As I dejectedly sipped a beer tonight, I told some friends about the blog post I wrote one year ago, entitled “I don’t like these ones“. I resented those children. They replaced my little angels from the year before, and I wasn’t happy about it. They were noisy and unruly and impossible to teach. They [...]
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Shabu shabu is a Japanese meal which is very popular in Korea. I’ve been to quite a few shabu shabu restaurants since I got here, although I must confess it’s not one of my preferred dishes. I don’t dislike it – there are just other things I find more appealing. I went to a local [...]
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I really should get out of the bizarre little time warp I’m stuck in. I don’t know exactly how I came to believe that I was a child of the Sixties, but I suspect that my parents’ love of music – and the exposure I had to it throughout my formative years – has a [...]
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Today is 대보름 (Daeboreum) – literally “Great full moon”. It’s Full Moon Day! my colleague informed me as she reached me a handful of peanuts. I’m not sure how I missed this last year (probably too sick – damn these allergies!), but apparently it’s one of five traditional holidays in Korea. There are celebrations the night [...]
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I had the most surreal yet heartwarming experience today. I’ve been in bed all day with a pounding headache and sore throat, the bug I picked up during the week having settled in nicely and taken my voice away. Reluctantly, I had to drag myself out of bed when the doorbell rang a couple of [...]
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I’m not a violent person, dear readers, but I think I may be developing murderous feelings towards my next door neighbour. For a long time, the apartment on the left of mine was either empty, or occupied by a very quiet man who has now been joined by his girlfriend. I have never seen them; [...]
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I think that, as an English teacher, you’ve got to accept the fact that some of your students will simply never be able to speak English. However, as an English teacher, you’ve also got to continue to teach them English. This makes for some frustrating, trying, and generally exhausting classes – even if it’s just [...]
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You Say Goodbye, I Say… Historical Snapshots It Just Makes Me Happy
