Mr. & Mrs. Vandebilt + kids

Category: South Korea

  • J’étais un professeur de français pendant un jour

    Our friend Wendy had the unfortunate pleasure of working at a completely and utterly ridiculous school. There is a lot of back story to help explain why they are ridiculous but suffice to say they rarely paid her on time, they fired Nollie, and the school looks like a part…

  • Coming out of Hibernation

    In true Canadian fashion, Jacob and I have spent the last 2.5 months holed up in our apartment trying to avoid winter. While winter may not have been as cold here as what we were used to, it was still just as miserable as I remembered. Korea has unfortunately not…

  • Teaching English in South Korea – General Information

    When we were deciding whether to come to South Korea to teach we had many questions.  Leaving our comfortable home life was a major decision and it was sometimes difficult to make an informed decision.  You can never know the details of what it will be like but it sure…

  • Little Jun Bum

    I have a new Korean friend.  His name is Jun Bum.  His English skills are very good.  He loves foreigners. He does not like his life in Korea.  In his next life he says he will be a foreigner.  Jun Bum is starting his first year of high school.  He…

  • Sink Farts

    Our apartment has an occasional odor problem.  It is common to notice the aroma of meals being prepared from other apartments in a building.  The difference here is that the meals being prepared are not ones I would commonly choose to ingest.  We live on the ninth floor of a…

  • A Noisy Noise Annoys the Canadians

    Korea is definitely the loudest place I have ever lived. Which may come as a shock to some of you seeing as I grew up in a house where it was common to have 2 tv’s on, plus the radio, a child screaming and a dog barking. It’s possible that…

  • Tongue Twisters

    One of my classes was learning about tongue twisters.  I thought to myself that this type of lesson would be difficult to explain and teach.  It was.  The best part though was how much fun it was for me to hear.  Hilarity ensued and I just had to record a…

  • Sneaky Bean

    Red beans are the sneakiest beans known to Korea.  You will find red bean paste cleverly hidden inside many local delights.  You think you’re buying a doughnut or similar delicacy but you’re really buying a not so tasty bean treat.  Red bean in fish, red bean in nuts, red bean…