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The Perks of a Small Town

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When I first began the lengthily application process to be a teacher in South Korea, one of my worst nightmares was being placed in an incredibly rural area. I had envisioned living in the centre of a big cosmopolitan Asian city surrounded by like minded and interesting people. I think my assumptions were way off and totally unrealistic. One of my biggest concerns coming to Korea was ...

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Life at Nambu

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I have been teaching at Nambu for nearly 6 months. Its been a massive change from teaching the ever naughty high schoolers - although I do see them around town often. An old student offered me one of his cigarettes at the bus stop the other day. Which I suppose was kind in a backward way because he's probably a broke teenager secretly buying smokes without his parents approval. I was almost ...

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Summer in South Africa

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For my summer vacation, I took some time to go home and see my family in South Africa. I think I have rarely been so excited in my life. After booking tickets home, I spent months fascinating about all the different foods I would eat and everyone I wanted to hug. I can quite happily say I had the best two  weeks ever. The best part was that my mom and dad had no idea I was coming! Arriving ...

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Itaewon, Drumming and Pizza

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Recently, a group of the girls ans I went up to Seoul to watch our friend Heather play the jangu (Korean Traditional Drum). She had been taking classes on the weekends all semester so we decided to make a day of it in Seoul. We went over to Itaewon, a famous foreigner district for fire baked pizza (The only one I have ever come across in Korea). Pizza Peel was delicious and I would recommend ...