HIV/AIDS Awareness Campaign in Seoul
TweetAfter a wonderful date in Apgujeong, including a love box viewing of Les Mis, I headed home via subway. There, I saw a huge poster with an HIV/AIDS awareness poster.The top message says 'AIDS, if...
View ArticleCinnamon Chip Muffins
TweetThe cinnamon crunch muffins are my favorite out of those giant muffin assortments at Costco. I made my own healthier version with less fat and multigrain flours. They still taste rich and...
View ArticleName My Red Dragon CONTEST
TweetThe nameless red dragon A fellow teacher friend bought me a stuffed red dragon for Christmas. I mean, I am the Red Dragon after all! And this is my diary, right? So why not a stuffed red...
View ArticleJust Saying by Dave Tynan
TweetThis video came my way the other day. It’s a stark reminder of what happens to those of us Irish people who are dealing with emigration, one the social issues among young people in Ireland leading...
View ArticleA Delicious Lunch
TweetIt was the heaviest snowfall Gyeongju had seen in years, and everyone, including Comrade General Kim Jong-il, lately resurrected from death, was carrying umbrellas. The General stuck to the center...
View ArticleKorean Kindness
Korean Kindness TweetIf you speak to Koreans about kindness they will say that Korea is the most warm-hearted of all the countries in it's vicinity. Now we all know that Koreans never really like to...
View ArticleThe Great Phone Debate: Smartphone Edition
The Great Phone Debate: Smartphone Edition TweetIf you’ve ever spent any time at all in charge of a classroom, you know the phone issue is a wildfire that rages unchecked throughout American public...
View ArticleCosplay and Cartoons at Seoul Comic World
Cosplay and Cartoons at Seoul Comic World TweetThere's no doubt that cartoons are loved all around the world. Comic books and animated television shows conjure up images of childhood, Saturday...
View Articlestrange post to return with, I know
Tweet I don’t even want to look at how it has been since I last posted here. In my half-hearted defense, I have posted somewhat more frequently at the Creativiti Project. I do want to keep writing...
View ArticleGayspeak: 찜방 (Gay Sauna Cruising Spot)
TweetAs mentioned on this blog in the past, there are saunas in Korea where you can find a bit of man on man action. So what do we call them?찜방 (jjim-bang)It comes from the word that most of you will...
View ArticleMurica!
TweetAs the picture says, I am currently visiting home for the first time in over two and a half years. I’ll be here until the end of January, and I’m so excited to have accesss to so much that I was...
View ArticleKMK: Big Bread
Tweet Little did I know that there’s more to Belgian food than those tasty waffles. I had no idea there here in Seoul I’d find an opportunity to experience what Belgium has to offer. It’s all thanks...
View ArticleGoodbye 2012!
Tweet January I rang in the new year at the park downtown Made a trip out to Busan during Lunar New Year with Patty Chumpi was such a little butterball heheI taught my awesome Harry Potter...
View Article2012 Review in Blogging
TweetThe WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog.Here’s an excerpt:4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 21,000 views in...
View ArticleThank You 2012
TweetDear 2012,You’ve been a lovely year. You began with great friends in the States, and now you’re ending with great friends here once again in Korea.Thank you 2012, for amazing students who...
View Article2012 Year in Review
TweetIt has been an exciting year for me here at Jason Teale Photography and The Sajin Blog. I have learned a lot and taken a few pictures along the way. So with today being December 31st, I thought...
View ArticleMy Favourite Korean Songs of 2012
TweetHappy New Year’s!! I hope that you all enjoyed a lovely Christmas with your family, friends or loved ones! And for those of you that don’t celebrate Christmas, I hope you are having a fantastic...
View ArticleHome is where the ________ is
Home is where the ________ is Tweet One of the recurring questions I wonder about as an expat is the question of home. How do different people define it? Where is it?My own sense of home has been...
View ArticleReading List: Becoming a Female-to-Male Transgender (FTM) in South Korea
TweetChapter 4 of 2011's Embodied Resistance: Challenging the Norms, Breaking the Rules is titled 'Becoming a Female-to-Male Transgender (FTM) in South Korea' and is the first academic work I've found...
View ArticleCauli Pizza!
TweetHappy New Year! I hope you’re all as excited as I am by the promise of the best year yet! I think a wonderful goal to have is to make each year better and better- and generally that is what I...
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