Screw War Let's TeachHell up in Hagwon from glassw4re on Vimeo. Hell up in the Hagwon! A video of Halloween day in the kindergarten classrooms of South Korea. Shot this on my 6 year old point and shoot, so the video quality is pretty crappy at times, but you’ll get the idea.
Polish up on yer chop-sticking, bow from the waist, and don’t forget to take your fucking shoes off because 2010-2012 is Visit Korea Year! That’s what I learned on our second trip to Seoul last year when we stumbled upon a very large, sugar cone-like plastic swirl across the street from City Hall. This turned […]
Here is a four part progression of an original photo taken from my indoor balcony at our apartment in Korea during the last days in Gwangju. I punched the colors and curved it out using CS3.
By now you probably already know what the acronym stands for, but since trying to increase the search rankings of this website, I’m going to spell it out anyways: Teaching English as a Foreign Language. TEFL’ers are those certified and Internationally recognized as being qualified to teach students whose primary language is not English. Many […]
The Korea Tourism Association’s official website has the coolest nighttime English map of Gwangju. This map dissolves well the largely spartan landscapes of Seogu and Sangmu, Gwangju — making it much easier to locate your apartment. It does not, however, help in navigating the narrow maze of hyper-commercialized chaos in downtown. Ask your local cell […]
A 5th grader in one of the afternoon classes was caught drawing a caricature of Jason Teacher. With less than three weeks until departure from a year long adventure teaching English in South Korea, Jason Teacher could barely contain his emoticons. He snatched the picture from her unsuspecting fingers, and after examining it carefully, was […]
Have you been to any business yet and heard the woman or man behind the counter shout “Service!” before giving you something for free? This concept took a little while to adjust too, but I’ve written a quick post about the meaning of service in Korea on Tripwolf. Check it out!
No doubt, when the stylist speaks little to no English, getting a haircut in Korea can be an awkward, nail biting experience.
Namsan Tower, more commonly known as Seoul tower, is one of the most blatant over the top rip-offs I’ve found in Korea. We went there on a Saturday night. It was balls hot, so we took the cable car up to the tower entrance in Namsan Park; 7000 KRW for a two-way ticket. It seemed […]
The critically acclaimed South Korean musical, Nanta, is now playing in Jeju City on Jeju Island (also playing in Seoul, Gangnam Area). It’s the story of three cooks who have to prepare food for a last minute wedding with the help of their manager’s incompetent nephew. The performance is almost totally non-verbal, and involves acrobatics, […]