So You Want to Do a Masters?!

So You Want to Do a Masters?!

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 ...

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 ...

Big News

There’s two things, I now have my very own website and have moved over to wordpress! I got my acceptance into Grad School for a distance Masters! (Regarding number one)  This has been a long time coming.  Since I got the macbook I’ve been tinkering with iweb and I was impressed with how nice the templates were and ...

Christmas & New Years in the Land of the Morning Calm…

2009 is finished.  It’s now the year of the tiger; technically it’ll be year of the tiger starting mid-Febuary.  It’s been a crazy month.  I have: Extended my contract with EPIK: This was touch and go for a while.   I changed my mind again and again.  In the end I decided to keep put. It was ...

Twas the week before Christmas…

I’ve officially signed on again with EPIK for one more year.  I finalized the paper work with immigration on Friday.  My masters application still isn’t finished, but I figure it’ll all be sent in some time early this coming week.   I’m still wrangling references.   I had a reference letter sent in from Canada ...