When I told a friend a while ago that myself and Herself (and +1 of course) were aiming to return to Ireland in the future, he was shocked. “Jeez man, I thought you were done with the west. I had you down for a lifer”, he responded in near disappointment. I was kind of struck [...]
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These are the long hot days of Korean summer, and I can picture a few teachers desk-warming and sweating out the whole day with nothing to do at school. Others will be away on vacation and some will be getting ready to go back home never to return to this god-forsaken place ever again. For [...]
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Today I did something I’m not proud of. Rewind back to this morning. I’m one of the few bloggers on this planet that has no internet connection at home. The (Chinese) firm I work for provided me with a really nice apartment for a very convenient price, but for three months, the internet connection has [...]
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We’ve talked about the money a lot, but let’s get to the nitty-gritty of what it’s all about — teaching ESL to South Korean children. What’s that really like? Well, I hate to break it to you but if you’re going to South Korea to teach English for “easy” money then you are screwed screwed screwed [...]
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Ahhh, yes, let’s address head on the issue of money as a teacher in South Korea. As I have written elsewhere, you usually make about $24,000 a year as an English teacher in South Korea. One of the nice things about that is this leads to to something of a utopia because really there is [...]
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A strange event occurred last week that involved me and got me thinking about how a newbie to Korea might have viewed it and indeed how I judged it. It began while at was working out at the gym. Recently, a Korean girl started coming to the gym who paid particular interest to me, first by [...]
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I am a liar. A charlatan. A purveyor of disinformation. Creator of false hope. Progenitor of impossible dreams. All week long I sing Hokey Pokey and claim “that’s what it’s all about.” But is it? If what it is all about is traveling to a bustling metropolis filled with light, fashion, music and night life [...]
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Being “in between jobs” sucks. A lot. You find yourself at wit’s end and without enough money to drink yourself into oblivion. (Not that I feel a need for that much anymore, anyway.) One thing I’ve been thinking of doing a lot of late is writing a novel based on stuff that happened to me [...]
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I am an Englishman that is currently living in Korea and married to a Korean woman. This has given me first-hand experience of a fairly typical Korean family. This is an experience that has not always been plain sailing and is interesting because the nature of the family here in Korea is completely different to [...]
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Brought together by chance, An encounter not planned or arranged, Never knowing who special next to be met; let alone when and where, Some encounters are fleeting and quickly forgotten, While others enriching, to be cherished and long savoured, But such is the magic and mystery – of these encounters of chance! Varied paths travelled [...]
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