TOEIC Exam Review
I just took another TOEIC test. No study or taking classes. Just self evaluating about how well do I know my English. Then I ended up evaluating the test. So here's some opinions. But before I continue, some information for those who never heard about TOEIC : It&…
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G.P.T.W.T.'s 100th Post!
Photo by Young Gun! From all of us at getting past the white tiger we would like to thank you for supporting our blog! Like us, our readers are from around the world! We would like to hear where you are from, comment below! Want to know a little more about our writers? C…
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Korean digital dementia... stop reading this and go do something!
Expat English teachers spend a lot of free time behind their computers. Believe me, I speak from experience. But lately in Korea there's been some research into a strange phenomenon: "a deterioration in cognitive abilities that is more commonly seen in people who have …
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Korean theatre.. and the countdown begins!
6 am. My alarm goes off. I struggle to remember the weekend. I remember kids laughing and throwing water balloons in the park. I remember going to a Korean performance of Romeo and Juliet with an actor from NYC who speaks Korean fluently. I remember going out to an island in th…
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The Korean Bungee Jumping Adventure!
A few months ago my friend Ava and I went on the local air force base for a bit of shopping. After collecting a plethora of western goods we wanted to own she encountered a problem. She's from Canada and therefore doesn't have an American credit card. Poop. So that is h…
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Military Training Day
Every Korean men are mandatary to join the military when they become the age of adulthood. Most of them doesn't like the idea of leaving the comfortable civilian pop life and wasting 2 to 3 years in a jail when the only crime they have committed is being born in a war c…
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Korean Style Sushi
So my significant other Nicholas came to visit me here in South Korea for my spring vacation and one of the main things he wanted to do was try 산낙지 (san nac ge) or live octopus. Now I did mention this in my post forever ago Just Say Yes but I want to go into more detail about…
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Cycling and camping in Korea
On a hilltop in Yamido, Saemangum. The guys set up their hammocks in one of the few places that wasn't stupidly windy. The Korean word for camping is 야영장 (ya-yeong-jang). According to many websites, it is practically impossible to find good camping away from large group…
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Parents' Day in Korea
Illustration by s-girl , on deviantart.com It’s May 8th, and you might just know what that means to South Korea: Parents’ Day! Perhaps you know the tale of Shim Chung, a popular Korean folk tale about a young woman who sacrificed her life to restore her father’s eyesigh…
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Children’s Day, May 5, 2013
This year, Children’s Day(어린이날)fell on a Sunday, and the weather could not have been better. According to the teacherlink website , children’s fiction writer Bang Jeong-Hwan invented the holiday in 1923. The holiday is meant to “highlight the dignity of children and their need…
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