Screw War Let's TeachI didn’t even know the bride’s name, but when one of the Korean teachers invited the whole school to her wedding this past weekend, we couldn’t refuse a chance to see how the East does it. The venue for this particular ceremony was a wedding hall, which I would describe as a department store approach […]
It was an otherwise normal day this past Friday. One student sat in the corner and cried for attention, while another one more than likely shit their pants (I wasn’t sticking around to find out). As we left the building at 6:00 P.M. that evening, the smell of smoke permeated throughout the cold night air. […]
A few people back home have been asking what we did in Korea to celebrate the new year. A moon gazing hike up Mudeung-san? Attending the Sunrise Festival with a backpack full of beers? All night bar hopping and bell ringing in Seoul? Although we discussed doing all of these things, we actually did none […]
I’ve posted on Tripwolf my experiences hiking Seoraksan in December. From what I remember of this, it was cold. I’m from Maine and it was definitely really fucking cold there last December. The restaurant bodega mart just outside the park entrance was at least open at 6 a.m. — serving fresh hot coffee, tea, corn […]
Another bizarre ritual that is the Korean Kinder birthday party celebration took place today. Thankfully, it was not my turn to emcee, so I had a few rare moments to space out and stare at the floor. I had to be the emcee last month, which basically means you stand up front with a microphone […]
…And promises to conquer all.
All the foreign brands were there — Burton, Anon, Oakley, Technine, Ride, Spy, Vokl — which seemed surprising for a country so keen on it’s own fashion identity. You would have thought at least one Korean start-up company making boards or jackets would have dawned itself. The closest thing I saw was a man dressed […]
I took this picture from behind my apartment building last weekend. Look closely and you can see several different communication towers dotting their way up the different peaks.
“Please put the cell phone away Sally”. Two minutes later… “Sally, put away the cell phone now please”. Five more minutes… “Sally, put the cell phone away or I’ll throw it out the window”! She put it away. I turned back around from writing some non-sense about to-infinitives on the whiteboard, and guess what I […]