Chris on May 17th, 2010

This is my Korean cell phone I was provided a few weeks after arriving.  It is a nice phone and does everything I need it to do.  It is very cheap.  I text a lot and I have only spent about $140 for 6 months for pre paid minutes and what not. The cool thing [...]

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Chris on March 2nd, 2010

I was given this note by a server at a bar close to where I live.  I was with one of my Korean teachers and a male foreigner.  It was late in the evening and many drinks were had. This young guy (probably about 20 Korean age or 18 everywhere else age) who was our server didn’t [...]

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Chris on February 19th, 2010

The title pretty much sums up what happened to me….I got the H1N1 flu.  A couple of months ago, there was mass hysteria about the flu and EVERYONE in Korea was freaking out about it.  Since then, people have forgotten about it and most kids have the first round of the vaccine.  Soooooo, if I [...]

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Chris on January 15th, 2010

This is just going to be a post of what one of my students wrote.  I asked my highest level class to write me an essay about ANYTHING they wanted.  Posted below is what one of my students wrote.  I didn’t change/correct anything in any way.  This is what my student had to say: “I [...]

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Chris on December 15th, 2009

Okay…I don’t actually update regularly….but, I do have a lot of cool shit I have been doing!  Here is one thing you MUST do if you are in Korea.  Dr. Fish!!! What is Dr. Fish??  Dr. Fish is an area in a coffee shop in Korea where they have tanks in the floor so you can [...]

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