Blogs from Suseong-gu, Daegu, South Korea, Asia

I will take an official trip to Japan from May 14th,2013 to May 23th, 2013. To my luck, I will catch this opportunity to understand the Japanese culture,to travel Tokyo and Osaka and to visit three elementary schools in Tokyo city and Saitama, near Tokyo city. A month ago, I applied to this request program for Korean teachers by the department of foreign affairs of Japan government. I was chosen as the member of this official trip delegation to Japan. This is my official schedul during my official visit to Japan. this schedule is arranged by the department of foreign affairs, Japan. the cost of this official visit to Japan is sponsored by the official funds of foreign affairs, Japan. Hahaha~~~ :) :) :) 日本外務省(公益財團法人日韓文化交流基金)招請日本短期硏修 5月 14日 : 金海空港(KOR) 出發(10:55)->成田空港(JPN)到着(12:55) flight NO. OZ9712便 New Otani Inn ... read more

This is my house in Dae-gu city. there are two rooms, a kitchen and living room and one bathroom in this house. I had contracted with the houseowner of this house that this house is exclusively for me from March 14th, 2010 to March 14th 2012 except for the ownership of this house and I could extend this contract if I want. I gave my landlord about 30,000US dollars for this contract. It seems that this contract is somewhat expensive but when this contract is expired, I can refund this money from my landlord. although my landlord will be bankrupt, my money should be secured legally!!!! this is a korean system for a rent house. My landlord is lives on the first floor of this building. I live on second floor and another people live ... read more

Departures - Philippines After a long workday mixed with a strange brew of anticipation and boredom , Chanel and I boarded a 1am bus bound for Incheon Airport to begin our backpacking trip through the Philippines. We knew we had a lot packed into a quick five days, but we were up for the challenge. We arrived swiftly and without incident in a record 3 hours because of the sparse late night traffic. The bus ride was rather fun because Korea was playing Nigeria at 3am and the bus driver excitedly turned the game on at 3am sharp. The fans here, by the way, in Korea were crazy with world cup fever, most walking around the city sporting some sort of red tshirt with a grammatically incorrect slogan splattered across their fronts. "The Shouts of Reds", ... read more

It's kind of remarkable how much I've learned from my students. Each student in each of my classes seems to want to take on the unofficial role of "Cultural Instructor" in an attempt to get me in-the-know in Korea. No, really. I can honestly say that without my Korean kids, I would have no idea how to count in Korean. Now I can count from 0 - 100 without any problems, though sometimes it takes me a minute to remember 5, 6, and 9. Don't believe me? 영 일 이 삼 사 오 역 칠 팔 구 십 십일 십이 십삼 십사 십오 십역 십칠 십팔 십구 이십... and so on. That's right. I can count. I also learn some really random Korean words from them. They try so hard to teach me! lol For example: ... read more