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I Married A Fake Geek Girl; A Defense of Casual Fandom. Just for giggles, let’s start with bona fides. I’m going to be talking about fake geeks and casual fandom, after all, and I wouldn’t want anyone to take me too seriously on that front. I am a professional science fiction and fantasy author, most notably of the and series. I have twelve novels published or forthcoming in the field, all from big New York houses, as well as a heap of short stories and poems. About the Journey. The Kimchi Life. A Year in the Life of an ESL Teacher. This is the news from Dongbaek, South Korea... Korea’s “Pali-pali” Culture and It’s Dynamism. We had to call the restaurant twice to ask why the delivery was taking so long.

Korea’s “Pali-pali” Culture and It’s Dynamism

(The restaurant is just a few minutes away from our apartment.) My Korean Corner. I’m often overwhelmed (and simply stunned) when reading Korean sentences that can get as long as… forever.

My Korean Corner

Anyway, I’ve been trying to read a simple article about 씨름, for intermediate learners and I just can’t move on with this one simple sentence: 승자 진출 방식으로 진행되는 씨름 경기에서 최종적으로 이긴 장사에게는 상으로 황소를 주었다. After looking up new words in the dictionary I do get that this sentence means “The winner gets a cow.” Surviving Korea. Jill in Korea. About. My husband and i left the US to live and teach in korea almost four years ago. i was heartbroken to find that korea’s cities are quickly following in america’s unsustainable footsteps. food traditions are being lost, fast food is a daily indulgence and families no longer have time to sit around the table together. so we moved to the countryside and fell in love with a slower, simpler way of life. we tended a vegetable garden with our neighbors, healed ourselves with traditional medicine, and learned to cook local dishes from the elders.

Korean Snacks: What’s Your Favorite Korean Chocolate? « From Korea with Love. Just last week, I remember writing about the gift check we got from LG in a post “Freebies Galore“.

Korean Snacks: What’s Your Favorite Korean Chocolate? « From Korea with Love

A few days ago, my husband and I got another gift check from LG worth 200, 000 KRW (7,563 PHP or 177 USD), for signing a 3-year internet contract with them… yipee! ^^ After collecting the checks in Homeplus, we decided to spend some of the money to buy some of our favorite snacks. My husband is delighted when his mini-snack bar is full. We are both chocolate lovers… the very reason we have gained weight since we got married and lived together. Touch DAEGU. Yogini's Quest. Pennies and Narwhals. Kimchibytes. ROKin' Around Korea. Cats and Kpop. The struggles that a 23 year old has– like working at a job you might not love and deciding whether that chai frapp is worth the 400 calories. The absence of help: a Korean girl’s testimony on recovering from an eating disorder.

“Staring at dots on the ceiling,” photo courtesy of somethingstartedcrazy Last year, one of my good Korean friends, who I met while studying as an exchange student at the Korea National University of Arts, was tutoring a girl who was applying for art school. My friend taught her drawing techniques and how to prepare her portfolio. Her student dreamed of studying in New York, specifically at Pratt, my alma mater. Korean Feminism, Sexuality, and Popular Culture. SeoulTee...the Red Dragon Diaries. Often Drops Chopsticks. Top 50 blogs for those interested in teaching abroad. One of the best ways to learn about the everyday experiences of teachers working abroad is to read their personal blogs.

Top 50 blogs for those interested in teaching abroad

You can get a sense of what the work is like, as well as the ups and downs of living in and adapting to a new culture. From these blogs, you can also glean what the working conditions are like in a particular country or school in which you might be interested in teaching. Chomsongdae - Korea Blog. Travel, Teaching, and a Big Splash of Whimsy.

Texan in South Korea: Archive. Daniel in Daejeon. Korean Derangement Syndrome. Here's the question: Dear Expat,I am an anonymous blogger who runs a moderately successful Korea-related blog.

Korean Derangement Syndrome

Earlier this year, I wrote what I considered to be a well-researched article on fan death, demonstrating that it is indeed plausible. It generated a strong reaction immediately, but what was notable was that even after 10 months, many expats absolutely cannot get their head around the idea that fan death is real, even though I explained the science step-by-step and provided external citations from a climatology expert and the U.S. EPA. At best, those expats cannot believe that my post cannot be anything but satire, and at worst they throw verbal feces at the post, the blog, and my intellectual ability in general. Most of you can tell by the tone and humor that this questioner is none other than the inspiration for Ask the Expat, The Korean. I spent a good half-hour reading his post again and the subsequent comments. The best thing to do is this: First, find an English teacher.

Alien's Day Out. Coffee Helps.