Chris on January 12th, 2010

So…I went to Taiwan for 10 days during my Winter break.  This is just one experience from my visit….I will post another entry about more of my Taiwanese experience (I really will because I have already written it in a notebook!!). Monkey freakin’ Mountain! While I was in Taiwan, a few people told me about [...]

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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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Chris on November 23rd, 2009

Okay, so anyone who knows me somewhat knows I enjoy just about any kind of food.  I will absolutely try ANY kind of food at least once, and probably two or three times just to make sure I don’t like it.  I am like Andrew Zimmernbut not a big fat douchebag, at least I am [...]

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Chris on October 25th, 2009

Busan, South Korea Last weekend, the other foreign teacher I work with (Liz) and I went to Busan.  She has friends in the city and knows the subway and buses, so I wanted to learn from her. The bus from Changwon to Busan was only 3500 Won and took about an hour and a half [...]

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Chris on October 12th, 2009

Popping my OE cherry Okay, so I am a virgin to the whole OE (Overseas Experience) and therefore haven’t ever been on a flight longer than 6 hours.  I flew Asiana Airlines for 14 hours from Chicago to Seoul…and it was pretty flippin’ nice!  I mean, I did leave at 1am Chicago time, so I [...]

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