Never Has Instant Coffee Meant So Much

I brought a big plastic bottle of Folger’s instant coffee from the states a year ago.  I don’t dig instant coffee.  It was a purchase of survival.  Coffee is a staple of the Brianaistan.  My people live on it, yo. 
Of course, between then and now I was lured by the shamefully sweet Korean instant coffee, [...]

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Speaking Test

The easiest speaking tests to grade are for the students who didn’t do any of the work.  Your zeros save my time.

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Slow Sunday, boo

I’ve taken my before picture, which I will post with an after photo in 60 days.  (I’ll say this now, my apartment’s lighting did not flatter my knees.)
It’s been a slow Sunday.  I did a little grocery shopping.  Before that I watched this movie I’d never heard of called New York, I Love You.  It [...]

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To steal the internet I have to keep my window up

Even though it sounds cool, do NOT drink two cups of black coffee and go lift weights.  Hello heartburn!  (This is advice I give from personal experience)
Went to see my friend Amanda’s first belly dance performance at a bar in the foreigner district, Itaewon. It was below ground and everything was painted black.  My first [...]

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Seriously, is this how you treat your friends? And other reasons why Koreans need to treat their bodies with more care

I had a bit of a lousy day at work.  I walked out on one very very very rude class, leaving my co-teacher to deal with them.  I’ve been teaching here for a little over a year, which admittedly doesn’t make me very experienced, but I can say that this small class of D level [...]

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Weight Lifting is Good / Why Coach Why?

It’s amazing how fast my body has changed and my strength has increased after less than a week of weight lifting.  And cardio.  And taekwondo.  Feels good.  
On Friday night Katie and I grabbed a drink with our Canadian taekwondo coach, Dan, and his Korean girlfriend, Yumi. We were drinking a Korean rice wine.  After [...]

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Exclusive Sneak Peek!

As per usual, my Halloween costume is uninspired.  This year I will be going as “a girl with a red wig and fake glasses.”

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Jelly Arms

I have to be stopped.  I can NOT buy any more clothes.  It’s been fun, I look fabulous (fabulous!), I have more clothes than hangers, and my plastic has been swiped so many times it’s on fire. (Okay, my plastiic s a debit card, so I can’t rack up debt.)
I found a plus size section at [...]

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My Common Cold in Korea

My fever was really high last night, it topped off at about 103, which worried me.  How high does a fever have to go before it starts damaging your tissue permanently?  
The Babysitter took me to the clinic across the street this morning.  She met me at my apartment, and as I closed the door [...]

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Sick

I’m sick.  Where’s my mommy?  
I’m going to have to get rid of my glitter claws for taekwondo, hence the third picture.

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