I have been asked by the 'WorknPlay' site to become a contributing writer to their korea information blogs. http://worknplay.co.kr/korea-blogs/ This is an english language website used by expats for community news, information, jobs, and other support for the expat community. They stumbled across my blog entries so invited me to join as a contributing writer. ----------------------- Hello, I am an editor for worknplay.co.kr, a site for expats in Korea. We provide...

This weekend three of us went to the Daegu Trick Art Expo. This is the second time the expo has come and a follow up to the highly popular first expo held about a year ago. The exhibition is being held at the EXCO centre. I didnt go the first time as I couldnt figure out how to get there having newly arrived, but am more familiar with bus routes now. Koreans love trick art. There is a trick art museum on Jeju Island and various trick art expos that have toured th...

This morning I was invited back to conclude my presentation on the UK to a group of Korean adults. This is part of a club run by a friend to help adults learning english by inviting different speakers on various topics. The first part of my presentation was in September but we had to stop halfway as with korean translations for each slide it was taking too long. In part 1 we covered history, modern politics, pop culture, social change, food, music, film, tv, come...

This weekend a friend had organized and invited me to an ice festival at Mt Bisuel just south of Daegu. Nice for someone else to do the organzing for a change as its usually me. The tricky part was the logistics of getting there by public transit. You can take a city bus from Daegu. But my friend that lived out that way said it was a tremendous waste of time with every bus stop on the route. Instead there is a Hyunpung express bus from Soebu Bus Terminal for 2200...

This week in february school reopens again for graduation week. Last year I had classes mon-wed with graduation ceremonies on thursday. This year I was told I had no classes which suited me fine as I just came back from my SE Asia trip saturday and needed to rest and start my blog. As not everyone can fit in the gymnasium only graduating student and invited students from other grades were allowed along with the student parents in the back. Events are filmed and b...