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Trying to Decide Where to Go from Here…
Trying to decide where to go from here is proving to be quite difficult. There are many options, too many really. I have spent much time and effort, and I still feel somewhat lost with my direction from Korea. The …
Posted in ✎ Dee: Day-to-Day, ✚ Esl English
Tagged dee, degree, future, Harvard, job, master's, school
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Bad Karma
Bad karma… it’s an issue at school as it is anywhere else, and I surely feel it’s effects. This morning, Aimee came skipping into the classroom, ran into me, and spilled hot coffee (a little on me, most on my …
Posted in ✎ Dee: Day-to-Day, ✚ Esl English
Tagged anger, bad, coffee, dee, ESL, karma, korea, south, spilled, teaching
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What Does She Need from Me?
I’m a married man, now; it’s not just me, anymore. I’ve grown accustomed to it being only me, myself, and I, and to my roommates always agreeing with me. Because of that I’ve learned to be selfish. Dang and I …
Something Inside Me Is Broken.
Something inside of me has broken, it seems; I’m not sure that I can fully explain, but it has to do with feeling… spent. I feel used up, like I have no more emotional reserves. I think that I have …
Posted in ✎ Dee: Day-to-Day, ✚ Esl English
Tagged children, dee, emotions, ESL, Jung Chul, korea, south, teaching
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When in Rome…
There is the old saying, “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” Seems simple enough, but I’m questioning that these days. Culture runs deep, and tennessee (the soil, the air, the water, and the particular angle of the sun) …
Posted in ✎ Dee: Day-to-Day, ✚ Esl English
Tagged dee, ESL, expat, foreign, korea, south, teacher, teaching
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First Snow Today.
As I was teaching my last kindergarten class of the day, the children pointed out to me, with great excitement, that it was snowing. Ah, the first snow! Even in Korea, the first snow brings a smile to the children’s …
One Month of Bliss.
On November the 11th, we celebrated one month of bliss, a month of Dang being with me in Korea. Over the past month, I wouldn’t say that time has stood still, for life has kept on moving at a furious …
Posted in ♥ Love Story, ✎ Dee: Day-to-Day
Tagged 1, anniversary, bliss, dang, dee, korea, month
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Kim’s Club Food Court
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Last week we were both quite tired from school (Dee taught all day and I had to go to school with him). So, in the evening, we decided that we would not cook and would just find some thing easy …
Posted in ☂ Seoul, South Korea, ★ Food and restaurant
Tagged ♥ Love Story, cucumber pickle, Dee and Dang, kimji, Korean food, soup, South Korea
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Sightseeing in Gwangmyeong
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Saturday evening, we walked to the river. The sky still bright, the weather is quite cold and some wind.
Posted in ☂ Seoul, South Korea
Tagged Dee and Dang, gwangmyeong, picture, South Korea, walk
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