I spent the weekend indoors mostly. After the first official week of school I returned to my apartment on Friday where I found a mess — bedding that hadn’t been folded, clothes that needed to be cleaned, dishes that needed washing, and trash that needed to be taken out. This wasn’t the environment I wanted…
Category: korea
April 2011
I began having meetings for the Gyeongsan English Club last year. The idea to start this group came from another English Club in Pohang, which I participated in for a year or two. The group has been growing steadily. I’m busier than I’ve been in a long time and can’t attend the meetings regularly as…
2010
Thank God! Today marks the beginning of another chapter in the life of That Brotha in Asia. My name is 래리, which is Hanguel for Larry. Hanguel (however it is spelled) is the Korean language. Anyways without getting too far into a lesson about Korean, I’d much rather get a few things off my chest….
4 Years Later
It has nearly been four years since I moved to Korea. In March of 2007 I decided that I’d fly to Korea where I’d live and work as an English teacher. In my first year, I worked at a language academy. That initial experience afforded me the opportunity to become acclimated to the lifestyle and customs of…
Cubicle Assignments
On the day that we were to receive our desk assignments, I noticed that my desk hadn’t been assigned. I felt that this was an opportunity for me to choose my seat. I remember feeling a bit slighted since I wasn’t already assigned a desk like some of the others. I decided to find a seat I liked. I did…
A New Job = A New Life
This chapter of my life continues following my move from the Chungcheon-nam province in which I lived in a city called Asan. I had lived there for nine months of which three months I spent on vacation. I was an elementary school teacher for the Sun Moon University while enrolled in a Master’s of Education…
Movies @ Home
It’s 4:55am on Thursday morning. I’m watching Precious: Based on the novel “Push” by Sapphire. While in South Korea, I’ve been able to download movies via iTunes and also watch them at justin.tv. It’s cheaper than going to the movie theater and sometimes the movies are free. At justin.tv, movies are free. I watched Book…
찜질방 are cool!
They can be found all around Korea. During the Sixties when Korea was rapidly developing many homes didn’t have indoor plumbing. Public bath-houses were built to meet the demand of the rapidly developing society. Today, these bath-houses, called jim-jill-bangs (찜질방) are visited by Koreans everyday even though indoor plumbing is now common in homes throughout…
What's Larry Been Up To? 