How time flies! My first month in Korea is coming up (Feb 25!). I feel like so many things have happened in the past month and I think it's the brighter side of being in a foreign land -- every day I can have lots of new stories to tell. After the period of settling and adjusting, my life here has been finding its pace. Since the weather is still very chilly and in single...
Koreans are very sensitive to age. Whenever I get introduced to Koreans, the first thing they ask is my age rather than my name. Because when someone is older than me, I have to use "jondaemal" (formal language) since it is a sign of respect. In Filipino ways, it is like using po and opo. By definition graduate students like me are higher than undergrad students but unfortunately, I am younger than the two undergrad...
For many people like me, living in another country is always exciting at first. Many aspects of the local culture will appear strange at its best. We notice all the better things on this country than what we have at home. I've been in Korea for just two weeks so I'm still honeymoon-ing with this foreign land. But of course there are times when the reality that I'm in a far, far away country sinks...
"You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em Know when to walk away and know when to run You never count your money when you're sitting at the table There'll be time enough for counting when the dealing's done. Now every gambler knows that the secret to surviving Is knowing what to throw away and knowing what to keep Cause every hand's a winner and every hand's a loser And...
"Travel is awesome in that it shows you that *waiting* is the reward. Magic is in the transformation that accommodates each step. Every upset or obstacle unfolds a richer, more interesting story, where you've had to go deeper into yourself to sculpt the diamond resources in you. When I return from a trip, I often find myself saying, "I need a vacation from my vacation". I hear other travelers saying it also. It's because when...
First post from the Land of the Morning Calm! It’s been a week since I arrived in Korea and as far as first impressions can say, all is well in Korea. 1) Weather – It is now the start of spring so the weather ranges from 0 to 8 degrees every day. Pretty warm in Korea's stanard. Sometimes, the wind from the north gets pretty bad so it feels like friggin negative especially when I...
