Supermodel for a day
…maybe not but I did get a taster of how it feels to have a camera shoved in you face whilst someone tells you how best to stand so they can get a good photograph. I was at the Daegaya Experience Festival in Goryeong. I thought the festival was about … Read More
It’s been a stressful week
I’m trying desperately to get the blog up to date but I seem to be still writing about the first weekend in April. It’s starting to feel like the world is conspiring against me to stop me getting it done. I want to find time to sit and write but … Read More
A traditional Korean Village
After the snow crab festival we embarked on a mammoth three hour bus journey, that was only supposed to take an hour(!), to our accommodation. We unraveled ourselves from a cramped and now smelly bus in the village of Gae-shil where a group of ajummas dressed in matching uniforms awaited … Read More
The world’s longest Kimbap
Kimbap or Gimbap is such an institution in Korea that it if wasn’t for their obsession with Kimchi it could be their national dish.* Kimbap was first described to me as a Korean sushi and I have since discovered it was the name the Koreans used for sushi after their … Read More
The next phase is booked
I can’t actually believe I’ve done it. I’ve booked my tickets to the Philippines. Nineteen days in the sun, six of them in Manila 13 of them at Brian’s in Baclod on the island of Negros. Oooooo I’m very excited! Can you believe you can book a hostel with a … Read More
The saga continues
As the day of reckoning draws closer I decided it was time to contact i-to-i regarding my situation. Naively I arranged my job through i-to-i paying them an absolute fortune for the privilege. It is incredibly frustrating to realise I could have avoided myself this situation and an awful lot … Read More
A legend, a superstitious village and a park full of giant Penises……only in Korea!
One afternoon a young fisherman took his young virgin fancee out to sea to collect seaweed. They stopped on a rock a short way off shore and she began picking seaweed. The fisherman returned to shore promising to come back and pick his betrothed up from the rock. As the … Read More
A lack of content
I apologise to all my devoted readers (I wish) for the lack of content on this blog over the last couple of weeks. Things have been so busy with all the legal concerns over leaving and organising the next leg of the journey that the blog has been somewhat neglected. … Read More
I think I’ve got him – My contract really is illegal!
After finding out my contract contained illegal clauses I’ve spent three days trawling through the Internet on my lunch breaks looking for the legislation that confirms my suspicions. About 10 minutes ago I think I actually found it. In the middle of the The Labor Standards Act surrounded by legalease … Read More
My first international yachting reporting assignment!
Last weekend saw me following in Helene’s footsteps and embarking on my first international yachting reporting assignment. I visited the 700 Yacht Club in Seoul, networked with some important and influential people, dined on the best fish and chips I’ve tasted since arriving in Korea and was given a free … Read More
How illegal is my contract …?
OK, so it’s my own stupid fault for signing it but how was I supposed to know the school was this dodgy after all I found the job through a reputable company – Thanks for that i-2-i! Anyway just to give those of you who want to marvel at my … Read More