I met someone who is moving to Korea for the first time A few weeks ago I met someone who is moving to Korea for the first time. I was so excited to talk about life in Korea and I had so many recommendations for them about a number of topics, one of them being …
I’m back with part two of last week’s blog post on ‘Workplace Culture Shocks in Korea’. This blog post also has a little advice on how to cope with all these workplace culture shocks at the end for anyone who is considering working in Korea. Don’t expect it to be easy, but know it can …
There are many aspects to Korean life that I became accustomed to during my three years living there, and many things that I now crave and miss greatly. There were also aspects that I never found myself able to adjust to, ones that I don’t miss. Many of the ones I personally found most challenging …
Below I have listed my personal top five red flags to consider when applying for a teaching job in South Korea. I made a number of naive mistakes as a bright-eyed, bushy-tailed foreigner, so that you don’t have to! 1. They do not let you communicate with a current or past foreign teacher before accepting …
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Living Alone in Seoul I was so excited to move into my apartment in Seoul- my first taste of life in a Korean apartment! It would be my first time living completely alone and I just wanted to get settled in my own space after a whirlwind first week in a new country. I was …
My first moments in Incheon airport When I first got off the plane at Incheon, I just stood in the airport, staring. Who knows how long I stood there like that, two minutes? Ten minutes? I couldn’t tell you. I felt bamboozled by my own decision. Then, once I zoned back into reality, I knew …
My last night in England On my last night in England, I had a microwave curry and spent most of the evening alone. I distinctly remember thinking to myself that it was a bit of a rubbish last night to have, but that I better get used to it, because soon I would be doing …
As you will have gathered from my ‘about’ page, I have somehow ended up in the Deep South/ Bible Belt/ America. How did I end up here? Well we need to rewind all the way back to 2019 in a pre-covid world, for context. I hope you enjoy traveling back on this reminiscent journey with me, and keep coming back …
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