The Independent Foreigner

Today was the long awaited trip to the DMZ (De-Militarized Zone), a 4 km thick border that runs roughly along the fabled 38th parallel. Con...

Quick personal (personnel? bah english) note: All final exams are done and behind me. No it's nothing but teaching and relaxation until...

Free tickets are the best way to witness anything, especially fun things. Last Saturday I went with a friend who was visiting from the State...

In Korea there are two types of weddings: a traditional wedding (전통식) and a modern wedding (현대식). Nowadays, thanks to Hollywood and American...

That's right: they're back. After a brief wade back into an alternative culture, my sense of the idiosyncrasies around me in day to ...

For those of you who never even knew I was gone, forget I'm posting this, but for those of you who did know, I made it back in one piece...

I saw it before you. And what would be the point of living in the country where it was released first if I didn't? South Korea 1 May...

When you post an add offering ENGLISH TUTOR in huge bold letters, you would expect to get emails about being an English tutor, but it's...

Midterm season is the best here. It would never fly in the States, but all classes are cancelled during midterm week and every teacher cance...

Well, after a tumultuous drop-add of class shopping and fighting for what I want, I finally consigned myself to (what I hope will be) a more...

Well, 7 months have come and gone here in Korea, and I guess it's time for another evaluation of my experience. A "report card,...

Unlike regular new year, Koreans celebrate Sullal much the same way they celebrate Thanksgiving: travel around the country, gather at grandm...

Thanks to the ease and convenience of YouTube (a Google owned service), I can now post our short vids on this simple and valuable Blogger (t...

There's no measuring how relieving it was to touch down in Korea again. Even being on the plane (where services were provided in English...

There comes a point in a prolonged vacation where you simply begin to feel like a stowaway in someone else's culture. Where you recogni...

I have accomplished three goals. I got a mirror in my room (thanks for leaving, Chinese chick!). Okay, that's not really a goal, but i...

Winter camp is over and was one of the most enjoyable/rewarding experiences I've had in Korea. After struggles with immigration over me...

Connection: Friend's new girlfriend's younger brother's friend. It doesn't get much further. I know married couples with a...

[Me hanging out my window the morning after the night of the second snow, just a few days after new years] For those of you who I didn'...

This time the connection was a classmate's friend's cousin. I swear it is remarkable how these people just fall into your lap. Wedn...