A friend was getting married at the Seoul Mosque this weekend so I had to make a special trip up from Daegu as I dont goto Seoul that often. The mosque is one of the first places I visited when I first visited Seoul on my arrival in Korea but I havent been back in a long time. During this trip I was surprised to see how touristy it has become with the locals. In the Itaewon Arab neighbourhood you will find the mosque if you follow the main street with all the Ind...

Tuesday afternoon we were going to a school welcome dinner at the new school. The Principal is leaving so this is her farewell dinner. Surprisingly, this is the only school that I know of that has a female principal. There was still some rain as the tail end of typhoon bolavan passed thru. We went to a pork restaurant which I'd never been to before as I dont eat pork. It was the same setup as any other restaurant with the long floor tables and grills on the table...

A massive typhoon was due to hit korea on tuesday. They are saying this is the worst typhoon in ten years. The last big one killed about 300 people so they were bracing for the worst. In areas expected to be in the direct path schools and government offices were closed. Daegu however was not in the direct path. The school board announced that students could come to school at 10.30am but that staff were to come normal time. That seemed a bit strange that students ...

I've now been in my new apartment and settling in ok after all the hassle of finding it and arranging the move. The landlady is actually quite nice and she gets her adult son to speak to me on the phone in english. Her elderly mother lives with her. My neighbour is also a korean high school english teacher, but not sure where. She lives with her husband and small baby. I noticed on the tv I wasnt getting the same channels I had in my previous apartment as they w...

Moving day was going to be problematic and a big challenge. I was actually moving two apartments into a third apartment. I didnt take the new schools apartment but found my own one. However, we had to move their furniture into the new apartment, as well as all of my stuff from my current apartment into the new one. The school had been very insistent that I take their fridge and washing machine along with their bed, tv, wardrobe, table and chairs. They messed up t...