Teaching English through EPIK in Daegu, South Korea.
Sorry, it’s not a very exciting About page! Enjoy reading the rest of my blog!
Photo was taken from the top of Daegu Tower, May 2010.
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Teaching English through EPIK in Daegu, South Korea.
Sorry, it’s not a very exciting About page! Enjoy reading the rest of my blog!
Photo was taken from the top of Daegu Tower, May 2010.
Hey! So I’m moving to Daegu next month to teach English. I found a link to your site from koreanbloglist.com. I’m loving your posts! =o) Want to give me a short list of things you wish you brought/things you wish had known before you left? I’d really appreciate it! I’m just starting to work on my blog so it’s blank at the moment. 🙂
Hi
I found your blog today. You seem to have had a much richer experience of life in Korea than a typical visitor and I wondered if the knowledge you’ve acquired during your time might help for a documentary I’m making.
It’s about Korean gardens and allotments and the Korean urge to grow things generally. I’ve just quit my job in the UK TV industry and I’m going to be teaming up with some Korean film makers and photographers to make the doc.
Right now I’m looking for locations and good people to interview and in particular want to find people growing things in unexpected places, even if it’s just one plant in a pot.
Any help or advice would be massively appreciated.
Thank you
Ed
Here’s my email address: stablez@hotmail.com
hey
its really interesting to read your blog! my sis i going to korea very soon and i wanted her to buy me a few albums seeing as i’m a kpop fan was wondering where you would normally buy kpop albums i really want to get taeyang’s new album the day it comes out!! please email me!
Hey,
I just moved to Daegu from Seattle about 5 days ago and just happened to stumble upon your blog doing some research during the halftime of a world cup match on garbage disposal in korea. To which you were very helpful, so thank you. I too am a native San Diegan (actualy Chula-juana is more precise). As you already know, getting acclimated to life in Korea takes a bit of legwork but I was wondering if you might be interested in connecting at some point to help get me somewhat up-to-speed on things. I live in the Sang-In neighborhood and don’t have a cellphone yet, so facebook or my e-mail address works best for now. Hope to year from you. Cheers.
to pagaard – I’m from seattle too. cool.
to the writer of this blog…
it sounds like you have had quite the adventure. I am new to korea and am looking for some cool people to hangout with since I’ve been having a hard time making friends since my school is small and my co teachers are much older. there is one young person but she’s got a korean bf so she never seems to want to hangout. anyway, just trying to make new friends. I don’t have a blog just fb so if I don’t seem to much of a freak to you please shoot me an email on fb or whatever. itd be nice to talk to someone who lives here and is friendly and open minded.
-Rebekah
liabw05@gmail.com
Hey i stumbled upon your blog and your to do list. My list is very similar and i was wondering if you would mind linking up at some point to travel all over Korea. Email me anytime.
I just moved to Daegu from Colorado Springs two weeks ago to teach here at the English Village. I would really like to meet Americans outside of my group of co-workers. Email me anytime. I’m excited to explore this country.
ericcrossi@gmail.com
I stumbled across your blog recently as I was researching life in Korea as I prepare to move to Seoul in the next few days. I, too, will be going through EPIK. I was just wondering how you got from orientation to your apartment with all of your gear. Does EPIK have a representative escort you to your apartment? I am a bit nervous about being set free following orientation to locate my apartment in Seoul. Any info you can give would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
Hello! I have been enjoying your blog quite a bit because I am also from San Diego and am in the process of getting all of my documents apostilled, etc. to be able to head over there (Busan) to teach English. I was wondering if you had any insight into the whole visa process since you went through it in San Diego as well? I am getting fouled up on who I need to get to notarize my diploma and that whole process. If you have any information I would GREATLY appreciate it 🙂
Daygo in the house! Do you happen to know if there are any dance workshops here in Daegu? I’m looking more towards urban, hip-hop, choreo dances. E-mail me if you any info. Good Luck with the teaching!
-Mark
I don’t know about dance workshops but there are definitely dance classes offered downtown. If you’re interested, I can send you the info for that!
Sure, that would be great! Let me know if you can’t see my email address and I’ll post it up. Also, would you happen to know any great dance clubs that plays alot of American songs? I’ve been told alot of the clubs here play just K-Pop all night. Thanks in advance =).
Disregard the club question, I had a coworker tell me that there’s area called “club street”; however, it’s normally swarmed with drunk, aggressive army guys. I love clubbing, but I don’t want to get clubbed =P.
Hi there,
I found your blog and it’s really interesting. I’ve recently just moved to Daegu from Cali to teach English as well. I was wondering, how did/do you meet other people besides your coworkers? They are great, but I want to get the full experience of Daegu and I don’t speak any Korean (yet). Any suggestions would be great!
Thanks,
Chevelle
Thanks for leaving a comment! Well, I think meeting other teachers at your school who are near your age is a good start. They can also introduce you to their friends. Other EPIK teachers that you’ll meet in your program can introduce you to Korean friends that they make, and so on. I also made friends with my Korean teachers after taking classes at the YMCA. As long as you’re open to it, you’ll be able to make plenty of Korean friends and they are usually very interested in forming a close friendship with you! I hope you have a great year in Korea!
Hi. I love your blog! Thanks for sharing with the world. I’m from San Diego too and will be moving to Daegu in a few weeks to start the EPIK 2011 spring program. Are you going to be in Korea for another year? If so, maybe I can meet up with you on a cosmetics run! 🙂 hehe
Hi! Thank you for reading and commenting! So many SD people coming to Daegu – it’s great! Well, you’ll hate the climate change :P. I won’t be in Korea next year, though I’d love to stay longer. I wish I could take you up on your offer for a cosmetics run! I’m sure you’ll enjoy all the free samples and “service-ee”! I hope you have a great experience here in Daegu. You should also try to keep a blog about your experience!
After going through so many ex-pat blogs, I must admit it’s quite refreshing to find one which actually details the classroom/school/work experience. I’ve found that the majority of blogs out there seem to be more for “online diary” type of writing. Thank you so much for providing lesson plans and teaching related links! I am leaving in a month to teach through EPIK. This is weird, but I’m also from San Diego and I’m Philippino and female and so I sort of related more to your blog than anything else. I’m very nervous (never taught anything before) and feel entirely unprepared (just found out I was accepted last week).. If you’re not too busy could you send me your email and perhaps I can ask you a few questions?
Thanks,
Kristin