The most common question I get is more or less How are you doing what you're doing and then how can I do that? The thing that usually deters people is money. To apply to teach English and get through the first month of teaching English in Korea requires a small nest egg. Let's break [...]
Most Department of Education trips to Ulleung-do and the nearby islands seem to be held in the summer. Across the board this summer has been rather awful no matter where you live. Also there are plans in the future (2021) for an airport to be built on the island which will make arriving in Ulleung-do [...]
September and October were utterly exhausting. Every single weekend I was busy. I attended a co-workers' wedding (which was gorgeous and the food was delicious), I went to Gyeongju, visited Suwon, volunteered for a Korvia party, took my branch school students to Seoul for a field trip, saw beautiful art, and ended everything with a [...]
A friend of mine met up with me in Seoul and wanted to check out a bookstore. He suggested What the book? in Itaewon. It's up on the 2nd floor. The entire store sells English books, children's books, comics, language study books, adult coloring books and used books. It was terrible. I was hoping after spending [...]
It's been a year since I've moved to Korea. This blows my mind. This time last year I was flying over 6,000 miles away from home. I didn't sleep at all on the flight and had that exhausted nauseous feeling that was only added to as I climbed into the backseat of a cab that [...]
