Blogs from Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, Asia - page 3

Well, this is new!! Never had a blog before, but I need somewhere to vent/express my feelings over the next year!!! Well, I'm going to South Korea to teach english.....turns out half of Canada is actually doing the same thing, lol. Go figure. I'm really really really looking forward to it, but it's mixed with pure terror at the prospect of hopping on a plane, and leaving all my friends and family for an entire year. I'm looking around at all this stuff I bought and think of everything i have left to do, and although I'm really excited, I wish i could just go back to university and do what I'm comfortable with, but I obviously know that's not an option. I'm going to Goyang, which is northwest of Seoul. I think I'm teaching the ... read more

Hi all, "Boom Boom Musicland" This blog includes a plethora of events and news....the first being my new job as an actress on a new children's TV show for a large Korean broadcasting company, EBS. The show is called "Boom Boom Musicland," and I play a character named "Jeannie". I am one of two "foreign" characters on the show, the third character being an adorable 10 year old girl from Korea named "Pinky." And finally, my co-worker Brad is the other foreign actor....he is from Canada and plays a character named "DJ Boom Boom"...although he looks like more of mix between Robin Hood and an elf, than he does a DJ! I can't really talk though...my costume has changed multiple times....everything from trendy Korean clothes, to a similar lighter green elf-like costume, to a pink dress. ... read more

Ooh Wee! probably one of the coolest outings we've had yet! Me (cath) in my highly evolved brain forgot to bring my ID photos with me which is, we're told, a pretty important part of getting an alien card. (Take me to your leader... :)We tried, rather unsuccessfully, to see if the neighbouring town just down the road would have a place that can take ID photos which turned out to be a really great ID photoless walk. We were told that if we took the staff shuttle bus (free trip, always keen, yay!!) into Ilsan (one of the neighbouring towns on the way to Seoul) we could get them taken at a booth in the subway. What a plan!! So we did :) We went with another SA girl, Pauline (been at EV for about ... read more

Hello, hello, Well, I have been busy lately, what with trying to figure out the rest of my life and all. And also being told last Thursday that I have to move this week. So, as many of you already know or at least may have doubted by knowing my incredible amount of patience, I have admitted defeat!!!! Yes, I have decided to cut my time here short and head out to bigger and better things. So I am finished with the little snotty brats as of February 23rd, if I can last till then. The plans are still somewhat blurry but look as follows for the time being. Travel around Korea for 7-10 days after my sentence is over, I want to check out some places in the south and an island called Jeju. Then, ... read more

We’ve heard Mo’vember is a widespread phenomenon…a little word play that produces some fairly disturbing results…especially when done en masse as it was here at the Village. In case you’ve not heard of it, the month of November becomes moustache-growing month, and a sporting air of competition imbues every interaction of the men involved. So, on November 1, all participants shaved to baby-faced smoothness and assembled on the steps of City Hall for a “before” photo. Over the next 30 days, the men folk propagated as intently as they could…secretly intimidated by the growing ability of certain Kiwis, and giggling like little schoolgirls at the measly efforts of other competitors. There were to be awards for a variety of categories. Some sculpted their creations from the beginning; others let it all hang out until the final ... read more