A Korea 1 Week Itinerary
A Korea 1 Week Itinerary I'm going to be giving several Korea travel itineraries in the coming weeks, but this is the first! If you need a Korea 1 week itinerary, this is crafted from my experience coming here...
How Much it Costs to Live in Korea
How Much Does it Cost to Live in Korea? I currently work with GOE, a program similar to EPIK, to teach in South Korea. Here are my main monthly expenses to help you get an idea of how much it costs to live in K...
How Much You Can Make With EPIK (Korea)
How Much You Can Make With EPIK Korea A lot of people like to downplay how much you can make with EPIK. Many naysayers on Reddit will tell you that you're working for minimum wage. I may have my problems with ...
Korean Work Culture (Teaching English in Korea)
Korean Work Culture I have now been living in Korea for 7 months. Things are not all sunshine and roses what with COVID-19. While I always knew that Korean work culture would be difficult to adjust to, with th...
How to Meet Foreigners in Korea
How to Meet Foreigners in Korea Living in the sticks? Came here without a plan? No idea where to start? I was in the latter category as I made my way to Korea. The Facebook groups for the GOE and EPIK programs...
Vacation Time for EPIK Teaching
Vacation Time for EPIK Teaching You might have read in my Why Teach English in Korea post that you get a lot of vacation time for EPIK! This post explains how that works :) Paid Vacation Days With public sch...
Deskwarming in Korea (What is it and why)
Deskwarming in Korea I write to you now from Korea where I am deskwarming. I'll cut to the chase, deskwarming in Korea is when you have to go into work even though you have nothing to do. There are no classes ...
Quarantine in Korea – What’s Happening
Quarantine in Korea So in my last update I touched on the fact that I have been asked to self quarantine in Korea by the school I teach at. The reason is my recent trip to Italy which is seeing the third worst...
A Quick Update (Coronavirus, Quarantine, Jet Lag, Return from Italy)
Coronavirus, Quarantine, Jetlag, Return from Italy Well, I have returned from Italy! I had an absolutely amazing time but have been fighting off my worst case of jet lag in four years. For the last week it's b...
EPIK Summer Camp Schedule: Teach in Korea
EPIK Summer Camp Schedule: What I Did This EPIK summer camp schedule is a continuation of my post on EPIK Summer Camps in general, so check that out first! I'll give the schedule for each school so you can se...