adventures of a teacher
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Mar 10 2010
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I’m finally updating my music library, thanks to having a ton of free time at work this week and coworkers who like good music.

“Walking on a Dream” - Empire of the Sun

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i miss southeast asia

A lot.  Even Myanmar… but not Vietnam.

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Check out my $50 sheet and $60 blanket

Check out my $50 sheet and $60 blanket

Peruvian blanket = prized possession

Peruvian blanket = prized possession

My apartment, which is nothing more than a big room with a bathroom and laundry porch attached.  The lighting is bad, like in every Korean apartment, but it looks a lot worse in the pics.

Everything is pretty much just how I want it, I only have to fill these two pillow cases I bought in Laos and Thailand and buy pillows for my bed.  One of my coworkers lives in my building, and she has found a ton of nice furniture in the garbage in our neighborhood.  So I’m going to steal her shoe rack and shelves for clothes when she leaves at the end of April.  Piling things under my bed and TV work for now.

Plenty of room for my summer visitors! :D

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wannderlust asked: How does it feel to be back teaching in Korea? What did you miss the most while you were gone?

It’s great!  I’m happy with my job and everything else.  I missed my friends, having my own place, making money, and planning my next trip.  I have to figure out my school’s vacation schedule so I can get on that last one. :)

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Snow outside my apartment.  In March.  WHYYY???

Snow outside my apartment.  In March.  WHYYY???

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Mar 9 2010
agassinabe:

datavis:

North Korea | The Craziest Country In The World


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agassinabe:

datavis:

North Korea | The Craziest Country In The World

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fuckyesmaps:

World map of happiness
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I feel like there is no way this is accurate.  SE Asian/Buddhist countries seem far more happier than Western ones.  MUCH more.  I want to know what this is based on; it seems so silly to try to measure happiness.

fuckyesmaps:

World map of happiness

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I feel like there is no way this is accurate.  SE Asian/Buddhist countries seem far more happier than Western ones.  MUCH more.  I want to know what this is based on; it seems so silly to try to measure happiness.

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Couple Let Baby Starve To Death While Raising Virtual Baby Online

tumblrisforlulz:

gnate1:

A Korean couple allowed their child to starve to death because of their addiction to raising a ‘virtual’ child in a Second-Life-style game online known as Prius, reports say.

Kim Yoo-chul, 41, and Choi Mi-sun, 25, would feed their three-month-old baby only when not at 12-hour-online sessions in a local internet café. The pair were obsessed with raising their internet child, called Anima, resulting in the neglect of their unnamed real daughter.

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I DIED AT THE TITLE

Ughhh.  My sister showed me this.  :[  Not good media attention for Korea.

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Mar 7 2010

samsung-dong

Like I’ve said 100 times, I love my new ‘hood.

I went into my new little grocery shop for the first time with my coworkers after work, and the owner was so surprised to see me with them.

Him: “New face!”

Coworker: “Yeah, new teacher!”

Him: “Ahh!  New teacher!”

Then yesterday, he was very excited to introduce me to his daughter.  ”New teacher!”  Only in Korea.  Lee Hyori also allegedly lives down the street so I’ll have to keep my eyes open for some celebrity-stalking opportunities.

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Late-night galbi last Monday

Late-night galbi last Monday

Joseph, Ags, me

Joseph, Ags, me

I have lots of pictures with strangers

I have lots of pictures with strangers

Agatha was in Seoul for a week before finally heading back to Chicago.  She finished teaching the same time I did, and did a massive four-month trip around SE Asia.  It was cool to be able to talk to someone about a lot of the places I’ve been too!  It will be weird not having her in Seoul for my second year.

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