There are many way to tell a story. And as such there are many ways that I can talk about my life here in an attempt to give you a glimpse into what living in Asia is actually like. But no matter how much I describe my job, my students, and the feeling I get…
Welcome to another update post. Since my last update we have started (and by the looks of it just about finished) the rainy season in Korea. It started very abruptly, like some flood gates had been opened two Sunday's ago and it rained for about four days straight without letting up. Since then it's been on…
One would think that after having the same conversation with 700 students, about the same topic from the same script, I would have pretty much heard every answer there is to hear. And while yes, there is not much by the way of variety, still out of the blue some of them surprise me. There…
Continue reading ➞ Korean Middle School English Speaking Tests
Yesterday afternoon during one of my free periods I was sitting in the office working on some lessons for today and going over the grade one speaking test grades. It was a very hot day so we had the windows open to let in any breeze that might be passing through and everyone's little desk…
(Disclaimer: This is NOT new information. I know many people choose to travel with only this lens, so this isn't exactly unique to me. But I wanted to try my hand at explaining why and maybe convince some of you to give it a try!) One of the hardest parts of traveling is figuring…
I think I said something a while ago about definitely not posting an update every month, but yet it's looking like that's going to happen. But I'm still not making any promises. Here we are, exactly three months to the day after I landed in Korea. Three months really does NOT sounds like a lot…
Continue reading ➞ Korea Month Three: Reality Check and Coming “Home” to Korea
Day 4 was our last day in Tokyo. We had the full day to explore and see the city and then had to be at the airport by about 11:00pm for our 1:00am flight back to Korea. We kicked the day off with some delicious donuts and coffee. Just thinking about that donut…
Continue reading ➞ Tokyo Day 4: Akihabara and a Buddhist Bar
The morning of Tokyo day 3 my friends and I decided to try to wake up at a decent hour and head out towards Meiji Shrine in an attempt to beat the crazy crowds that we had seen there the day before. I say "try" because by the time we left, stopped for coffee and…
Continue reading ➞ Tokyo Day 3: Meiji Shrine, Shimokitazawa, and Golden Gai
There are more blog posts coming about the 4 days I was in Tokyo but I just wanted to share this little video I put together! Japan is incredible and I hope this can give you a little bit of that feeling! Thanks for watching ^^ Tokyo, Japan: Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McWlIhPCwf4
Hours and Miles 