Do it now, do it now, do it now!

As a wise lululemon poster once said, “Do it now, do it now, do it now!” Well, I’m finally going to stop saying how much I wish my entire life was documented with journals and scrapbooks, and write a blog. For those of you who are reading this, I’m going to assume two things: 1) you are my friend or family member 2) you know me well enough to know that clearly I wish I had the will power to begin blogging from this day forward… but I don’t.

I’ve been in Korea for almost 9 months but better late than never, right?

Since being in Korea I’ve experienced many things that P.E.I, Australia and Halifax simply have not offered. First of all, there are lots of foods that I either feel in love with or learned to like. Dak Galbi (chicken, chili pepper paste, ramen, sliced cabbage and potatoes, all topped with cheese and cooked in a skillet all before your eyes), Galbi (Korean BBQ) and bibimbap (mixed rice: rice with vegetables, an egg and red pepper paste) are among my favorites. Octopus, whole fish in soup, spinach, and snails are not. However, I have probably eaten these on a more regular basis than I would have ever imagined.

There are many other things besides food that throw you for a loop right away. Things that took some adjustment include: feeling like a sardine in a can when commuting on the train or subway, getting shoved everywhere you go, filling up on plain rice at lunch when kimchi, seaweed soup and deep-fried bony fish just don’t cut it, replacing “Hello” with bowing, and feeling like you’re receiving gold when you extend both arms to accept anything… just to name a few.

Up to this point, my highlights of teaching, traveling and random adventures (that I will elaborate on later) include, but are not limited to:

- Trials and tribulations of communicating with Koreans
- Paragliding
- DeokJeokDo
- Seoraksan National Park
- Taekwondo
- Ashley Wry’s visit
- Christmas
- Thailand
- Canadians unite for the Olympics
- Jen and Sheilagh’s visit


Peace and love.