Blogs from Chilgok, Daegu, South Korea, Asia

In January, much to my surprise, Miseon (the teacher whose wedding I went to last April) invited me to her younger brother's wedding. It was very much like Miseon's wedding with a few exceptions. One of the exceptions was that the father of the bride walked his daughter down the aisle. However, the bride and groom had still seen each other before the wedding since the groom had walked himself down the aisle right before the bride. The wedding hall was also very different. There was a raised aisle for the bride and groom to walk down, it kind of looked like a fashion runway. There were lights in the walls and on the ceiling that changed colors continuously. I was actually quite surprised that they left the lights on during the ceremony. The guests at ... read more

We finally have internet in our apartment! Wooo! We just got our alien registration cards this week (the cards that we needed before we could set up internet at our apartment) and now we are reconnected with the rest of the world. While the internet man was here yesterday (a really nice guy who spoke a little bit of English!! :) we were also playing around with the TV. We discovered that we get the discovery channel ( in English!!). It was a very exciting day! Let's see... I'll catch up on some of the more interesting things that have happened during the past three weeks. :) On the Thursday during my second week at my school there was a teachers dinner. Everyone that works at the school was to be in attendance. After school at ... read more

OK, this time the location has moved and so have we. Friday we left Cheonan and got on a bus to Daegu. Including a lunch stop it took us about four hours to get here. The lunch stop was at a little hole in the wall joint right off of the highway. I'm still getting used to the food so it still amazes me that anyone can eat a Korean meal and not walk away hungry. Once we got into Daegu, we stopped first at the Daegu Education Office. We brought our luggage into the building and then the 30 or so of us that will be teaching in Daegu went into a room to do paperwork. They photocopied our passports and medical reports, offered us some books on teaching ESL, and gave us an alien ... read more

Last year at this time I was slaving away as a Manager at one of the coolest venues on the east coast, toiling away in a semi-stuper, working toward some unknown goal. I had no motivation and very little thought of mobility within the company, all the same I worked hard and tried to make each day pass without incident. Then suddenly one day in January, just after my birthday, and with some overseas correspondence between myself and my friend Kat, I decided to up and leave it behind and move to Korea. I am still not sure what my motivations were, but I do know this, I needed a change. As my parents would say I “needed to grow up.” So off I went, in almost a blink of an eye and much to the ... read more

The Headlines: So yes I know it’s been forever since I’ve written (almost 2 months now), but life has gotten pretty settled in here and my OH MY GOD moments are getting less and less. It’s really funny how quickly you can become adapted to a new environment. Work is work, friends are friends, and I even have my own regular bar. But don’t get me wrong, things havent gotten any less amazing since I wrote last. In fact it’s been as if the gas pedal has been pushed to the max and I am just holding on for the wild ride. Anyway, here it goes, my update email. First of all, I’ll tell everyone now, I’ve decided to do another year here in Korea. I think I will be moving to Busan, the beach town ... read more