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e-FM Week 36: Love Hotels, Sex and Adultery (Banned)
e-FM Week 36: Love Hotels, Sex and Adultery (Banned) TweetAbout 'Open Mike in Busan'IntroductionIt took 36 weeks, but I finally had a script refused for broadcast. When I started doing my weekly...
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I'm Grateful To Have My Job
TweetToday I read an article from The Grand Narrative, "Advice to Women Looking for Work: "Say you like to sing and dance." It reiterates the story of one young lady who has gone through so much in her...
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On ‘Culture Shock’
TweetI’ll freely admit it, I’m a bloody awful blogger as soon as something major happens in my life. Some people (perhaps most people) find that to channel big changes into something creative is the...
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Under Siege: Get Out of My Taxi!
TweetI remember that it was cold and raining very heavily that morning. So heavily, that when the taxi finally pulled up outside the the last station before I headed out into the wilderness towards...
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Under Siege: Dirty and Smelly and Fusion Babies
Tweet"I'm not just saying this because you’re related to me, but I used to think that all foreigners were dirty and smelly... but you're not." - a close relative who I am not permitted to name by title...
View ArticleOpen Letter to Prospective and Current Epik Teachers,
TweetIf you’re anything like me, the closer you come to getting on that plane, sending in that application, or whatever step you’re at, the more freaked out you are. I get that feeling. As I recall, my...
View ArticleHey, I just met you, and this is crazy: Awkward Questions in Korea
TweetI’m not the most private of people, but I was raised on the idea that there are certain topics that are accepted as taboo in casual conversations: religion, how much money you make, weight,...
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How Has Korea Changed Me? Part 2: Modesty in Korean Fashion
TweetAs promised, this post will talk about modesty in Korean fashion, and how that has changed the way that I personally dress. In other words, this post is about my scarf addiction how I didn't...
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Late-Onset Culture Shock
Late-Onset Culture Shock TweetI think the hardest thing about living in Korea, as a foreigner, is what feels like constant scrutiny. Maybe it's easier in Seoul, or Busan, places where being a...
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The Weird Thing About Korean Bathrooms
TweetOr rather, things. Or rather, Alfred.Sorry, that is a joke with an incredibly narrow scope, but I'll leave it in and see if anyone gets it. Maybe I'll give you a prize.ANYWAYS. I figured that...
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Harry Potter: The Boy Who Taught English in South Korea
Harry Potter: The Boy Who Taught English in South Korea TweetBack when you first decided you wanted to come to South Korea, breaking the news about your teaching-aspirations to your family was very...
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I Am Not A Tree
TweetBeing homesick sucks. Some days when I wake up in the morning, I roll over and hope to magically find myself back in my own bed. Or, as I’m shuffling through the line in the lunchroom, I take one...
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The Double Whammy
TweetThis past week marked my third full month living in South Korea, and nearly-third full month of teaching middle and high school ESL. Up until now, pretty much all of my blogging efforts have gone...
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Teaching Language Means Teaching Culture; Or, Teaching Away from a...
TweetBrief note: Back in 2012, during my final year of university, I took a class on literacy in the US that really broadened my mind. For my final project I researched the ways that language and...
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Monoculture?
Monoculture? TweetThis post started life months ago as the third in a series about clashing cultural norms. After more time in Korea and (hopefully) more understanding on my part, it turned into...
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“Korean Age”: Old Before My Time
“Korean Age”: Old Before My Time Tweetby John BocskayPeople say age is just a number. Koreans say it’s just a slightly larger number. As an international traveler, you get used to the idea of various...
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23 Times Your Expat Life Was Like An Episode of Friends
Tweet That time when you didn’t know what to do after college,so you decided to live and work abroad:That time when you moved into your new apartment single-handedly, but still thought: PIVOT!That time...
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The Beauty In the Ugly
TweetWoody Allen is quoted saying, “Eighty percent of life is just showing up.” But after coming to teach English and live in South Korea, I’ve come to believe it’s about much more than that....
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Culture Shock in South Korea
Culture Shock in South Korea TweetThe first time I went abroad was to Argentina. I was fifteen years old, and absolutely fascinated by the concept of culture shock. I thought culture shock would be...
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My 1st Day Teaching in Vietnam
TweetIt’s so hot here. So hot. So jungly. Me and my heat rashes are definitely going through an adjustment period! My morning walk…gorgeous but fucking hot as fuck My first day of teaching was...
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