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Can you make money teaching in Korea?
Can you make money teaching English abroad?In many parts of the world, English teachers do it for the experience…with their pay barely meeting expenses in country. Many people choose Korea because it...
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Learning Spanish in Korea
One thing I’ve absorbed from my students is the love of learning a language. Lately, I’ve been watching the Destinos spanish videos online. I’m perfectly happy to watch an episode and even sometimes do...
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Brrrrrr
Today it was -6C (21F) I have about a 15 minute walk to work so it’s not bad, but I’m pulling out the long underwear, winter jacket, hat, and gloves. Here, people wear big scarves and some kind of big...
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Are there singing rooms in the US?
Do we have singing rooms in the US? (Called Norae-bangs …norae – singing, bang /bong/ = room) This isn’t karaoke at a bar, it’s different. Friends get together and you pay for a singing room by the...
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Sick in Korea
In the last 1.5 days, I picked up some kind of sore throat and cough. At home, if I was sick, I’d stay home from work for a day, rest and then return to work. But in Korea, most people, don’t have that...
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Wonderful Amazing Korean Food
When you’re sick, there are so many wonderful, nutritious Korean foods to choose from. I’m in love with Korean Food (Korean food, saranhayeo!) Wednesday morning on my hour break, I went into a little...
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How to use 6 hours of sick time
I’m not sure if it was the smoke at the Fuzzy Navel bar, singing our hearts out for a few hours at the Singing Room (noraebang), or if I picked up something, but over the past week, I gradually lost my...
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Visiting the doctor
Here, people don’t usually go to a general family doctor. They go to a specialist. So, today, I crossed the street and went into On Hospital. I asked to see an Ear Nose & Throat specialist. After...
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Quiet Christmas Eve
Pretty funny going out to dinner when you can only whisper. Most people who know me would agree that if anything, I talk too much! So, only being able to whisper a little really cramped my style! We...
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Still a Beginner …Leaving Seven Months Later
This morning, I’m leaving my guesthouse room in Seoul for the Incheon Seoul International Airport. It’s the end of a 7.5 month stay here, and I’m happy to be going home. It would be hard to summarize...
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