read more >
Wed, 6 Jan 2010 | By sokocat | Views [672]
I am risking life and limb by writing a blog at work, but then again I dont have a lesson until 4.30 so I have an hour an a half to kill. I am beginning to feel increasingly sorry for Korean children. Usually they go to school from around 8am until ... Read more >
Sat, 2 Jan 2010 | By sokocat | Views [674]
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain ... Read more >
Thu, 31 Dec 2009 | By sokocat | Views [953]
I cannot pretend I was looking forward to spending Christmas in Korea. Being away from your family at this time of year is rough. It doesn't matter that we spend the rest of the year apart, or that by Boxing Day you are all ready to kill each other. ... Read more >
Tue, 15 Dec 2009 | By sokocat | Views [775] | Comments [2]
Today we had a slight incident at school. One of my cockier students decided that he was going to refer to me as 'Baby' for the entire class. I would not stand for ANYONE to call me baby, let alone a 15 year old boy. A 15 year old boy, who for some inexplicable ... Read more >
Sun, 13 Dec 2009 | By sokocat | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 13 Dec 2009 | By sokocat | Views [1367]
It has been a while since I wrote anything, mainly because I have been working and sleeping and that is the same whatever country you do it in. Yesterday, some of the other teachers and I, decided we needed to get out of the city. Out of the noise, the ... Read more >
Fri, 11 Dec 2009 | By iainob1 | Views [13166] | Comments [2]
Packedin Okpo Don ’ t go to Pilipino bars when you have already had a fair bit to drink. This was what I was saying to myself at about 7:30 in the morning and wandering lost in the streets in Okpo. For my ... Read more >
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