Archive for August, 2009

In Busan

I arrived in Busan on Friday, August 28th. All of the 600+ teachers from the English in Korea Program (EPIK) rode in an air-conditioned motorcoach buses to their various areas in South Korea. We were given the name of the area where we would be teaching and the grade level the night before during [...]

Funny Things That Happened in Korea (EPIK Orientation)

So Dinah and I (we had been communicating on Facebook and met in person during orientation) are in a teaching class together during orientation. The teacher has us do an exercise in which we place drawing paper on our heads and describe our bedrooms. Here’s what happend:
Dinah: Let’s see…you walk into my room and my [...]

Hey Fellow EPIK Teachers in Orientation!

First day at EPIK Orientation at Jeonju University in South Korea

Packing for the Move to SoKo

Okay, fair readers. I just wanted to let you know, that I have been busy packing and preparing for my move to Busan. Today, I bought some clothes and flat shoes to take along. For those of you who are travelling to South Korea (SoKo) or are just interested, make sure that you contact your [...]