I have lived and worked in Suwon, South Korea for three years. I, like many others, teach English as a second language. This is my final year here. Come Spring 2014, I shall be going travelling for a few months. I wonder what my blog will be called then? Photos, observations on life in Korea, teaching, silly conversations with friends, links to articles I find interesting (especially from the Guardian), and music are things I share here. This list is not exhaustive by a long shot. Feel free to ask me anything.Tumblr (3.0; @kasiainkorea)http://kasiainkorea.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d5565742e5f713e9d32808fde0151bf3/tumblr_moncgrVMRl1qzqoygo1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fd86bb91cb44eac1a615ee15f8cd3a13/tumblr_moncgrVMRl1qzqoygo2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3aac8d2bd55e12d3dac389daa08972e6/tumblr_moncgrVMRl1qzqoygo3_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/fa711b43a5c2ff0cdfcef6156a366309/tumblr_moncgrVMRl1qzqoygo4_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://flavorpill.tumblr.com/post/53362590112/word-portraits-of-fourth-grade-students-around-the" class="tumblr_blog">flavorpill</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><strong><a href="http://flavorwire.com/398973/word-portraits-of-fourth-grade-students-around-the-world/?utm_source=tumblr&utm_medium=flavorwire&utm_campaign=standard-post">Word Portraits of Fourth-Grade Students Around the World?</a></strong></p></blockquote>http://kasiainkorea.tumblr.com/post/53363067045http://kasiainkorea.tumblr.com/post/53363067045Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:40:27 +0900<p>&#8230;no more working for a week or two. Yup, I am quoting Cliff Richard lyrics - wanna make something of it?</p> <p>Just booked KL - Melaka - Singapore - Jakarta - KL with Michelle and Jess. Yippee! This will be my first (and last) summer holiday outside of Korea, in all the years I have been here, as my mum visited the first summer and last year. </p> <p>Yay for adventures!</p>http://kasiainkorea.tumblr.com/post/53357927785http://kasiainkorea.tumblr.com/post/53357927785Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:56:31 +0900kuala lumpurmelakasingaporejakartamalaysiaindonesiaspentgladiatornumbertwo<p>Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, was born on this day in 1964. He is 49 today.</p>http://kasiainkorea.tumblr.com/post/53351041952http://kasiainkorea.tumblr.com/post/53351041952Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:50:14 +0900birthday of the dayboris johnsonmayor of london<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b4af6894d5472b69a99bb83ea41e3d07/tumblr_momz7xzj021r7rvjno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Photo of the Day: Wednesday 19th June.</p> <p>Dead bike.</p>http://kasiainkorea.tumblr.com/post/53350895982http://kasiainkorea.tumblr.com/post/53350895982Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:45:28 +0900photo of the dayphotophotographybikepinksuwonkorea<p>Paul McCartney was born on this day in 1942. He is 71 today.</p>http://kasiainkorea.tumblr.com/post/53273199252http://kasiainkorea.tumblr.com/post/53273199252Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:57:33 +0900birthday of the daypaul mccartneythe beatles<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f6249145037f2ae8f73eb53e71fcd4ee/tumblr_mol68sJ0141r7rvjno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Photo of the Day: Tuesday 18th June.</p> <p>Snail on an umbrella.</p>http://kasiainkorea.tumblr.com/post/53270578778http://kasiainkorea.tumblr.com/post/53270578778Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:21:58 +0900photo of the dayphotophotographysnailumbrella<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c60d7e22f92f59cf942e284afb243595/tumblr_mok52wIt7u1qz4cuyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://links.laughingsquid.com/post/53226321401/the-konstruktor-a-build-your-own-35mm-slr-camera" class="tumblr_blog">laughingsquid</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://laughingsquid.com/the-konstruktor-a-build-your-own-35mm-slr-camera/">The Konstruktor, A Build-Your-Own 35mm SLR Camera</a></p></blockquote>http://kasiainkorea.tumblr.com/post/53244672133http://kasiainkorea.tumblr.com/post/53244672133Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:19:47 +0900<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/51aef265721f4aee88929da779c6f63a/tumblr_mohylaU0tJ1r5cuu2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://kasiainkorea.tumblr.com/post/53198169635http://kasiainkorea.tumblr.com/post/53198169635Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:08:43 +0900<p>Ken Loach, the British director, was born on this day in 1936. He is 77 today.</p>http://kasiainkorea.tumblr.com/post/53197914719http://kasiainkorea.tumblr.com/post/53197914719Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:03:50 +0900birthday of the dayken loach<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7aa32b1e90a99054e90ef0eefe8f9601/tumblr_mojll8w38I1r7rvjno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Photo of the Day: Monday 17th June.</p> <p>Plug.</p>http://kasiainkorea.tumblr.com/post/53197618668http://kasiainkorea.tumblr.com/post/53197618668Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:58:15 +0900photo of the dayphotophotographyplug<p>It was meant to rain today. It didn&#8217;t. The humidity is oppressive. I feel like I am being hugged by air pregnant with rain that&#8217;s not ready to pour yet.