LESSON 1: KOREAN GRAMMA: I didn’t Know! (으)ㄴ/ 는 or (으)ㄹ 줄 몰랐다

(으)ㄴ/ 는 or (으)ㄹ 줄 몰랐다 Honestly, there is some Korean "grammar endings" (as I called them) that foreigners we are able to remember and use more than others. Therefore, each of us need to find the ones which we feel more comfortable and confident to use. When you read this you must already know... Continue Reading →

January 10, 2014 1

Korean Parenting Style: The Korean goose father 기러기 아빠

Sometimes I feel so amazed and most of the times puzzled for the things I hear and see in KOREA. When I was working in the Korean Company I had the interesting experience of meeting a "Kirogi appa",which in Korean is written like (기러기 아빠) and in English means goose father, and I always wanted to share my thoughts about it. So... Continue Reading →

January 7, 2014 4

Ben’s cookies review: Like Heaven

This week I would like to introduce one of the most delicious cookies that I could find in Seoul. I have been eating them all Christmas and I never get tired!! Those cookies are so called BEN's COOKIES and this amazing recipie and brand in coming from the UK. British people sometimes they have really... Continue Reading →

January 6, 2014 10

Quitting smoking. New year’s resolution, really?

Now the end of the year is just right here, we are all busy thinking about the regrets of things that we haven't done yet. Either because of lack of time or short interest, we all want to do something new, improve somehow our lives, tackle some problem and so on. The keyword here is... Continue Reading →

December 29, 2013 2

In Korea, english is not cool anymore! the chinese language’s take over

When I was younger the second languages that we used to learn was not english but you could choose between French and German. Some years later it switched to english language. Where do french and german as a second language go? English became a official language and if you could be fluent you could get a... Continue Reading →

December 23, 2013 2

Learning Korean… dream or nightmare

I have been in Korea since year 2008. When I came to Korea I didn't know a word of it, I had only a wonderful book for foreigners that my "boyfriend" sent me with the hope that maybe.... only maybe, if I effort a bit, I could acquired some kind of conversational proficiency.... hahaha. The book... Continue Reading →

December 16, 2013 5

MY 5+1 BEST GIFTS FOR THIS CHRISTMAS 2016

Seems unbelievable, but every time seems to be harder and harder to find a nice outstanding gift, don't you think? Tha's why instead of 10 like everybody else, I came out with 5 + 1 which is a bonus idea! In korea at least, you can prepare a coupon of a department store for some amount of money, but... Continue Reading →

December 9, 2013 0

Korea is the world’s top producer of unhappy school children

I really liked so much the way this post in made and I could not agree more with the information in this post, because it exactly reflexts what is happening in Korea at this moment. Laura.

December 5, 2013 0

Blood types in Korea. Short funny description.

2 years ago I didn't know my blood type. As a matter of fact I didn't know anything about it. Interestingly, Koreans relate blood types with people' personality. However, westerners we rely more in horoscopes and so on. What sign are you? I am Aries, the first one (competitive, tenacious, ambicious, spontaneous, etc...) BUT blood type is a different thing,... Continue Reading →