Goals and Dreams
Appholes
A departure from my usual life in Korea stuff… Last summer, after 1.5 years with an absolutely terrible computer, and a nightmarish introduction to windows vista, I did something extreme. I bought a Macbook pro. Best. Technology decision. Ever. While the windows computers were always cheaper, I found myself doing re-installs and restores every 6-7 months ...
Here’s what’s happening in Korea this week
Kimchi Crisis! A wet hot summer means there isn’t enough leafy green to satisfy the nations appetite for kimchi. The result? Cabbage prices have gone through the roof! One head of Cabbage will set you back 15000W over here! The government is going to be allowing imports of chinese cabbage. Kim Jung-un Kim Jong-il’s heir apparent has finally ...
Masters Masters Masters…
I’m back to studying again. The Chuseok break has been great. I went to Insa-dong with K and some friends. The original plan was to go to Sobaeksan but once again typhoons got in the way. This particular typhoon didn’t hit Korea directly but there was lots of thunder, lightning and of course rain. K ...
Halfway there…
I’m now finished my vacation, and I’m back at the school. I had a open class just four days into the new semester.Thankfully it’s my final one of the year. For anyone who doesn’t know, an open class is basically a teaching demonstration. Teachers from other schools as well as a supervisor or two from ...
Spring Spring Spring
Spring has finally arrived in Korea! The cherry blossoms have come and gone, but the leaves have are all out on the trees now. It’s the latest spring I’ve seen in my four years in the ROK. Hopefully I find myself among the mountains this weekend or next. I started slow working on the masters ...
Let the MA Begin!
Last weekend I had my orientation for the Birmingham MA. Me and K went to Seoul early so I could pick up my course books in advance. I’ve got them all now with exception of one that’s on back order. The orientation itself was really good. I thought it would be pretty dry but the ...