</p>http://kasiainkorea.tumblr.com/post/53184752033http://kasiainkorea.tumblr.com/post/53184752033Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:17:00 +0900rainmonsoon<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/39ae4e7b8b8875046e4b7a8f3fc8fb72/tumblr_mohy8qHhGJ1qanm80o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://imwithkanye.tumblr.com/post/53124562908/10-fathers-we-can-be-proud-of-heres-a-short" class="tumblr_blog">imwithkanye</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><strong>10 Fathers We Can Be Proud Of.</strong> Here’s a <a href="http://www.queerty.com/10-fathers-we-can-be-proud-of-20130616/">short listicle</a> dedicated to the fathers who are proud of their gay kids. Who have stood up for them in some way. Who didn’t make them feel ashamed about being gay. (Happy Father’s Day.)</p></blockquote>http://kasiainkorea.tumblr.com/post/53162518562http://kasiainkorea.tumblr.com/post/53162518562Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:26:01 +0900<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b09d9419f16e61d3c3a7bd1fc1eaf5f3/tumblr_mohq628zLQ1r7rvjno1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/df60c174b6d9b0b305f32f2bf6264067/tumblr_mohq628zLQ1r7rvjno2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0bb7416b6e6d3b57335a94aeb2ac4d2d/tumblr_mohq628zLQ1r7rvjno3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7d088e1866bbe78ea63049cd5d87f2ab/tumblr_mohq628zLQ1r7rvjno4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Photos of me on the Neighbours tour and by the lighthouse from Round the Twist in 2011.</p>http://kasiainkorea.tumblr.com/post/53113799814http://kasiainkorea.tumblr.com/post/53113799814Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:42:02 +0900neighboursramsey streetround the twistaustralia<p>Winning the quiz was especially nice tonight as we haven’t won in a while and it went to a tie breaker round. We ended up winning by a point. </p> <p>There was a photography round, which meant I got to use my degree (yay!), and a question on Dee’s death in Neighbours - an Australian soap it’s safe to say I was obsessed with when I was a kid. I’d make my mum record it if I knew I was going to miss an episode. Even though I haven’t watched it in years, when I was in Australia in 2011, I went on the Neighbours tour and going to Ramsey Street was brilliant. The tour was run by an Irish guy and it was pretty much only Brits on the tour and it was nice that I wasn’t the only one on my own!</p> <p>Later on I went on a Great Ocean Road tour and I was the only Brit so although I got excited when they took us to the lighthouse from Round the Twist, no one else understood. Round the Twist was a brilliant kids show. I am pretty sure if you ask anyone from the UK who is roughly my age, they will sing the theme tune at you. “Have you ever, ever felt like this? When strange things happen, are you going round the twist?”</p>http://kasiainkorea.tumblr.com/post/53111702504http://kasiainkorea.tumblr.com/post/53111702504Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:12:34 +0900quizphotography degreeneighboursround the twistramsey streetaustraliamelbournegreat ocean road<p>Irving Penn, the American photographer, was born on this day in 1917. He would have been 96 today.</p>http://kasiainkorea.tumblr.com/post/53109056003http://kasiainkorea.tumblr.com/post/53109056003Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:01:41 +0900birthday of the dayirving penn<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b55903e3003fc080a25cfb1d52a1a503/tumblr_mohlf4QeIC1r7rvjno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Photo of the Day: Sunday 16th June.</p> <p>Quiz winnings.</p>http://kasiainkorea.tumblr.com/post/53108941182http://kasiainkorea.tumblr.com/post/53108941182Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:59:21 +0900photo of the dayphotophotographymoneywonkoreaitaewonrocky mountain tavern“There is a huge amount of freedom that comes to you when you take nothing personally.”<br/><br/> - <em>Don Miguel Ruiz   (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thatkindofwoman.tumblr.com/">thatkindofwoman</a>)</em>http://kasiainkorea.tumblr.com/post/53089103965http://kasiainkorea.tumblr.com/post/53089103965Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:08:04 +0900<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/17478d737e5a968e29b420884ba43e9f/tumblr_moh7fwnY9g1r7rvjno1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Happy Father’s Day, Tatus.</p> <p>Kocham cie.</p>http://kasiainkorea.tumblr.com/post/53088707350http://kasiainkorea.tumblr.com/post/53088707350Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:57:13 +0900father's day<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/VAJ-5J21Rd0?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>iO Tillett Wright: Fifty shades of gay.</p>http://kasiainkorea.tumblr.com/post/53083435604http://kasiainkorea.tumblr.com/post/53083435604Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:58:42 +0900io tillett wrightfifty shades of gayphotographyhuman rights<p>Simon Callow, the British actor, was born on this day in 1949. He is 64 today.</p>http://kasiainkorea.tumblr.com/post/53019135015http://kasiainkorea.tumblr.com/post/53019135015Sat, 15 Jun 2013 21:12:44 +0900birthday of the daysimon callowfour weddings and a funeral