Story Time: My Korean Hospital Experience This is the story of the time I found myself waking up to a nurse telling me that I was having an allergic reaction in the middle of a procedure I was supposed to have slept through. In Korea. At the time it was just as horrifying as…
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Apart from celebrating my birthday and starting English Camp, July was entirely uneventful. The beginning of the month at school was all coming up with ways to entertain the students because we were effectively just babysitting them for two weeks after they finished their exams but hadn't started summer vacation yet. My birthday was the…
Continue reading ➞ July Update: English Camp and Birthday Fun
Jeju Day 3: The Sunny Day We woke up that morning to grey misty skies still unsure if we'd be able to get the beach day that we were hoping for. Where we were staying, directly in Seoguipo, it pretty much rained the entire day but as we made our way out towards Hyeopjae…
Jeju Day 2: The Rainy Day Our second day on Jeju Island was the rainy one. We woke up to light misty rain that pretty much kept up throughout the entire day. For breakfast we went to a cafe that I looked in pictures to be the "bagel cafe of dreams" (for a bagel…
K Beauty: Cosrx Products I Love If you are at all familiar with the Kbeauty or Korean vlogger community these days, chances are that you've heard a few people mention a brand called Cosrx. Last year at about this time my acne was at it's all time worst and I was determined figure out…
Sooooo I've accidentally written a novel again. I'll blame the fact that it was the first month of school so there were lots of new things and the fact that I've had a lot of feelings about it all. Week One March second was the first day of school. About which I…
February Update: America Welcome to the first monthly update of 2018! (Yes I missed January, sorry about that.) February was a busy month. I officially finished my first year of teaching, my third graders graduated, and I went back to America to see my family! Out of all my other friends and all their school's,…
I arrived in Korea two days before school started and that, of course, meant that when Friday morning rolled around I was still recovering from the jet lag. So the morning of the first day of school found me wide awake at 4:30am with plenty of time to chill a little bit before school started.…
I have been in Korea for a year. Today is the last day of school and I'm writing this from my desk as the office is descending into utter chaos while the grade three students storm in and out with questions for their home room teachers about if they're having a snack party later, what…
Gyejoksan Red Clay Trail // 계족산 황톳길 In your search for interesting things to do in Daejeon you may very well run into this. The Gyejoksan Red Clay Trail. This trail is located out on the edge of the city and is notable because it is said that walking barefoot on the red clay…
Hours and Miles 