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Tips for surviving your first year in Korea

Two of my friends are getting ready to come to Korea. They asked me to write a blog on how to survive your first year here. It’s been a while since it was my first year so I took to Facebook to ask my...

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Getting eye lash extensions in Korea.

I never realised how hard-core being a woman was until yesterday. The only thing I could think about was that if your job is a model or beauty pageant contestant or whatever, it is a full-time...

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3 ways to find an ESL job in Korea

If you had asked me how to get a teaching job here three years ago, I would have responded with a list of recruiters. Now, the method by which teachers are recruited has changed. Lots of schools want...

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Moving apartment in Korea.

In the five years I’ve been in Korea, I’ve only moved twice. The first time was to a bigger apartment just down the street but this time I made the big move from Paju to Ilsan. It all happened rather...

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5 things I learned from 5 years in Korea

It’s been five years since I first stepped off the plane in Incheon but in reality, I can recall the details of that day like it were yesterday. I remember the intensity of the heat, the terror of...

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Top 5 things to do in Jeju

Jeju is the perfect weekend get away if you’re looking for a break from the main land. Just a 50 minute flight from Gimpo, return tickets can be bought for as little as 100,000 won. I’ve just returned...

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Registering for a race in Korea.

I LOVE doing races in Korea but registration is usually in Korean so I thought I’d do a blog with some vocabulary and instructions.   1. First, decided which race you want to do. Head over to...

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ONDA Salmon- a review.

ONDA Salmon – a review If I had a tonne of money, I’d eat salmon every day. Unfortunately, I don’t so when my friend suggested we should try a salmon restaurant for her birthday, I was all ears. ONDA...

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Meeting Marcy Katz

 The internet is a funny sort of place. You can meet all sorts of people on the internet and it’s made the world a smaller place. Two years ago, I got an email from a lady who had read a few of my...

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Selling a car in Korea- All you need to know

It’s all well and good to find a buyer for your car, but where do you actually go to transfer ownership and so on? That’s what I asked also. After some research, I found that if you live in Goyang...

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