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Continue reading β: Winter Camp Lunch, Week OneIt’s time for winter camp which means… Camp Lunches! Instead of one big post, I’m going to be posting about our lunches weekly. This camp, I’m teaching the lowest level camp students. As it’s their first time even being able to attend camp, they are super energetic and already having…
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Continue reading β: Enjoy an Iced Americano with Jesus, Christmas 2025Last year, my friends and I went to a Birthday Cafe for Jesus. It’s happening again this year but a lot of the advertising is in Korean, so I thought I’d break it down a little bit for any English-speaking foreigners that might want to go. (It’s certainly a unique…
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Continue reading β: Cafe Review: Blue Bottle Busan Millak CafeLocated along the Suyeongman Bay, Blue Bottle’s Millak cafe in Busan is a small cafe with an impressive view. This particular cafe was full of natural light thanks to the large windows along the side of the cafe, and there is an outside patio for when the weather is nice.…
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Continue reading β: An Otter-ly Adorable Cafe in Seoul, Cafe SudalThe last time I visited Seoul, I checked out a new-to-me cafe that’s been around for a few years: Cafe Sudal (μλ¬, “otter”), located in Anguk. We went shortly after opening so there was only one other group there, which allowed me to get some great interior shots. The cafe…
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Continue reading β: Book Review: One Hundred Shadows, Hwang JungeunβWhat Iβm saying is, you need to keep your eyes peeled when whatβs in front of you has teeth.β Sometimes we go in search of books. Other times, books find us. βOne Hundred Shadowsβ by Hwang Jungeun, translated by Jung Yewon, found me. This novella focuses on the relationship between…
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Continue reading β: Summer Camp Dosirak AdventureSummer intensive camp at my hagwon finished up last month so I thought I’d share the lunches we were served. If you follow my instagram, you have already seen these photos as I posted them each day. Most lunches were dosirak (λμλ½), or Korean-style lunchboxes. They include rice, soup, banchan…
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Continue reading β: Book Review: The Night is Short, Walk On Girl (Tomihiko Morimi)Back in 2018, fresh off a break-up, I heard of the anime film βThe Night Is Short, Walk On Girlβ and upon finding no one interested in going to watch it with me, turned watching it into a date night with myself. I remember it was screening at the local…
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Continue reading β: Sangnam Traditional MarketI recently visited a traditional market, Sangnam Market, and took some photos and videos. I like visiting traditional markets and seeing all they have to offer. Some are open every day and others are only open on certain days. Enjoy!
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Continue reading β: Mid-Year Book Review 2025Even though July 2nd was the middle of the year, here’s my Halfway Through the Year Book Count! Individual reviews are linked to their titles. Children’s Books When I was a kindergarten teacher, I always loved having books in my classroom for my kids to read when they finished their…
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Continue reading β: Why Eero Cafe Should Be Your Next Coffee SpotEero Cafe is one of the most impressive cafes I’ve visited in Korea. Not only was the coffee delicious, but it features a number of art exhibits, including one downstairs past the bathrooms that is not to be missed. A recurring motif of the cafe is the haechi (ν΄μΉ), a…
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Continue reading β: Book Review: A Thousand Blues(feature image taken from this article) “A horse that wasn’t considered a horse was not allowed to continue living. A horse that couldn’t run had no compelling reason to remain on Earth.” I had never heard of A Thousand Blues until I read an article about the rights being purchased…
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Continue reading β: Flower Cafe Of Your Dreams, City GardenI visited this beautiful flower cafe on a rainy Tuesday morning after running an errand. Even though the opening time was stated as 10am, the doors were open at 9:45 and I was warmly welcomed in from the rain. I had a delicious hand-drip coffee and slice of cinnamon cake…
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Continue reading β: Must-See Exhibits at the Arario Museum in SeoulOne of my favorite museums in Seoul is the Arario Museum in Space, a quirky modern art museum next to Fritz Coffee in Jongno. As I’ve told a few friends I’ve taken there, βit’s an experienceβ as you move through the museum in a disorienting and non-linear way. Don’t be…
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Continue reading β: Korean Translations of Goosebumps: Most Wanted SeriesI recently went to Aladin secondhand bookstore and discovered five of the Goosebumps: Most Wanted series translated into Korean. (It appears that seven were translated, and the store was missing books number five and seven, which seem to be and Creature Teacher: The Final Exam and Son of Slappy, respectively.)…
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Continue reading β: Korean AirBnB, a Block From the BeachLast month, my two friends and I rented an AirBnB for Friday and Saturday night in Busan, about a block from Gwangalli Beach. I’ve got tons of photos from the Gamcheon Culture Village I need to edit, as well as from a solo trip to the Haedong Yonggungsa Temple, aka…
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Continue reading β: Typewriter Themed Cafe: Cafe Tajagi, HBCThe morning I left Seoul the last weekend I visited, I planned on going to a cafe in Haebangchon with some friends I met through a coffee lover’s group. Unfortunately, when I rolled up (or rather, panted my way up the steep and winding strets of HBC, as it’s the…
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Continue reading β: Book Review: Toward Eternity, Anton HurβHumanity is not a thing you achieve by giving. It is something that is given to you.β – Anton Hur, βToward Eternityβ In The Near Future, we are introduced to Doctor Mali, who creates a notebook in order to chronicle the disappearance of Patient One, who has a nanodroid body…
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Continue reading β: Exploring the Songpa Book Museum: A Hidden Gem for Book LoversMy friend Nicole and I visited the Songpa Book Museum and Wayo Coffee sometime early this year. The Songpa Book Museum is an absolute must-visit for book lovers, so read on to find out why! But first, coffee: Wayo Coffee was somewhat close to the Book Museum and we stopped…
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Continue reading β: Kitsch Cafe Review: Cafe HanjanIf you come to Seoul and you visit only franchise cafes, you’re doing it wrong. While there’s nothing wrong with a franchise iced americano or specialty drink once in a while, there are a wealth of small, independent cafes just waiting to welcome you in. In my 5+ years of…
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Continue reading β: Manhole Collection, August 2024-May 2025Manhole Covers The beauty of manhole coversβwhat of that?Like medals struck by a great savage khan,Like Mayan calendar stones, unliftable, indecipherable,Not like the old electrum, chased and scored,Mottoed and sculptured to a turn,But notched and whelked and pocked and smashedWith the great company names(Gentle Bethlehem, smiling United States).This rustproof artifact…
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