Month: September 2013

Life in Korea #1: Public Schools vs. Hagwons

So as you may or may not know, I am an ESL teacher in Korea. I’ve been at it for almost 4 years now, so I have quite a bit of experience with things that go on in public schools and hagwons. This comic is the start of another branch of ideas I want to … Read more

Making 깻잎전

If you recall from this post, I love 깻잎전. Hyo told her mother about it, and we ended up making it for her birthday/Chuseok dinner this week. Sorry for the narrow parts of the video…we are still learning about making and uploading videos 🙂 Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPriaY8oIk4    

Episode #43: 개똥 (Dog Poop)

  So yea, I couldn’t believe it when I saw it and just couldn’t understand how careless the neighbors could have been. Just complete laziness. I had also read a thread on waygook.org about someone in a similar situation, and posters gave advice, and one of the pieces of advice was to write what I … Read more

Episode #42: Who’s the Actor From Iron Man?

  I love the Iron Man movies, so of course I knew (and what American doesn’t know who he is). But it was rpetty cute seeing her blurt out the answer like that. You may or may not know, but Koreans don’t have things like “Sr.” or “Jr.” in their names.  Hyo heard his name … Read more

Episode #41: Geoje Island Trip Part 2

So yea….for those of you in Korea, depending on where you live, it will take a little while to get to Geoje Island. If you’re coming from the Seoul/Incheon/Gyeonggi area, your options are to bus it straight down (4-5 hours), or do what we did and take a train to Busan and then take the … Read more