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I Park Mall’s Bandai Gundam Base & Hobby Shops (Yongsan)
TweetGundam is a staple in anyone’s childhood that grew up in Asia, of course this included Koreans even though the importing of Japanese entertainment goods was fairly tight due to Korea’s censorship...
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Learn Korean Ep. 26: "While" + PDF
TweetThere's a new video up on YouTube - Learn Korean Episode 26: "While"Learn how to say "while" in Korean. There are two common ways that I go over in this week's new lesson, and the PDF file also...
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MMA Girl/English Teacher Fighting In South Korea
MMA Girl/English Teacher Fighting In South Korea TweetBack in December of 2012 I did a blog post about a fellow English teacher who trains in MMA here in Busan. She has since started competing and is...
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11th Street Shopping – RODE VideoMic
TweetThe folks over at Community Korea helped find expat ambassadors for 11th Street – an online market owned by SK Planet. I had no idea I would actually get it, so you could imagine the gleeful...
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Baskin Robbins Korea~ Pink Pirate Ship Lego Kit for Children’s Day
TweetSo the month of May marks Children’s Day in South Korea! Since the holiday is all about children, many places here have special children’s day items~ yearly I look forward to the goodies Baskin...
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I took a photo every day in April. The weather is warming up, so...
TweetI took a photo every day in April. The weather is warming up, so all the flowers are in bloom. Goes without saying, but I’ll say it anyway: Korea is beautiful in the Spring.I’ve been thinking a...
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Not “Gay” Lovers, Just Friends
Not “Gay” Lovers, Just Friends Tweet If you have lived in South Korea for some time and you see two men holding hands while walking down the street, you won’t think that is strange at all, but if you...
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Avoiding Conflict and the Korean in-Laws
Avoiding Conflict and the Korean in-Laws TweetThose of you who read one of my first articles on this site, ‘My Korean Family’, will know that I definitely do not fit the description of the perfect son...
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Jangyusa Temple – 장유사 (Gimhae, Gyeongsangnam-do)
TweetThe view of the main hall and Samseong-gak hall at Jangyusa Temple in Gimhae, Gyeongsangnam-do.Hello Again Everyone!!Jangyusa Temple is named after the famous monk Jangyu. Jangyu just so happened...
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Had my first trip to Everland (에버랜드), Korea’s largest...
TweetHad my first trip to Everland (에버랜드), Korea’s largest theme park. With 6.6 million visitors a year, it ranked thirteenth in the world for amusement park attendance in 2011. It is a beautiful theme...
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Yu Gye – On the Day of the Start of Summer, The Apricot Flowers Start to Blossom
TweetYu Gye (兪棨, 유계, 1607-1664) was a Chosun dynasty scholar and literati bureaucrat. He was of the Gigye Yu Clan (杞溪兪氏, 기계유씨); his courtesy name (字, 자) was Mujung (武仲, 무중); his pen name (號, 호) was...
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Dear Korea #085 - Seeing Yellow
Dear Korea #085 - Seeing Yellow TweetIt took long enough, but it appears that spring is finally here! I still can’t believe it was snowing in parts of the country not even a few weeks ago. The weather...
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When You Say Simple, You Probably Mean Plain
TweetAllegorical tales that involve animal characters have notable appeal for adults as well. Orwell’s “Animal Farm,” for example, is a masterpiece of political commentary that is arresting in its...
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Oh, Konglish
TweetOh, “Konglish.” They try so hard, bless them.Truth is, they probably don’t. I compared this one time with a Korean friend to when westerners get tattoos with some kind of foreign language to show...
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2 new PDFs for Learn Korean Ep. 5 & 6 (in Spanish)
TweetHola!I just put up 2 new PDFs for episodes 5 6 in Spanish. They're available on the YouTube PDFs page. There are also English versions of every lesson already up on the same page as well. I don't...
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The Buzz on Seoul's Urban Beekeepers
Tweet On a warm spring afternoon, Jin Park, a 32 year old Korean citizen, guides me to our destination on Nodeul-seom, a seemingly unremarkable island smack dab in the middle of Seoul's Han River....
View Articleomg, i read the date you had with the guy...
TweetI’ve been getting a lot of positive feedback on that post (including almost 2,000 views on Koreabridge, wow!). Yeah, it’s a ridiculous story, but it’s also nice to know that people are reading my...
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Our Weekend: Korean Weddings
TweetThere were lots of firsts this weekend. Saturday I went to my first Korean wedding where my lovely co-teacher, Grace, got married, and Sunday it was the first day that it was hot enough to go out...
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I feel like the meanest teacher in the world when my kids cry. I...
TweetI feel like the meanest teacher in the world when my kids cry. I want to set a precedence by not giving in just because a few tears are spilt. For example, this girl was crying because she wasn’t...
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seahorseteacher: stacylaughs: I feel like the meanest teacher...
Tweetseahorseteacher:stacylaughs:I feel like the meanest teacher in the world when my kids cry. I want to set a precedence by not giving in just because a few tears are spilt. For example, this girl...
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