When I read the weather report saying we were due for a cold weekend as ‘the Siberian cold front is moving south toward the Korean peninsula’. I couldn't help but think that the weather report sounded like something out of the Will Jaeger series (one of my favourite book trilogies). I imagined I was sitting…
Happy New Year!!! Wow, I can't believe that 2020 is over. Personally, 2020 has been one of the most fun and exciting years so far. Although there were many challenges along the way I still managed to achieve and experience many new things. For many years a challenge of mine was to step out of…
In the early hours of Christmas morning, I sat in bed listening to Christmas music re-living some of my favourite Christmas memories that I'd mentally collected over the years. I think my youngest Christmas memory is sitting on the floor crossed-legged in a position that I’m surprised I can still walk today playing with a…
In the last few weeks, the number of daily infections has spiked in South Korea reaching similar values to the first wave which was in February. Last week the country introduced higher levels of social distancing which meant that various establishments are now under strict health and safety requirements or have even been shut down.…
Continue reading ➞ Korea’s Third Wave of Corona & My Experience With Offline Classes
When studying literature the changing of seasons are often used to symbolize different ideas such as the passing of time or age. For example, Spring tends to symbolize new life and happiness whereas winter will often symbolize death or illness. Autumn, on the other hand, tends to symbolise maturity and sadness or preparation for change.…
Firstly I would like to apologize for not writing any posts for the last few weeks. I’ve been extremely busy with TOPIK exams and offline classes (YES!!! You read that right. After 9 months in Korea I started offline classes- I will write a separate blog post about that) Most of my year has been…
Continue reading ➞ What is TOPIK? Why does she mention it from time to time?
HAPPY FIJI DAY!!! A Special post to celebrate 50 years of independence!!!Fiji is a small country so it’s not every day that you meet someone else who is also from Fiji. However, I was lucky enough to find a small community of Fijians while on holiday in Seoul. HAPPY FIJI DAY! From Gwangalli Beach, Busan…
What does one get up to during her first Chuseok in South Korea?If you asked me a year ago 'what Chuseok meant to me?' I would probably say that it was something I brought up during my Scholarship interview in the hope that it would get me some extra points to indicate that I had…
Once I left Wendy in Paju, I was on my way to meet the Seomyeon Squad in Hongdae. FYI Seomyeon Squad is what I call my group of friends from the dorms, this consists of Kami, Alan and Zaya who I go everywhere with. Seomyeon is the main shopping district here in Busan where we…
Hello! It’s been quite a while since I’ve written a blog post or even thought about the blog. If you read the last post you know that I’m currently on summer holidays. Last Sunday I arrived back from travelling around Seoul and Paju.Since moving to Korea this was probably the first ‘touristy’ trip I’d taken,…
