Blogs from Paju, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, Asia - page 7

Asia » South Korea » Gyeonggi-do » Paju » Gyeonggi English Village, Paju Camp March 28th 2008

I am not quite local, not quite stranger. I am either a local stranger or a strange local After completing our first year of living in Korea, we've gone through the culture shock and emerged stiff kneed, well soaked, bad-breathed, Hangul- (Korean writing) reading, and with some well worn shoes. We no longer feel compelled to eat Korean food when we go out, we now cook Doenjanjiggae at home for supper and treat ourselves at the closest Indian restaurant. Along the way I made a (far from exhaustive) list of things that seemed unusual at the time. Looking back on it now it seems pretty normal, so I guess that means a whole new culture shock experience when we get home. Anyway, as way to wrap up our first year, here is my list of interesting ... read more

Can you spell M-A-R-I-N-E-S? {Darrell}

Asia » South Korea » Gyeonggi-do » Paju » Gyeonggi English Village, Paju Camp October 11th 2007

The Class

TravellingTandem

Today Cath and had an opportunity that few South African get. We were invited as special guests to visit two of South Korea's military bases. With warring over the Korean peninsula becomming less popular by the day, the South Korean defence budget now covers optional English classes for military conscripts. This means that at the end of a long day digging trenches and firing automatics, soldiers can now chose to go study English with native speakers. And which lucky Anglos get to de-brief the Korean military? Well, yeasterday it was the two of us who were collected at the back gate of English Village after the day's classes were done. Unfortunately we were not picked up in a camo-painted jeep (like Cath has before), but I guess that's nothing to regeret seeing as we'd have had ... read more

Why so Silent? {Darrell}

Asia » South Korea » Gyeonggi-do » Paju » Gyeonggi English Village, Paju Camp August 6th 2007

My temporary filling

TravellingTandem

Okay, so we haven't posted any blogs in a while. Why is that? No, it's not because we've lost interest in sharing our trips with the back-homies. It's because what we've been spending our money and free time on is (in my opinion) not worth talking about. But hey, for the sake of realism, lets do an update. Guess what we've been doing with our last few long weekends. No, not visiting beaches all over the east... nope, not hanging around the house eating pancakes....no, not even grating each other's eyeballs and dipping them in vinigar. We've been doing....... DENTISTRY!!! AAAaaaaaaaaa........... gulp. Yes friends, my worst fears were realised when a small piece of tooth chipped off as I bit into an apple (a rare pleasure... the apple not the chipped tooth). In a brief moment ... read more

Melanie's 26th Birthday

Asia » South Korea » Gyeonggi-do » Paju July 9th 2007

CostCo Cake is the best

Laurence Melanie

Hi all, I know this blog is coming a little late, but I just wanted to say "thank you" for all the birthday wishes! They were very much appreciated from all the way across the world here in Korea... Even though I definitely missed all of my friends and family at home, I still had a really nice birthday here. On Sunday night (the night before my birthday), Larry, myself, and about 40 of our friends/coworkers came out for dinner and drinks at a restaurant called Bu. Bu is in Paju, and actually right down the street from English Village. It was a really laidback evening, but a great time had by all. After dinner, we headed to another bar called Jjokki Jjokki. Here, the highlight of the evening was playing with this really cool fly-swatter/zapper, ... read more

Mexican Wedding & Goodbye To Our Friends

Asia » South Korea » Gyeonggi-do » Paju » Gyeonggi English Village, Paju Camp June 22nd 2007

Larry & Melanie ese'

Laurence Melanie

This blog is a little sad as it makes us remember how much we miss our dear friends that left E.V. last month... This Mexican-themed party was thrown in honor of Ben & Kim and Angela & Andy....two couples that we met here at English Village and that we will miss very much! Ben & Kim are from Canada and will be getting married this summer! Angela & Andy are from New Zealand, and will soon be teaching in Kuwait! Anyway, this party was thrown in our E.V. cafeteria, and as you can see by the pictures, many people had fun dressing up to the theme - although it was clearly interpreted in MANY different ways!! And no Mexican party would be complete without a pinata, sangria and some limbo.... We also included some pics from ... read more

Life at English Village (aka "Foreigner Zoo") {Darrell}

Asia » South Korea » Gyeonggi-do » Paju » Gyeonggi English Village, Paju Camp May 13th 2007

City Hall

TravellingTandem

Seems we've been writing a lot of entries about our travels, but no-one really knows what goes on during the work week. So here' s a bit of an update on life in English Village. English Village is a really more like a theme park than a school. The whole place is designed to look very Western, with little red telephone boxes, trams and even a Stone- (concrete) henge outside the front (See We're Here!). Cath and I work in what is called the One Day Program (ODP). This means that people come to EV and buy tickets to individual classes at the front gate. We have a daily schedule teaching the various classes. Sometime no one shows up for class, and sometimes we have 50 little kindergarten kids, depending on how full the Village ... read more

Brief history of South Korea

Korea was an independent kingdom under Chinese suzerainty for most of the past millennium. Following its victory in the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, Japan occupied Korea; five years later it formally annexed the entire peninsula. After World War II, a...more history

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