February 2012
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Korean Designer Outlet Shopping
I seriously gotta rave about outlet shopping in Korea. It is simply RETAIL HEAVEN for shopaholics like me. Everyone who knows me knows I have a shopping problem. It probably doesn’t help that I have a young coteacher who’s just as bad as me. We seriously sit at our desks and shop online during our free blocks. Online shopping does get boring after a while.. so today we decided to sneak...
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Steps for Attending Music Shows (Inkigayo, Music...
I usually answer messages privately but I’ve been getting a lot of the same messages about attending music shows in Korea. I’ve decided to create a post. Each music show will vary in terms of their requirements for attendance… but I’ve been to both Inkigayo and Music Core, and they are pretty much the same.
1. Register for the fan club (fan cafe) on Daum. You’ll...
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The frustrations of dating in Korea...
Dating is often a topic of conversation among my girlfriends and I every time we’re together. Perhaps it is being away from home that makes the loneliness worse at times. After being here for almost 6 months, I have formed some theories about what dating is like in Korea.
Keep in mind that my thoughts on dating are based on my own (limited) experience, as well as what I’ve gathered...
와우! (“Wow!”)… reached 410 followers on this travel blog. Thanks, guys!
I’ll try to update more often although life has been kinda boring and routine lately..
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Teaching moments of the day
Moment #1
While standing in the lunch line with my sixth grade girls, this second grade boy who I don’t teach noticed that I was speaking English so he screamed out, “NOONA! WHAT’S YOUR NAME?” Oh the embarrassment on his face when his friends told him I’m a teacher. He couldn’t look at me. LOL. So cute! And then my girls tried calling me “unnie...
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last night i had a “cuddle buddy”.. tonight, i’m back to being all alone. T_T
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January 2012
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A year older.......
Korean age, that is! Everyone turns another year older during lunar new year. Meaning now I’m 25 korean age. MID-20’s!!!
Anyways, lunar new year was uneventful for me. I had a high fever so instead of celebrating with my friends, I was stuck in bed with no human contact until my friend Illy delivered me food. <3
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TOKYO, JAPAN: TASTEBUD HEAVEN
Aside from all the yaoi comic book stores, cute anime things everywhere.. I’d say the best thing about Japan was the FOOD, which was really to die for.
In fact, it requires an entire post of it’s own.
My stomach is crying from looking at all of these photos ;_;
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Ringing in the New Year in Tokyo
Spent the new year in Tokyo, Japan with a few good friends. It was pretty awesome. :) Here are some photos:
Awesome machines they have at every restaurant where you just put in money and select what you want to eat. No waiters to take your order.
For our first night out, we went to the lovely Park Hyatt to enjoy the night skyline of Tokyo from the 52nd floor.
Josh and me~ It was nice to...
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Christmas in Seoul
Finally going to write about my first Christmas in Seoul. Yes, I know it’s almost February. Better late than never.
Christmas was spent in the company of good friends.. although I was put in charge of finding us turkey dinner.. Thanks friends.. >_>
Anyways, after some online research and calling around, I managed to find us a turkey buffet at Big Rock in Gangnam. For 30,000 won, we...
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Back to work.. (for another 2 weeks)
My short 2-week holiday after winter camp has finally come to an end! It’s 9 AM and I’m back in this freezing desk… Turns out I’ll be desk warming all day at least. Maybe I’ll finally update this blog properly. I haven’t really done so since December. Anyways.. expect more posts later today! :)
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Why they chose me to interview potential Korean elementary English teachers I do not know…
But at least I was able to sleep in a bit this morning and get an 100,000 won. :)
My first date in Korea..
Ended with an “I love you”..
Omg. Never again.
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Woke up at 3 AM and can’t go back to sleep. Soju and makgeoli are NOT my friends.
December 2011
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First time having steak in months, it was...
:) I’m happy.
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Yeah... no one really cares about Kim Jong Il's...
In the past hour, I’ve received 10+ emails/messages from family and friends back home asking what’s happening in Korea right now and if I’m safe..
Honestly, no one really cares here.
The topic was briefly brought up at the teachers’ cafeteria table for a few minutes.. until they all resumed the earlier topic of conversation — the poorly behaved sixth graders.
