Korea

Pros & Cons of a Nomadic Lifestyle

March 29, 2010

What is a nomadic lifestyle? What are the pros and cons of packing your life into ten cardboard boxes?

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A Day in the Life of a Korean Student

December 7, 2009
Korean School kids

How does Korea end up with high marks in almost every educational category? They work their ass off. This article offers a brief glimpse into the typical day of a fictional student, and a couple lessons we can learn from this student. Click the title to read more…

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15 Things I Love About Not Driving

September 8, 2009
road rage

When the wife and I moved to Korea, we left a lot behind behind: our family and friends, a big apartment, the comfort of the familiar, and the very icons of our Americanity: our cars. We both drove late model gas sippers. We didn’t have a choice. In our town, like most other cities in [...]

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5 Things I've Learned in Korea

July 29, 2009

As of yesterday, I’ve been living and working in Korea for six months. The wife and I arrived on a cold January night, given the keys to our little apartment, and started teaching the next day. Since then we’ve developed a tenuous grip on life here, crazy as it is. I’ve become more adept with [...]

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