On Thursday night we decided to try the quiz night again at Speakeasy.They have a new quiz master, so we thought we'd go along to see if it was any better, and it was.This time we had some chance of getting some questions right, and came 5th, only 6 points behind the winners.The last round was a music round on 90's music (guessing the correct song and band) and we got a perfect score, so won ourselves a round of shots. On Saturday the rain came down, and showe...

Last week was a week of goodbye drinks, dinners and lunches with our friend Shannon, which made the week go very quickly.It was all very sad, but we did inherit several things from her, as she had collected a lot in her time in Korea.I now have a new wardrobe, so you won't be always seeing me in the same outfits all the time!We also have a fish, named 'Nancy' and several items for the kitchen, and Graham has a pair of animal feet slippers!They're not going to b...

Last weekend we stayed in Gwangju, as one of our very good friends is leaving Korea in a few days' time.We therefore went out on Saturday, to say our goodbyes, and have a few drinks.This is one of the downsides to our jobs over here.Most of us are here on a temporary basis (usually a year's contract) so people are constantly leaving, but on the flip side others are always arriving too.When travelling last year, we always knew that we would only ever be with peo...

On Friday I met up with Graham, during my break, to find that he had been out for the day with his Korean friend, and had visited some fantastic places - I was very jealous!He had been out for lunch, then to a Korean sweet shop, where he got to sample some of the rice based sweets/ cakes.The rice cakes here are not what we think of as rice cakes back home.They are dense and chewy, with little taste to them.In Korea many foods are covered in sugar which should n...

As last Monday was a public holiday, the week went very quickly, so it was soon time for us to go away again.On Saturday morning Graham's Korean friend Kim Qi Han picked up Graham and me, and our friend Darrell.This was the first time I had met Qi Han, and he had planned the whole weekend for us on an island called Hong-Do.Hong-Do is one of the 1700 islands which make up the Dadohae Haesang National Park, to the south west of South Korea.Qi Han is a man with fr...