Hey there! If you wound up at this particular blog, you are either interested in my Korean (mis)adventures, or are genuinely interested in living a life fueled only by kimchi -- in which case, I both applaud you and fear for your sanity.
I am an English teacher based near Seoul, at a private academy that caters to adults. I have previous experience working in Korea at a kindergarten, but let's not speak of that and just pretend that I am starting anew.
What fascinates me is the random misconceptions many westerners have about this country; influenced in some ways at least by its general obscurity, overshadowed by China to the west and Japan to the east -- and even the insane ramblings of its counterpart to the north.
Let me sum up some of the general misconceptions really quickly. Eat dogs? Yes. Eat cats? No. Eat pets? No. Spicy food? Hell yes. Dirt cheap? Depends on where you go. Fast Internet? Yes. Gamer Mecca? Only if you like StarCraft. StarCraft TV? Yes. Two channels on basic cable.
Okay, that is a quick run through, I will definitely go into more details in the future. Mainly I plan to allow my adventure to unfold, and to experience the country in ways many others do not get a chance to; to learn not only the differences, but to find the similarities, and to save you from descending into kimchi inspired madness.
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