After five hard years of work, part-time jobs, and figuring out what I wanted to do with my life I finally graduated. All the job offers, all the internship opportunities that I thought would be waiting for me were gone after the stock market crashed and the economy took a dive two short months before graduation.
With the economy down, businesses cutting their losses and companies doing nosedives one after another I took an opportunity in Korea. I didn't know where I'd be living or who I'd be living with but I figured that a job was better than nothing. I left the unpaid research position and the tutoring job that had kept me afloat for a few months and took a one-way ticket across the world to a country which I'd only visited a few times.
After nearly two decades of sleeping through language classes, studying via television and music, and living with Korean parents I thought I was ready for anything that the country had to throw at me.
Holy crap how wrong I've been.
We've compiled a short list of our favorite seafood dishes in Jeju. By no means should you limit yourself to 3 dishes while you're in Jeju. And if you want someplace to start, we've got you covered.
Even at first glance, you’d never mistake Cheolgil Tteokbokki for a run-of-the-mill restaurant. The windows are foggy even though the air is clear, and decades of Seoul’s humid summers and…
First things first, I call it the Charlie Brown Snoopy Cafe. It is called the Charlie Brown Cafe, but I always thought that Charlie Brown was a wimp and Snoopy was the…
I might live in Korea for decades and still be scared to drive here. Back home I used to joke that to my friends, traffic laws were more like suggestions.…
We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.Ok