Life in Korea
Appholes
A departure from my usual life in Korea stuff… Last summer, after 1.5 years with an absolutely terrible computer, and a nightmarish introduction to windows vista, I did something extreme. I bought a Macbook pro. Best. Technology decision. Ever. While the windows computers were always cheaper, I found myself doing re-installs and restores every 6-7 months ...
Here’s what’s happening in Korea this week
Kimchi Crisis! A wet hot summer means there isn’t enough leafy green to satisfy the nations appetite for kimchi. The result? Cabbage prices have gone through the roof! One head of Cabbage will set you back 15000W over here! The government is going to be allowing imports of chinese cabbage. Kim Jung-un Kim Jong-il’s heir apparent has finally ...
Masters Masters Masters…
I’m back to studying again. The Chuseok break has been great. I went to Insa-dong with K and some friends. The original plan was to go to Sobaeksan but once again typhoons got in the way. This particular typhoon didn’t hit Korea directly but there was lots of thunder, lightning and of course rain. K ...
Do You like Oranges?
It sounds like an innocent question. But actually it turned into a uniquely Korean situation. Lately I’ve taken up swimming in the mornings. It’s a really nice way to start my day. I show up at the pool next to my school at 7 AM and usually I get the lap lane all to myself. After ...
The Week In Review…
The good … Surprise pay for teacher training was double what I expected. It was even sweeter that the pay came on Friday and my Head Teacher let me leave early to get a Canadian dollar money order from the bank. Now I can send off my criminal record check and start gearing up for ...
Halfway there…
I’m now finished my vacation, and I’m back at the school. I had a open class just four days into the new semester.Thankfully it’s my final one of the year. For anyone who doesn’t know, an open class is basically a teaching demonstration. Teachers from other schools as well as a supervisor or two from ...