One year in Korea has gone by surprisingly fast. Flash back to me, one year ago, at EPIK orientation: Look at that naive little girl in...

“What do you mean, ‘the air is poison’?” I said. “We’re in Korea, not China.” Veronica shook her head and set down her fork on our...

Text Conversation Over We Chat, 9:22PM Kylie: our bus leaves at 7:55, so let’s get there at 7:20. not sure how to get from the train stop...

The food is easily my favorite thing about Korea. This will be shocking to hear for anyone who knows me at all. I’m the kind of person...

“You said you need to lose weight, right?” my date said between slurps of noodles. “I don’t think I said that.” “Oh.” He put down his...

I spend a lot of my lesson-planning time laughing at the English textbook that I’m required to teach from. On more than one occasion,...

5:30AM: I’m a morning person, I tell myself. I like getting up early, I tell myself. Go be an early bird and catch some worms, I reason...

“Whatever they ask you to do, say yes.” This was the advice that one of the speakers gave us at EPIK orientation. Were you invited to a...

Half-Asians have a spider sense for other half-Asians. It’s hard to describe what, exactly, makes someone “look” half-Asian. I’ve met...

Very late PSA: I’m going to Seoul as an English teacher with EPIK next week… …and sometimes I wonder how I’m going to make friends with...