Speaking English/Korean Survival Videos
My pre-intermediate adult class made two videos with the help of Young Gun. One for foreigners coming to Korea, the other for Koreans going to English speaking countries. They aren't perfect but I'm pretty proud of them getting over their fear of the camera and doing t…
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Trivia Night for Korean Orphans
FOREIGN INTERESTS Aladdin's Lamb was the busiest place in town during the orphanage fundraiser event Over the last couple of years in our neck of the woods there has been a huge drive for foreign teachers to help Korean orphans. Who could blame them? According to the A…
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Cheonan 10th International Dance Festival
Our blog is moving up in the world! First, a version of our Korean Burn post was published in the October Edition of the The Daegu Compass (page 54) and then we were invited by Cheonan city to cover their 10th International Dance Festival! and what a wonderful time we had! …
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Playing Ingress in South Korea
Hey ya'll! So I have this addiction called Ingress. Cool right? Ingress is a game created by Niantic Labs, a start up from within Google. It's am augmented reality mass multiplayer game that takes place all over the world. Unfortunately, this game is only for Andr…
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Korea Burn 2013
The theme of this year's Burning Man festival in Korea (KoreaBurn) was FLOW. GPWT traveled there with Sea-saw Shisha by the Sea Shore, an exhibition for inhaling the good times, exhaling the bad vibes, and keeping it all in balance. Our group's theme camp was a giant ch…
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Dokdo knowledge tour
I am grateful to have been sent by the Isabu Academy, with funding from the Korean government and assistance from our local public education office, to Dokdo, the island of stone in the East Sea. I want to share a few highlights from the trip. "Okay everybody! Hana, du…
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Stuff Swap
My morning Intermediate class participating in the Stuff Swap Do you have too much useless stuff in your apartment? Are you going to let that ugly shirt your friend gave you just sit in your closet along with all those books you are never going to read? Don't let it clu…
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Mudfest 2013
Now mud lies down again and goes to sleep. What memories for mud to have! What interesting other kinds of sitting-up mud I met! -Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle Have you heard of Mudfest? According to boryeongmudfestival.com , the annual mud festival held at Daecheo…
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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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