Blogs from Suwon, South Korea, Asia - page 4

Ahhh..Japan. Well I was told the week before that I would be going to Japan to do my Visa run. A Visa run is something that you have to do in order to get a working Visa. Technically I am suppose to have one of these before coming to Korea to work, but for some reason, alot of the schools here just want a teacher over here as soon as possible and then they have to send the teacher to Japan for a few days in order for them to get their working Visa. It really makes no sense to me. They could have waited 1 more week to fly me over to Korea and I would have had my working Visa all figured out. Instead they fly me over here right away. Then they spend ... read more

Ok...so during the week I didnt really do too much. Hung out around Youngtong with people here, got my internet and banking all figured out, yup, pretty exciting. I came across some more money so I decided instead of hanging around Youngtong for the weekend that I should go somewhere. Trena was back from China and she was up for doing something so I headed back up to Seoul to meet her. Friday I met some of her friends that she had met in China and we all went to an 80's bar in Hongdae. Good night out, nothing too exciting happened and it actually ended up being a pretty early night. Saturday we decide we want to go to the beach. I really had no idea what I was looking for but I found some ... read more

So Bear Camp yesterday. It was actually not too bad. Other than it was like 30 above and ridiculously humid...I was sweating more than I think I have ever sweat before. Yup, I was pretty hot. K, to get started we get all the kids rounded up, get on the bus and go to the camp. We got there, unpacked, looked around for a bit, saw the bears quickly (they did not look very healthy though. One of them looked like it was having severe bowel issues. I wondered what they were fed because they didnt seem like they were doing too good) After that we had some lunch and did some sledding on this hill they had set up. After that we went back to where we had lunch and one of the guys that ... read more

Well I'm 2 days in now. Haha, thats actually kind of weird b/c it seems like I have already been here so much longer. Thats a good thing though because so far its great here! Anyways, in the 2 days I've been here, these are somethings I have noticed so far. -There are these tiny ant like things that keep coming around in my kitchen, even though I kill like 50 every day. I'm probably going to find a massive colony of them when I attempt to clean the kitchen. - It smells like spam every morning when I walk outside my apartment. I actually read in a book that when you are invited over to someones house you are suppose to bring a gift...and an acceptable gift would be spam. Haha, sweet. - Traffic lights ... read more

Welcome back to the blemish on webspace that I continue to fill. This could end up being a long one as it’s been some time since I left a mark for you　all to suffer upon. We left off at the end of February and it’s now April. At the beginning of March myself, Scott-teacher and Fiona ventured into Seoul in search of protests and flag burning as it was the anniversary of the initial rebellion against the Japanese army’s colonisation of Korea, alas we saw none. However, we did manage to catch a glimpse of some traditional Korean dancing and some marching bands. There I had my photo taken by a random South African fellow, who we later discovered was actually a member on DPC... you can view that picture in his portfolio. After this ... read more