 | I just had dinner for $1
2007-02-29, Pohang, Korea, South. By: lacalaw2 | | I sure did! I was hungry and stopped in a local eatery. I'd been there before over the past couple of weeks. Each time I ordered the same meal. Tonight I decided to try a new dish. The meals I've bou... |
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 | Round Two
2007-03-14, Pohang, Korea, South. By: lacalaw2 | | I visited the English Club this week. I was tipped off that it's a great place to meet new people, and share experiences. The night began in a comfortable Jazz lounge located in downtown Pohang. While... |
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 | Tae Kwon Do
2007-03-12, Pohang, Korea, South. By: lacalaw2 | | Today marks the end of my first official week of Tae Kwon Do training in South Korea! Overall, my Sabumnim (Instructor) and Kwanjangnim (Grandmaster) have both told me that I am doing well. Their enco... |
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 | Express Bus
2007-03-05, Pohang, Korea, South. By: lacalaw2 | | Scary! The bus driver was doing at least eighty miles per hour the whole way! He zig-zagged through traffic like there was no tomorrow. When they say "express", they mean it! I didn't know a bus could... |
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 | Leaving
2007-01-23, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby | | Hey can you believe it has been a year today? I am honestly bummed leaving but so happy it is time to get to see everyone again. I booked my flight to Europe last week. I am flying from Seoul to Mosco... |
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| The End is Near
2007-01-09, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby | | Well my year is almost up and man do I have a lot of stuff to do. I kinda put off things until the last and plus my work schedule is pretty hectic too. I am hoping to get everything in the mail this w... |
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 | In Seoul
2006-12-30, Seoul, Korea, South. By: sbfeley | | I'm at the airport. In between flights from Tokyo and going to Bangkok! And so my travels have started.
I have been traveling a total of 15 hours so far, and it has been great. I've sat next to q... |
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| Nothing New but Leaving Soon
2006-12-18, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby | | Ahh the first snow fall. I was so tempted to catch a snowflake on my tongue but the circling pigeons made me think twice before openning my mouth toward the sky. It was a really short snow fall but en... |
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 | A Year in Korea
2004-06-01, Osan, Korea, South. By: arimich | | I've set the date for ten years after my experience, because 1994 isn't available! The name of the town has since changed from Songtan to Osan, I think. |
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| Andong Trip and Fishing in Gumi
2006-11-14, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby | | Well it's been almost a month since I last wrote anything. This is mainly due to my attempt to save money so haven't went on any trips. Plus I have been pretty busy at work. I did get to do some trave... |
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 | Rack stack and unpack
2006-10-23, Seoul, Korea, South. By: hamjo | | We have been very slack with updating our journal lately but we have been very busy working and setting up house. We will be living in Seoul for 12 months teaching english. I guess we will not have ... |
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| Busan pt.2
2006-10-16, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby | | Well I went to Busan for the weekend. It was kinda unplanned and I didnt know I was going till an hour before we left. The international film fest. was going on and we decided to check it out. Funny t... |
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| Seoul Train....Seoul Food
2006-10-08, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby | | Oh the comedy,ha ha ha. Anyway I just arrived back from my 4 day stay in the big town of Seoul. Went there with a friend and his friends and had a good time. I did some shopping and dined out at some ... |
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 | If you laugh it doesn't hurt
2006-10-04, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby | | Well I woke up today with some strange urge to climb a mountain. HMM for a guy with no hiking shoes, map, rope, or hiking partner sounds remarkably idiotic. So without going into to much detail let me... |
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 | Very first day here
2006-10-01, Seoul, Korea, South. By: tweety | | Several years ago, I passed Incheon airport but didn't get out to sightsee around. It was a shame.
This time, I chose homestay from internet. The host is very hospitable and their appartment looks ... |
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 | Been a busy few months
2006-09-29, Seoul, Korea, South. By: day1 | | A very quick summary ...forgot to update lately. got back to Seoul February 1st. Had a few housewarming parties. Got the team back up and running for spring season and now tearing into the fall seaso... |
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| www.susansaliar.com
2006-09-15, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby | | Well I got half my overtime pay but she is not calling it overtime pay. She says she is giving it to me because I have done such a good job. Well I can think of a few words I would call it, one which ... |
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| More trouble
2006-09-11, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby | | Well my boss of course is making it a big deal for me to get my overtime pay. She is calling other schools for answers, which I dont understand because my contract is with her. I can't get over how st... |
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| Back to the Norm
2006-09-06, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby | | Well summer session is over which means no more morning classes. My day now starts at 4 and ends at 9:40. Pretty nice I must admit. The trouble with the director hasn't changed except she ran another ... |
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| On the Road Again
2006-07-27, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby | | Off on another road trip. Well not really a "road" trip since i will be on a train and a speed boat. None the less, I am heading to Japan for five days and will ride their bullet train across the isla... |
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 | A Quickie Update
2006-07-20, Suwon, Korea, South. By: turbo | | Sorry I've been out of the loop here...things have been going excellently and if all goes well, I'll be teaching at an English Village in Sept....oops theres the bell gotta jet! |
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 | my dirty weekend
2006-07-19, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby | | I got back last night from Mud Fest and am still tired. I think that was due to the lack of a bed in my "hotel" room and the 5 hour train ride which was standing room only. The lack of a bed in the ho... |
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| Missiles,Cyclones and Mud
2006-07-10, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby | | As always, Korea has been crazy lately. With North Korea wanting attention and Japan getting angry and making threats, it has kinda made things stressful. It is funny because the South Koreans don't e... |
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| Korea loves soccer
2006-06-20, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby | | Last week our school closed Tuesday because my director said the road would be closed because the soccer game was to be shown at the intersection near my school. This is why I had to work SUNDAY, ... |
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| working sunday and got a bike
2006-06-11, Daegu, Korea, South. By: robby | | Well I had to work a Sunday..Can you believe that? All because the World Cup. What is happening is there are these HUGE T.V screens at the main intersection in my area of town which is one of the bigg... |
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