So sometimes Korea really gets on my nerves and today I'm in a bad mood so I'm going just go ahead and write it all down in my livejournal. Caus I'm whiney like that. If it's not the rascism (and the fervent denial of its existence), it's the downright hostility of some people that gets on my nerves. I'll give you two examples. Ryan and I were ( Read more... )

So this weekend two significant things happened on the korean peninsula. The first, of course, was that north korea tested a nuclear weapon. The second was that early on sunday morning (about 4:30) while perambulating around the neighborhood, I was mistaken for a prostitute. This guy pulled up next to me and said "You good!" "U'm thanks." I said in ( Read more... )

i've got about six minutes before my starter class commences. they're a bunch of punks. in fact, the semester has dawned and it is full of little punks that keep me here correcting papers until 10:30 at night. But they're cute....angels with dirty faces ( Read more... )

Here's two photos from in front of our apartment. It was really rainy and foggy that day but you can kind of see Apsan Mountain in the background.


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after a quick trip through the magical fairyland that is food poisoning on friday (sushi---booo hiss!), Ryan and I took the bullet train to Busan, a beach city just south of here. Busan is much more city than Daegu- rougher, tougher, more lived in, dirty. First we found our hotel, reccomended to us by another ESL couple. It was a Korean "love hotel ( Read more... )

this weekend was really fun. Saturday Ryan and I went to a Korean bathhouse. I am officially addicted. For four chun (4.00) you get two huge hot tubs, three temps. saunas, showers, a hot rock thing to lie on, cold pools, and a masseuse (sp?) who, for additional 6 chun, will scraub your entire body with milk and sea salt (awesome) and then massage ( Read more... )

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finally! thursday was payday. we were down to 12,000 won. the past week has been great. our boss has finally gotten off our backs, we feel fully adjusted, etc. everything has been falling into place. Plus, we bought bikes! yippee! Mine is pretty rad- bright red, fenders, big ol' hagima basket on the front and in big yellow wacky letters it says "It ( Read more... )

so i just to have to say that i am very proud of my boyfriend. i had my doubts and my reservations that his stoic, sometimes off-putting demeanor would spell disaster for teaching children. and it has been a struggle but i can hear him in his class right now reciting the lesson to his kids and i have to say that my reservations are rapidly ( Read more... )

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