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Chaotic!

Jeesh! Overdue doesn't even come close to describing how tardy this post is in coming! Perhaps I should research Twitter, the new fad I've been reading about. That way, every breath I take and movement I make I can inform others about. Though the way things sometimes happen over here, I'm...

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Rachel in Korea! on March 30, 2009 from Seoul, South Korea

from the travel blog: South Korea, 2008-2009

Students

When I defaulted to an education emphasis within my English degree in college, I had only the vaguest idea of what it really means to be a teacher. There are a lot of surprises that I am still figuring out, but the best is this: I had no idea how hilarious kids can be. I mean, I sort of did....

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alli_ockinga on March 19, 2009 from Inch'on, South Korea

from the travel blog: I go Korea!

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Kevin Naughton on March 15, 2009 from Seoul, South Korea

from the travel blog: Around-the-World 2009

FOOD!

At some point, my life choices led me to a place where I now attend work lunches with slick Asian businessmen who drive Mercedes' and keep .9mm's in the glove box. ASIA WHAT? So I was on the way to one such business lunch with my boss yesterday, and he asked what I would like for lunch....

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alli_ockinga on March 4, 2009 from Inch'on, South Korea

from the travel blog: I go Korea!

Goodbye, ROK.

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zachel on February 28, 2009 from Ich'on-mal, South Korea

from the travel blog: Zack and Rachel's Asian Chronicles

The Secret

When I was freaking out about my upcoming student teaching last August, a teacher friend of mine told me, "The secret to teaching is acting like you've known all your life what you just learned that morning." That cute little saying turned out to be frighteningly true. I won't tell you how many...

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alli_ockinga on February 25, 2009 from Inch'on, South Korea

from the travel blog: I go Korea!

Typical situation

Today I had to pick up the results of my drug test/blood sample from the hospital so it can be submitted to immigration to solidify my legal alien status. Paperwork and hospitals aren't pleasant even at the best of times, so imagine my intimidation today as I tried to recall the name of the...

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alli_ockinga on February 15, 2009 from Inch'on, South Korea

from the travel blog: I go Korea!

Aliens Exist!

I am an Alien. I registered with immigration today, and should have my ARC by Saturday. In a way, it will be nice to have the card as justification for how I sometimes feel. Maybe during my next awkward cross-cultural situation, I can whip out my card by way of explanation for my ineptness:...

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alli_ockinga on February 11, 2009 from Inch'on, South Korea

from the travel blog: I go Korea!

Week one

Tonight I write from the Love Motel in Inch'on, where I've been staying since I arrived Sunday. I got off my fourth day of work about an hour ago, although I have only been teaching on my own since Wednesday. Teaching itself is going reasonably well; I have learned not to expect more than that...

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alli_ockinga on February 5, 2009 from Inch'on, South Korea

from the travel blog: I go Korea!

The Original Korean Winter Sport

Korea is not a flat country. In fact, I've been told by Koreans that roughly 75 percent of it is covered by mountains and hills. The remaining 25 percent is divided between human establishments and Fields. I personally feel that having such little flat land in a country has causes a very...

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Rachel in Korea! on February 2, 2009 from Seoul, South Korea

from the travel blog: South Korea, 2008-2009

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