Spring in Itaewon
S pring in Korea has become evident over the past two weeks, which ignites my curiosity for traveling and seeing the sights of this beautiful country. So I set out to the big city of Seoul to spend some time in Itaewon. Itaewon is a very popular district for foreigners becaus…
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Getting a Job as a Korean citizen
I was born and raised in Gunsan, South Korea. Recently, I got a job here. Here's how. It started after my University graduation. Some said it was time for celebration. I'm still not sure what there was to celebrate. It just meant it's time to ge…
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The Edward Scissorhands Experience: What it's like to get a haircut in Korea
Not your average hair shop. But what do I know? It’s safe to say that things in Korea are done a little… differently. That doesn’t change with hair shops, or how Westerners refer to them, salons. I’ve had this pleasurable and often odd experience a handful of times since …
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Ringing in the New Year: Daejeon Style
I know, I know; it's January 10 and I'm writing a post about new year's eve. Maybe my new year's resolution should have been to procrastinate less. For me, the new year always gives me pause to look back at the past year and how life has changed. My last new yea…
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Thanksgiving in Korea 2013
This year for Thanksgiving, the tiger crew stopped in at our good friend's place for a hearty meal and great times. Here's what our writers had to say. Leif Thanksgiving in Korea . Do we do it? YOU BET! This year was much different because I've met so…
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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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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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David(DA) Random things.
Number of children I made cry. First day of teaching: 2 Second day: 0. Improvement! (I haven't had a single crier since my first day, but one kids played dead in the back of the classroom and refused to move.) The kids continue to pet me in wonder pretty much any tim…
Read moreA Pretty Cool Day
A pretty cool day deserves a blog post. It started off with me waking up late and running out the door. I quickly grabbed a bit to eat and almost had to chase my bus down. Every day to get to school I have to take an hour long but ride into the countryside, it suc…
Read moreI am not the brightest
Today was my first day riding the bus to school (my mentor teacher drove me for my first day of teaching). The 10:50 bus didn't make it until 11:15. (Is this normal in Korea?) The old man waiting with me was huffing and checking the time on his cell phone the whole time. I.…
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Medical Check Ups
So last Friday all the TaLKies were required to do a medical check up in order to be eligible to stay with the program. We were required to fast from 9pm the night before until we completed the process. -__-* So automatically the day didn't start off well. We get to our app…
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First Few Days
So far, my experience in Korea has been quite exciting. I've made quite a few friends, although so far, all English speaking, TaLK associated people. I'm sure the experience will be very different once I'm in rural Korea, surrounded by those with whom I do not …
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