Grandma’s Ducks

My Grandma Kyo had pillows shaped like ducks and Korean duck figurines around the house. As a kid I always wondered, “Why does Grandma like ducks so much?” It turns out that Koreans… Continue reading →

Japan Trip

A funny thing happened on my Japan trip, a complete change of perspective without me even realizing at the time what was happening. Before going on, some background information.  My proposal to speak… Continue reading →

Parent’s Day and Teacher’s Day

There have been a lot of flowers going around lately, thanks to two special holidays in Korea: Parent’s Day and Teacher’s Day. Parent’s Day was May 8th, although at first, in the days… Continue reading →

My Weekend

After visiting Kat a few weeks ago in Daegu I was inspired to liven up my apartment a bit and put up a map and a bunch of photos from a Korean travel… Continue reading →

Budae Chigae

Ryan and I were lamenting the other day about how we miss living in smaller cities with fewer crowds, fresher air, etc. so I started looking up cities with populations under 500,000 near… Continue reading →

Around Nowon

Ryan and I are living in the Nowon ward of Seoul, which is northeastern-most part of the city, and yet it took us two months to visit Nowon station, the main station of… Continue reading →

Spring and Summer Plans

I’ve been in a bit of a slump this past week but am going to have to get on the ball quick b/c there’s a lot of upcoming stuff. It looks like I’m… Continue reading →

Fun times in Daegu

Last weekend Ryan and I took a KTX train to Daegu to visit our friend Katt for adventure fun times!  Daegu is the 5th largest city in South Korea, and while not known… Continue reading →

Salt and Light

Seoul is home to a number of churches with English services for foreigners and Koreans interested in learning English.  I would love to check them all out, as well as those mega-churches with… Continue reading →

1st b-day in Korea

I have no idea what this cake was supposed to look like either, but it tastes good all the same. 🙂 My birthday fell on a Monday this year, and thanks to how… Continue reading →