Thanksgiving in Korea
When you choose a life of adventures no on tells you how lonely it can be. This is my second Thanksgiving away from home and my first without any loved ones. I didn't think it would be this hard to deal with. On Wednesday I just figured Thanksgiving would be a day like an…
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Young Gun, Intro
Hello world. Nice to be sharing thoughts with ya 'll. I am called Young Gun and I have been introduced to this blog by my beloved friend Ashley. As this was a blog about thoughts and experiences living in South Korea, I vouched myself to share my relatively dense experienc…
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Should I Stay or Should I Go?
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! My school contract ends in February and I seriously need to figure out what to do with my life. Should I stay in Korea and focus on my life here or should I leave/go home and, you know, start a career and such? My mother is a Strategist by trade and is curre…
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Five (7) Words You Need to Know When Visiting Korea
So my mother is coming to Korea on Saturday for a little more than three weeks (guess who is super excited?!) and only knows two words in Korean. I made this video for her. Mom you already know: Hello - 안녕하세요 - An-young-ha-se-yo Thank you - 감사합니다 - Kam-sa-ni-da In th…
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Prom in South Korea
The “Just say yes” philosophy gets me into all sorts of trouble/fun. Two weeks ago I was asked by a guy I had met in passing once to go to prom. He had a girlfriend but she was working that night and he didn’t want to go without a date. When I met him he seemed like a nice gu…
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Please Look After Mom: Book Review
I literally just finished reading the book Please Look After Mom by Kyung-sook Shin and wow, just Wow. That was such an amazing experience that I felt compelled to write about it - immediately. This book was recommended to me by my city's foreigner book club. The first …
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Published in a Korean Newspaper!
So I was randomly asked to write a piece for the school's English newspaper! I'm pretty pumped that I'm now published. Here's what I wrote: Gangnam Style: Taking the West by Storm The first time that I had ever heard Kpop was about a month…
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Korean Independence Day 2012
Unfortunately I was in India during Korean Independence Day (Which is also Indian Independence Day) so I wasn't able to celebrate it. BUT! While I was grading my students summer homework (I had them write journals) I came across this. 2012/August/15th Title: Liberation To…
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Next Big Vacation: INDIA!!
So I'm going to be MIA for the next month because I'll be spending my summer break in India with my mother and one of my best friends from home Deepika. Getting the visa to go to India was such a bitch and I ranted about that here (I was pretty angry). So yeah, here is…
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