Screen name: 
Age: 
29
Gender: 
Female
Travel status: 
Traveling now
Hometown: 
Washington DC
Currently in: 
Goyang City, South Korea
 
Favorite places I've been: 
Scotland, The Netherlands, Japan, India, and the USofA!

Places I want to go to: 
Africa, Spain, Lebanon, Egypt, Australia, South America, Thailand, Vietnam, the list goes on and on.

 
About me: 
I've decided to make a big life change and move to South Korea for a year to teach Engrish!

 
 
 
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by kburg | 2009/12/15

Hey w.b.!

I'm new here on Matador, and I'm trying to find fellow English teachers in South Korea as I'm about to venture off for my career as a teacher in South Korea while traveling around Asia as much as possible.

I've read a few of your posts, some of them are quite hilarious. I hope you're enjoying your time over there. Do you have any advice before I leave the states?!

I'd also like to hear about your trips to Scotland, as I'm hoping to met a Scottish lad one day and run away with him somewhere atop the green mountains. :)

Happy Holidays from the states!

By w.b.  |  Location: South Korea  |  05/26/09  |  Pics: 0

i am not sure why, but koreans walk extremely slowly.  the only other western teacher i know was told by her korean friend that it is a sign of a good life... that they can take their time, and don't 'have' to rush anywhere.  whatever the reason, i find it annoying.

apparently if you have...

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By w.b.  |  Location: South Korea  |  04/15/09  |  Pics: 0

whilst cleaning the shelves of one of my closets i found the manual to my washing machine tucked away on the top shelf.  normally i would have been thrilled, however, the manual was also (just like my washing machine) written in korean.  i decided to bring it to school and ask one of the...

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By w.b.  |  Location: South Korea  |  04/07/09  |  Pics: 0

amazingly i have been here in korea over a week.  in some ways it feels as though i just stepped off the plane, and others as though i've been living here forever.  i'm starting to feel pretty adjusted to living on a different continent and am fairly well settled in at this point.  

i...

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