The Sunday after Lanny took me to Tongdosa, we headed to Seoknamsa for morning prayer. By the way, even though it’s sometimes pronounced Seongnamsa, it really is spelt Seoknamsa; I confused many of my friends and co-workers trying to determine which one of the “two” I had been too. I […]
After my first week of teaching, Lanny took me on a surprise trip to Tongdosa (Tongdo temple). It happened like this: on the way back from school (she drove me, because she’s an angel), Lanny casually asked me if I had ever been to Tongdosa. Being a newbie, I […]
After a week of living together, it was weird packing up our bags to move out of residence and go our separate ways…though separate ways in Ulsan means at most a 30 min. bus ride from your furthest native teacher pal. While most folks went straight to the immigration office […]
My first time waking up in Korea, the jet lag was compensated by the incredible view out my dorm room window: mountains, a distant “city” (we found out why city is in brackets later), and exotic plants. What more could we ask for? Well, a few things as we came […]
One very dark and early morning in August, I loaded up 2 overweight pieces of luggage and one way bigger than standard sized carry-on into the back of my mom’s Mazda 5 and bid adieu to childhood home. Having graduated university in June, I was more than ready to embark […]
One very dark and early morning in August, I loaded up 2 overweight pieces of luggage and one way bigger than standard sized carry-on into the back of my mom’s Mazda 5 and bid adieu to childhood home. Having graduated university in June, I was more than ready to embark […]
Last view of Canada: Vancouver!
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