Let’s lay it out clearly here, teaching in schools where I don’t speak the primary language in an interesting experience. Here’s a little bit of a role-play thought for you… You’ve started at a new school. Congratulations! As with any new job, one of your first tasks is to discover all the inner workings of …
Tag: South Korea
Time for teaching
Look, I haven’t been ignoring you all, I promise. In fact, I wrote a very nice and long winded blog post over 2 weeks ago, and then simply didn’t find 5 minutes to sit down and post it. Honestly. That’s how busy and exhausting this whole ‘settling in to a new job and country thing’ …
Welcome to Wonju
It’s been exactly 16 days since I landed in South Korea and today I am welcoming you from my new home from home; the city of Wonju, located in the south west corner of Gangwon-do province. That’s your cue to grab a map. I’m not going to lie; the past 16 days have been filled …
Who’s idea was this?
Have you ever lived and worked in another country? I have. It’s hard. I’m from UK, have lived here practically my whole life, and in some ways feel about as British as you can get. I like tea and biscuits. I hate small talk unless it’s about the weather, the Royal Family, or commiserating with …
Just popping off to Korea for a year
Yes. You read that correctly. South Korea. For a whole year. I wasn’t sure that I was going to update this site again, but then a good friend (well, she’s fairly decent anyway) encouraged me to think about it (thanks Di) and so now you’ll have to suffer through more random ramblings regarding my Korean …
It’s time to meet EXO
EXO’s fan meeting occurred right at the end of my trip; it took place on a Sunday, and the following Tuesday evening I flew home. The two weeks in the lead up to the event saw a flurry of activity in my chat group, both for those of us who got tickets and those who …
The other stuff that didn’t involve masses of hiking…
I went for a naked sauna and body scrub. There, I said it. Can’t take it back now. Wouldn’t want to. It was AMAZING. One of the items still on my to do list from last year was to visit a Jjimjilbang. For those not in the know, this is a traditional Korean sauna containing …
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Hiking talk (yeah, you knew it was coming)
Having been refreshed from my day about town, the Seoul Trail is firmly back on my mind. I settle in for some serious hiking this week. As in, up at 5am and out on the trail by 7am type hiking. In case you're wondering, Seoul at sunrise looks a little like this… I fully embraced …
Hello again, Korea my friend
In case you were wondering, yes, I am aware that I did spend a whole post telling you about my experience of buying a ticket for an EXO event. Sorry. But you’re just going to have to roll with it. In between my obtaining said golden ticket and actually flying back to Korea, I spent …
The Golden Ticket
Before we begin my ‘mini-series’ of blogs posts about my most recent sojourn to Korea, I feel it only fair to warn you that at least two of these posts (including this one) will be LONG and RAMBLING. If you have no interest what-so-ever in hearing about my EXO experience in excruciating detail from start …
Kerry's Korean Quest 