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Sun, 14 Mar 2010 | By traveling_raccoon | Views [5061]
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 [502]
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 [2675] | 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 [1673]
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 [3259] | 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 [1305] | 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 [3364] | 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 [1270]
“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 [3769]
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 [853] | 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 [1563]
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 [1021]
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 [3374]
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 >
Tags: gym
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