September 2010
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* Blank Stare *
Since the return from summer vacation in Japan, I haven’t really blogged.
Nothing very exciting has happened in the past month or so…
School. The new semester started. I only teach 1st-graders (18 classes of them), and I absolutely adore them. They are still naive and innocent and can still think creatively… shown rather well by my Create-A-Restaurant project.
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New NETs: Odds and Ends Survival Guide (Part 3 -...
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Helvetica no longer has support amongst my group of friends after some… unsanitary practices and food was discovered there. Instead, head to O-ku-duk, located on Thursday Party street, next to Urban. Get the Chicken Yogurt Salad… I promise.
Taco-Holic is no longer open. For your Mexican fix, venture to Caliente, located across from Samdeok Fire Station, for the best...
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New NETs: Odds and Ends Survival Guide (Part 2 -...
Getting around a new city, especially one in a different language, is hard.
Those of us in Daegu are lucky — Daegu has a great bus system, easy-to-decipher subway system, and cheap taxis.
Subway. In Daegu, there are only 2 lines, the red and the green. They meet at Banwoldang, which is where most of your shopping/restaurants/bars are anyway. Call it the “heartbeat of...
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New NETs: Odds and Ends Survival Guide (Part 1-...
This will be a small series of advice to all the new Native English Teachers that have recently landed in Korea for a year (or more!) It is scary at first — everything is unfamiliar, strange, seemingly backwards. But it’s okay… you will survive.
The first random advice is about the dreaded… TRASH.
There is always going to be some anxiety over taking out your trash...
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How To Be A Successfully Awkward Waygook
As a foreigner, there are various ways to make yourself uncomfortable.
To be a successful awkward waygook, I suggest the following:
(some are accompanied by an appropriate ROKetship comic)
1. Wear sunglasses.
2. Do not use a parasol when it is sunny outside.
3. Smoke in public.
4. Eat while walking/on the bus/subway.
5. Have curly hair.
6. Have blonde hair.
7. Have hair on your arms.
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