So, not much to say really... just one incident in the street. I was picking up Nayoung when some little girl came up to me in the street. "You're …

I always get edgy coming back to Korea on a tourist visa.. I've never worked illegally here, and I probably never will, but so many people do …

The typical room in Korea will set you back 40'000 Won, so 30'000 Won ($30) for a motel is cheaper than usual. This is an older motel, so the bat…

My second Toyoko Inn. Granted I booked it at the same time as I booked the first, so I didn't really know what to expect. Much the same as the Toy…

This was my first Toyoko Inn experience. The last time I went to Japan I had no room booked in advance and ended up paying quite a bit for something …

My pristine Nikon D80 arrived yesterday and I've quickly become acquainted with my new friend. I decided it was in my best interests to break it in …

Well, you may or may not know that a large number of Koreans shop online through Gmarket.. I'm like everyone else and buy heaps of things throug…

I had a very pleasant surprise in Fukuoka recently. I made the choice to go to the Fukuoka Art Museum based on it being in a park and I wanted to…

20'000 Won ($20) for a room is great in Korea. This is a 5 minute walk from the subway station, and about 10 minutes walk to the International Fer…

Nayoung's birthday, so being the nice guy that I am (ha!) ..we went away for the weekend. We decided on Chuncheon for a few reasons; Dakgalbi, Nami …

Day 1 of being the only native. Interesting. What's also interesting is that my boss decided it was a good time to take the day off and go to Seoul…

And how is it spent in Korea? Well, apparently.. girls give chocolate to guys. Apparently. It didn't work that way.. I gave chocolate to all my kid…

As part of the New Year celebrations, I was invited to Jacky's house to meet his family but couldn't make it until Saturday because of commitments wi…

설날, or 'Chinese' New Year. Lunar New Year ;) I was invited to join Nayoung and her family for this special day where we worship ancestors. I wa…

#1: Get a new apartment. ...details soon ;)

The decision was 100% made on Saturday at Yongpyeong. I was going to resign today. I had been thinking about it for a while now. Ummed and Arghed,…

Well, it's been 4 days since I've eaten anything and not thrown-up.. but I'm resilient. "I will go snowboarding" was my mantra. And feeling ki…

A normal lunch. Here's a little background. At the moment, Nayoung is working mornings, 9-1:30. I'm working afternoons, 2:30-9:30.. it sucks. Yes …

My friend Jacky (Pyong Nam) came home last week. We met in Perth over a year ago and became pretty good friends over that time.. Actually, it's bec…

Early dinner meeting with Jacky and his friends; Gebba, Jaeyong, and Raeyeon. We had stinky cheonggukjang.. terrible. And sundubujjigae.. one of my …

Jacky's back in his hometown and we've tracked him down. He was lazy at first.. but  we let him off since it's been 2 years since he saw his fa…

New Years Eve.. We had a few options. Go clubbing, as is kind of normal and what I've done quite a few times in the past, but it means travelling ba…

Mildy hungover, we were off kind of early to Sujin's place where Sonmi and Sora were still pretty passed out. The girls were going to a play or some…

A few days off to end the year so we headed to Seoul to with Sonmi to meet up with some other friends; Sujin and her boyfriend, and Sora. We were gr…

Hey, it's Christmas... let's go to a cave. As you do. Honestly, we had nothing to do, so we thought we'd go on a little bus ride. So we escap…

I love Korea. When there's an election you get a holiday. This works for me. So with the day off, it's arranged that we have a family lunch.. Me, N…

Fully recovered from yesterday's excitement we prepare for the day ahead. A movie. We go to Lotte Cinema to watch a Korean movie; Seven Days. A th…

Fairy floss, balloons, and acting the fool.. remember those days? We relived it. As part of being together again we made the decision a while ago t…

I made arrangements with my boss to finish early today so Nayoung and I could catch the 8pm bus to Seoul. I left work early to be greeted with my ba…

Today was the day I'd been waiting for since I arrived. It's been about 6 weeks since we saw one another and I was worried about things being differ…

First things first, head back to the Ibis before lunch with Will. I make arrangements for a suite for when Nayoung comes home. We'd already decided …

I'd had enough of being alone. So I made arrangement to meet Claire in Seoul. But alas, after a 3 hour bus ride I discover that she has something el…

So a typical teaching day, only the kids are getting more used to me and opening up more. Plus, since I'm becoming more familiar with the curriculu…

I'm alone. No one to watch. No one to watch me. That was until 6pm when my boss decided to observe my class. To her knowledge, I'd had about …

So I arrive at work bright and early.. around 1pm to prepare for the day ahead. Andrew will be observing me for most of the day. Yet again, I'm ne…

My first day of school. Safe to say I was nervous. I was told to bring formal clothes. Ie: shirts, ties, suits... so I did. I rolled into work in …

First thing that struck me today... It's so fkn early! I have no curtains, I live on the east coast, I face the sea. TIf you don't know, this is all…

Lugging my excessive amount of luggage down the stairs and across the way to the bus station, I discover there is a bus in about half an hour to Dong…

After what felt like a short flight, I was rushed through immigration in Incheon. Got the faithul city limousine bus over to DongSeoul.. Got me a swe…

The decision was made.. I was leaving Perth for a while. Being a single man again, I decided some months ago that I should take the opportunity to …