Blogs from Daegu, South Korea, Asia - page 5

I am back to my school. before returning to my school , I got an optical surgery for my left eye at the hospital of Young-nam university in Dae-gu downtown. the doubled and troubled retinal film of my left eye is eliminated by a laser beam. now, the eyesight of my left eye is recovered. I am teaching my kids in my classroom. the second term of this year is launched Aug. 23. What I did during my sick-leave(from May 4th to July 4th and extend again until July 17th) and my summer vacation(from July 17th to Aug.22). 1. I got a long relaxation-about three months- for my troubled eye in my hometown for the first time in my life. 2. sometimes I got an excursion in my hometown. 3. sometimes I got trekking hills in ... read more

Today was a “free day” for us and so we decided to use our free pass to Woobang Land - a theme park in Daegu. We caught a cab there mid-morning and entered the almost empty park. The park has roller coasters, an animal petting farm and other typical attractions found at parks like these. Our first adventure was the water ride - very tame but still enjoyable acting like kids again. We also took a ride on the carousel, dallied with dodgems, rode the rollers and wandered through the Ghost House. Shaun tried to scare us but ended up frightening and making a young Korean girl cry! Poor thing - we gave her a small kiwi soft toy to say sorry”. The roller coasters were enjoyed, but some of the other rides were too tame ... read more

City Daegu Language Korean Currency Korean Won - 850 = NZ$1 Climate Low 26c - high 36c Fine and sunny When we woke we went down to the hotel restaurant for breakfast and ran into Tomas from Germany. We also saw Shane and Kala from NZ along with Steve McSweeney, Joachim, Andrea and Alex from Germany, among others. Breakfast was a big spread of all sorts of foods including Korean fare as well - e.g. dumplings, fish, unusually shaped mushrooms and other unrecognisable items. After breakfast we met up with the group to head off to EXCO - the main registration and meeting point for the Firefighter Games. We got there by local bus - about half an hour away for 1100W approx NZ$1.50. After registration we went through the Fire and Rescue Expo where many ... read more

This is a filler entry. I actually wrote it a few days ago, and didn't get the chance to finish uploading it until now. At the moment, I'm on my week-long vacation, so I'm not even in Daegu. I thought I'd post it from a PC방 while on the road to let you know I haven't forgotten about you. I've been teaching these little kiddies for 8 months, now, and I've learned a thing of two about understanding things that would make absolutely no sense to people outside of the "English teacher" community here in SoKo. * The first thing I guess I'll address is the most popular and most talked-about, erm, thing in the typical Korean elementary student's vocabulary. Fondly referred to as "D-D-O-N-G," ddong (똥) is Korean for, you guessed it, human excrement. No ... read more

I will quit my work from this May 6th to next July 4th due to my left troubled eye. My retinal trouble is occurred again. according to my doctor, I will need 2 months to cure my retinal trouble. He reccomended me sufficient relaxation and stopping my work-reading books, watching TV & computer monitor and teaching kids- temporary. I loaded my kid's playing the piano for me and my playing the piano in my classroom. My kid's playing the piano is excellent! my playing the piano is not good but very simple. she is much better than me in playing the piano.... read more