My SoKo Life

Korean side dishes, called banchan Before coming to South Korea, I had never heard of Korean food. Ever. When I told people that I was consi...

One of my favorite pastimes here in Korea is reading all the misspelled, inappropriate or misused English. If I wasn't so embarrassed ab...

One of my favorite students... Flower! She kind of reminds me of a little Korean me. :) Yesterday we had a special Chuseok day at school. Ch...

This is supposed to make me feel safe...? Since I've been here, I've heard South Koreans talk about North Korea exactly two times. T...

Last week, one of my coworkers and I made the arduous trek to find bulk American goods at none other than Costco! I braved the intense nause...

A Relatively Uncrowded Ride on the Subway The motto of South Korea is, roughly translated, Benefit All Mankind . This seems like a fitting s...

Teaching I wasn't a teacher back in the States. I can't really remember ever teaching anyone anything at any point in time. Nope, I ...