The Independent Foreigner

Well, I have a job and a work permit in Korea. Hooray! I signed my first contract yesterday to teach at Camp Eng-Land for five weeks in Jan...

Since the move into the HaSook, there has been a shift in my social life. I have been much nearer to the school, so I've had more time ...

So again I found myself at the GrandMart, this time with a friend to buy the same dirt cheap comforter. Although it was very easy the secon...

I'm doing fine in my HaSook, sleeping on a bed that's a little too short, waking up and killing 5 mosquitoes which have gorged thems...

Well, I'm moved in safe and sound and all is well. My new home is cozy, friendly, close, and (best of all) cheap. I have found the atm...

No, I'm not talking about peace on a divided peninsula. It's much more trivial than that. No, I don't mean Madonna's caree...

If you're starting here, you won't understand. Please scroll down to "The Trip Begins" and work your way up. After leavin...

After the tour of GyeongJu I was dropped at the bus station. This is the beginning of the real journey. I took a bus alone to Pusan, the s...

Continuing on through GyeongJu, we stopped at a park that had several ancient tombs and ruins. Notably, here were the humongous burial moun...

After sleeping off a stomach full of live octopus, HongDae, his mother, and I got up Wednesday morning with a mission. We met with Nami, an...

After leaving the grandparents house we went to the beaches of Ulsan and had sushi. I had expressly saved my first sushi experience for my ...

Hey Everybody, I'm back from my fantastic trip to Southern Korea. With the biggest national holiday this week all of school was cancell...

The YonGo Jeon adventure finally drew to an epic close on Saturday. Going into the day we only had to come out victorious from one of the t...

Today was the first day of games between Yonsei and Korea. The event started with speeches from the respective school presidents, the mayor...

Today was the opening ceremony of the epic 연고전, or Yonsei-Korea Festival. Over the course of Friday and Saturday five different sports matc...

Keep away from those with weak constitutions, and no I don't mean Iraqis. This is a little bit strange to say the least. I have been r...

It's happened. I have been toeing the line with it ever since high school. I swore it would never be me, that I'd seen too much of...

My first examinations begin this week. Actually they're as much examinations as Paris Hilton is a good singer. I have a vocab quiz in ...

When I first got here I thought to myself This isn't so bad at all. There are so many things that are exactly the same. But I have to...

Today is September the 13th, simultaneously marking my one month anniversery of the end of my journey to Korea and my younger brother's ...