Just having got this email from Mark I thought I’d share with you what happens when you give him a bottle of Soju (traditional Korean alcoholic beverage). A previous post about Soju can be found here. For those who you who don’t know; Mark is one of my best mates … Read More
For the last few weeks manual labourers have making appearances in the school at random intervals during the day. They haven’t actually done anything, just wondered around looking at stuff then disappeared again! The mystery of their appearance seemed to have been solved when I came into school last week … Read More
I always thought I’d celebrate my quarter of a century by getting very drunk and doing something totally irresponsible. But it was not to be – I spent my 25th birthday (Monday) at work and then having a meal with Kat. During which he only liquid that passed between my … Read More
Last weekend we once again headed for the slopes of Korea for a weekend of snowboarding. This time we went on an organised trip and went much further afield to one of Koreas top resorts, Phoenix park. Phoenix park was, much bigger then Bears town and had ….. wait for … Read More
The blog is a bit all over the place at the moment. I sent out a password protected post last week to my friends and family, for those of you not in the loop I had an interview for a copy editing job on the Korea Times last week. This … Read More
My first ever sickie: but all in a good cause! After a visit to a Buddhist temple a few weeks ago I’d accidently ended up with an interview for a copy editors job on the Korea Times. (The coming about of the interview is a long story that I hope … Read More
Our first full day in Japan was spent hiking up a Mt Takao (Takaosan) situated about an hour outside of Tokyo. Standing at 599 meters high and with walking trails up to 3.8km long Takaosan is a challenging walk, which was why we took the cable car to the half … Read More
My first piece for the Korea Times! Random, only those of you I have spoken to on the phone have a clue what I am going on about, but this is the reason for the lack of blogging recently. I am trying to decide whether to go for a job … Read More
The day (30.12.06) arrived for our much awaited trip to Japan’s highest mountain and only active volcano, Mt Fuji. An early start was made more stressful when, despite allowing more than enough time to get to the bus, we almost missed it after going the wrong way on the subway! … Read More
Our last day in Japan and we were up early to make it to the Imperial Palace for the Emperor’s appearance then to the airport in time to fly back to Korea. After leaving our bags in a locker at the station we made our way to the palace. Coming … Read More