Editor’s Note - A version of this interview originally appeared in Jon Twitch’s zine - Broke in Korea. Jon has graciously allowed Asia Pundits to reprint this interview in the hope that readers in Korea and abroad can inform themselves about the various cults that are active and originate in South Korea. Armed with this information, hopefully our loyal [...]
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Editor’s note: This article has previously appeared on Robert’s website – http://bobstershouse.com/- To enjoy more of Robert’s writing and photography please have a look at his site. It’s happened before since I’ve been living here in Seoul, and I suspect that again in the future I will have to reassure the people back home that I’m [...]
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Disclaimer: All names, dates and locations have been changed for obvious reasons. “I didn’t really understand the gravity of what she was actually doing, of what she was risking. I was more selfish; thinking why isn’t she round here now jumping my bones?” This is Part Two of the salacious conversation my good friend Horatio [...]
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Disclaimer: All names, dates and locations have been changed for obvious reasons “It was definitely the best sex I’d ever had, cause it was so forbidden. As a 23 year old guy that’s all you want. That’s all you’ve read about and seen in porn films. I was living the fantasy myself… I didn’t think [...]
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So you are fresh out of university and wondering what the fuck it is that you are going to do with your life until you drop over dead someday from a massive coronary and it suddenly occurs to you, “Hey, maybe I should go teach English in Asia, you know, see the world, get cultured [...]
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I’ve been on the ESL circuit in Korea for some time now. I’m a tad embarrassed to admit that my time in the so-called “Land of the Morning Calm” stretches way back to the good old days of 2005. Back then, I were a lad with world shattering plans. Well now it seems, I’m just [...]
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No education system exists without flaw; there is no such thing as an ideal system. Certainly, though, some type of universal educational standard should be in place. After nearly a year of teaching in Thailand, the system has innerved me so often and considerably that I’ve been drawn to the point of dissecting my personal quips [...]
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Life in Asia is a little different. For the first time traveller, coming to these shores can be a huge culture shock. The food, the sights, sounds and smells are all so different. In Thailand I have eaten some stuff that I would have thought highly improbable a few years back. I have always been [...]
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I stand on the platform, one foot touching the strip of bumpy yellow flooring, waiting for the subway to arrive at Itaewon Station. Thirty minutes ago, I was in the sauna, having three months of dead skin scraped off my body by an fifty year old ajumma wearing a sheer, black bra and panties set. I’m feeling [...]
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Editor’s Note: This is part two of an Asia Pundits series on the ESL Scene in Cambodia. Part 1 on Teachers can be found here. Soft Landings Like most westerners who end up staying in Cambodia, I showed up with little to no plan of action, or much cash at all to speak of. If I wanted [...]
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