A Balance of Skills
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Archive for the 'Korea' Category
Thanksgiving Dinner in Seoul
Sunday, November 29th, 2009My coworkers and I had all been looking for a dinner to go, but most of them were on Thursday and out of the question due to working til 9. Cooking dinner ourselves was out of the question as none of our apartments have ovens. I came home that night and googled to see what [...]
A Necessary Evil
Thursday, November 12th, 2009I mentioned to one of my coworkers that I feel it is difficult to be a foreigner here, and she agreed wholeheartedly, saying that we are a necessary evil in South Korea. They don’t want us around, but they need us to teach their children English. I’m not entirely sure I agree with the fact [...]
The difficulty of being a foreigner in Korea
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009So I’ve been in Korea for a month now, and I’ve seen a lot of things in that time that have made me realize it is difficult to be a foreigner here. The thing that really opened my eyes was getting a bank account. It took 45 minutes to do this, and I needed the [...]