Thought it was about time I wrote a little about teaching in Korea... The place we’re working isn’t a school, it’s an English Hogwon; a private academy that teaches English mainly using just English (as opposed to instructing and explaining in Korean). It’s split into Kindergarten and Elementary covering the ages from four to about 14. We ‘teach’ Kindergarten in the morning then Elementary in the afternoon. When deciding to accept the job I wasn’t too thrilled about the amount of time I was going to be spending with really tiny people but it turn [View Full Entry]

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So after Thailand it was on to Hong Kong: working for Trailfinders for the past year has made it near impossible to just get a straightforward flight somewhere. I'd spend my free time looking at tickets and flight routes and working out how to get the most possible out of precious time off. So our one-way ticket to Seoul was padded out with stopovers in both Thailand and Hong Kong for much the same price and the agency was paying for it anyway so why not? Thailand was somewhere I really wanted to go back to (and probably always will [View Full Entry]

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On the way out to Korea we stopped off in Thailand and were lucky enough to catch Songkran (Thai New Year, also know as The Water Festival) in Bangkok. I say 'catch' it but it goes on for 4 days so it's pretty hard to miss. I've been before and the amount of water involved has increased over the years. In that time people have swapped their garden hoses for pressure-washers, their buckets for tanks and their water pistols for supersoakers. It got a little crazy and we perfected the wet-look by the end of it all. Most of the [View Full Entry]

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Living in South Korea is not as difficult or as strange as people might think. It's economically strong, technically advanced and highly westernized. Living out here is for the most part pretty straightforward. Of course there are times when it is the differences not the similarities that are at the forefront. Buddha's birthday was one of those days... Iris and Jessica, two of our Korean work colleagues offered to take us to Sam Haksa a local temple to see and take part in the celebrations. We met Iris outside the temple which was decorated with brightly coloured lanterns in honour [View Full Entry]

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Palyongdong, Changwon, South Korea - Our New Home Asia » South Korea » Changwon By CatBrook May 23rd 2007 Catherine Easterbrook So i've started a blog which means that the all too infrequent emails will probably disappear altogether now - sorry in advance! As you may or may not know i've been here over a month now and so much has already happen [View Full Entry]

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