So...
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The "Great Leader" is dead?
After we had dismissed our sixth grade class for lunch today, a group of them ran back into the classroom chanting, “Kim Jong Il dead!” Even before the news was posted on CNN, my 12-year olds were celebrating in the hallways.
The teachers seem kind of indifferent to the news though. As some of them passed each other in the hall they’d say, “Did you hear? Kim Jong Il is...
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Put my hair in a bun today.. 5th grade student =...
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Dieting/Exercise: Unrealistic Expectations
Last year, I went on a diet and exercise craze where I attempted to lose 15 lbs in 30 days… Did it happen? Yes, it did. I dropped from 120 lbs to 105 lbs in a matter of weeks.
However, reading my old blog where I documented the entire “30 day challenge”… I felt like it was the most stupid thing I’ve ever done.
This is basically what a typical day looked like for...
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It's snowing in Seoul!
First snow fall always make me happy.. as long as there isn’t too much! :P
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when your elementary school students tower over...
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Your questions, my answers!
Dear followers,
My apologies… I have been terrible at responding to questions over the past several months. I will try to respond to as many as I can now privately.. It seems like I’ve been getting the same questions over and over (especially about teaching in Korea) so I am considering making an FAQ which will take some time so please be patient.
Thank you for continuing to follow...
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fangirl troubles
so… onew’s birthday is approaching.. it’s on the 14th of this month. living in korea now, i finally have the opportunity to give him an actual gift on this special day. i have given fan gifts to other kpop idols in the past, but this time i’m stumped on what to get onew since he is my ULTIMATE bias (if you don’t know what this is, then forget about it. i’m too...
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illlllllllllllllllllll weekend
Despite getting sick again, I had an amazing weekend.
Friday, we discovered a GEM in Seoul.. recently opened Club Octagon in a more secluded area in Gangnam. It’s a pretty upscale club with a pool inside (girls in bikinis were swimming/dancing). I honestly think I would drown if I did that while drinking. Young and rich crowd (you can tell from the lambos parked outside of the club). No...
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sometimes i'm glad i live on the ground floor.. my...
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just got home from the YG family concert..
everything about the night was a m a z i n g.
rekindled my love for se7en. i almost cried when he came on stage… especially when he sang his old songs and rollerbladed across the stage. i couldn’t believe i’d been listening to him for almost a decade. it was overwhelming to finally see him in person.
big bang and 2ne1 rocked the stage. they did covers of each other’s...
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November 2011
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Seeing B1A4 and others at Lotte World
I’ve been living in Korea for barely 4 months but have visited Lotte World 4 times now.. We went there again last Saturday to see B1A4 perform. C-Real and LED Apple opened for them, as well as two other bands who are about to debut under T.O.P. Media. While waiting for the show to start, they were showcasing auditions too.
We went there at around 4 pm (show starts at 8pm), but many of...
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[FANACC] Fan meeting #3 with Double A
I’m going to try to make this short and quick this time!
We went to Inkigayo last weekend to see Double A again, and they held another fan signing after the show. We walked with the fan club all the way to a park which was about a 10 min. walk from the studio.
(We got AA fan event cards this time! YAY! You get a signature everytime you attend an event.)
Their van actually beat us to...
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My coteacher is the sweetest!!!!
She surprised me for my birthday this morning with a cheesecake from Paris Baguette!
She said she planned to come early and prepare but she was running late so I beat her to school. She somehow stealthily lit candles on the cake at the other side of our classroom without me noticing.
She gave me a gift too.. a neck pillow, and said “for you to sleep more comfortably at work!”...
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OTL
Talked to my dad briefly on the phone yesterday.. He asked me if I had changed my style yet after being in Korea. My dad used to yell at me all the time for not dressing my age .. he says I’m getting older and should dress like a young woman and not a child… I told my dad, “sorta”.. but then realized that I was dressed like one of my elementary school kids.
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WatchWeird Garfield dancing to Myname’s Message. XD he is promoting the cat cafe in 강남.
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that moment when i don't know whether or not i'm...
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apparently i use twice as much gas in my apartment...