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Trading Spaces: School Edition
Immersion Education Once More Remember when my school went camping in the Korean mountains for two weeks to commemorate the middle of the fall semester? Well, keeping consistent with these mid-semester trips, after the first half of our spring semester, … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, brianwongderlust, explore, fieldtrip, Korea, southkorea, teaching, travel, trip
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A Winter Camp Story
If you remember my post about summer camp in the Korean countryside, my school does things a little differently from the typical Korean schools when it comes to camp. And so, on January 4, we left our school in Seoul … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, camp, explore, Korea, seoul, south korea, teacher, teaching, travel, Wanderlust, wongderlust
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Prelude to Winter Camp: A Summer Camp Story
I’ve been hanging on to this post for a while without finishing it, but as I am about to start my first winter camp with this school, I felt it was time to wrap it up and post it. Winter … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, camp, explore, Korea, seoul, south korea, teacher, teaching, travel, Wanderlust, wongderlust
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No phone, no pool, no pets, no cigarettes
In true alternative school fashion, when the days grew shorter and the leaves began to change, we decided to pack our bags and spend two weeks camping throughout Korea’s many forests and mountains. A Soopna school tradition, every autumn we … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, camping, explore, hiking, into the wild, Korea, roadtrip, south korea, teacher, teaching, travel, Wanderlust, wongderlust
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Korea Once More
I’ve made a bad habit (a good habit?) of living life without updating this blog for several months at a time, but as I say every time I post an update, it’s been a crazy few months. And it’s not … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, explore, Korea, seoul, south korea, teacher, teaching, travel, Wanderlust, wongderlust
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The hardest part of leaving
This isn’t my first time here. This isn’t my last time here. These aren’t the last words I’ll share. But just in case, I’m trying my hardest to get it right this time around. ~ Sarah Kay The hardest part of … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, explore, friends, friendship, goodbye, moving on, nomad, travel, Wanderlust, wongderlust
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Swipe right if you want to go on an adventure
Swipe right if you want to go on an adventure. Climb aboard this red-striped bus, and we’ll watch this town disappear in the rearview mirror. There’s so much more to this country than city lights, so sit next to me … Continue reading
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Tagged epik, seoul, south korea, teaching, tinder, travel, Wanderlust, wongderlust
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An open letter to the Korean students I didn’t teach
During my last classes at my elementary school in Korea, I made sure my students heard a few choice words from me in the form of a farewell speech. This open letter is a summary of those words, posted online … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, epik, explore, open letter, seoul, students, teacher, teaching, travel, Wanderlust, wongderlust
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How to eat five kilograms of kimchi
Settle into your apartment in Seoul and decide to start cooking meals to save money. Ask your coworkers where the best place to buy kimchi is and be told that your school’s supplier will be the ideal and safest choice. … Continue reading
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Tagged cooking, epik, food, kimchi, korean food, seoul, teaching, Wanderlust, wongderlust
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The Best Nights
The best nights are the ones we never want to end – the ones where our minds create secret photo albums as we race against the sunrise. Laughing. Smiling. Living. Over time, I’ve noticed that I tend to spend my … Continue reading