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Wed, 24 Mar 2010 | By sokocat | Views [803]
I know an update is long overdue but in the meantime... Everybody remembers books from their childhood. Personally I remember reading "Where's Spot?" growing up. This book vote as part of the Asia Foundation is raising money to supply childrens ... Read more >
Tags: appeal, books, charity, help, volunteer
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 | By traveling_raccoon | Views [11501] | Comments [8]
Days before the 14th of February, 2010, I asked my husband if he was planning to give me anything for Valentine's Day. My husband laughed and said, "on Feb. 14, girls give guys gifts, not the other way around." I was surprised at his reaction ... Read more >
Tags: korea, korea traditions, white day
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 | By traveling_raccoon | Views [4984]
The other day I went to biggest mall in Seoul today (according to both
my husband and the Korean Tourism's official
site ), the Times Square. As soon as we got there my heart started
beating like crazy because hey, this is the first time in a long ... Read more >
Tags: korea, mall, seoul
Sun, 14 Feb 2010 | By wrdc60 | Views [454]
Keeping the weight down to can carry a bike in my luggage needs attention. Planning the trip, I loaded the bike, travelled about 20km, everything mostly worked. Now I have to make sure I can load and unload the bike. The pictures are of preparations.... Read more >
Tags: bike, luggage, packing
Sun, 14 Feb 2010 | By wrdc60 | Photo Gallery
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Thu, 11 Feb 2010 | By amy_palfreyman | Views [2616] | Comments [4]
While riding the subway in Seoul today, I was approached by a Korean ajosshi (middle-aged to elderly, assumedly married man) who asked me where I come from. " 호주 사람입니다" (I am Australian), I told him. "Oh, very nice" the man ... Read more >
Tags: south korea
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 | By sokocat | Views [1609]
As previously mentioned in this blog, I am becoming to increasingly dislike the fact that the main purpose of my 8 hour working day is to line the pockets of my already very well off bosses. When people come out to Korea, as I was discussing with ... Read more >
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 | By amy_palfreyman | Views [3154] | Comments [6]
Returning to Korea nearly a year after
leaving brought with it a real sense of coming home. Walking around my old
dong (the Korean equivalent to a small suburb or district) I've been
enjoying all those things I've been so nostalgic for since ... Read more >
Tags: couples, gaming, love, south korea, starcraft, superstition
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 | By amy_palfreyman | Views [1220] | Comments [2]
The Republic Of Korea (South Korea. Affectionately referred to as The ROK) has had a long and often tumultuous history ravaged by war, poverty, colonisation and various other forms of repressive rule. But Korea has also had one of the most (if not the ... Read more >
Tags: south korea
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 | By amy_palfreyman | Photo Gallery
Korea bits and pieces
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Fri, 5 Feb 2010 | By traveling_raccoon | Views [3274] | Comments [2]
I'm a Malaysian who grew up in the Philippines. I'm more Filipino than Malaysian, thanks to the fact that I've spent more than three-fourths of my life there, since my dad's a Filipino-Chinese. This mixed heritage is something I'm very proud of, and ... Read more >
Tags: teaching in korea
Sun, 31 Jan 2010 | By sokocat | Views [1219]
“Teacher, What do people in the UK think about Korea?” was a perfectly innocent question asked to me by one of my students when they were trying to divert my attention away from what we should have been talking about. Seeing as what we should have been ... Read more >
Sun, 17 Jan 2010 | By sokocat | Views [3705]
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 [813] | 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 [1509]
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 >
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