Category: The Crazy-Happy-Go-Lucky Life
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New Beginnings…
I woke up in bed this morning cocooned in plush blankets and didn’t have that vague disconcerted feeling that sometimes comes from waking up in a new place. The familiar is slowly coming familiar again. I rolled over to find out why my alarm hadn’t got off. I felt slightly…
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Not For Lack of Love
“We all left home cuz we were bored on some level, right?” I’m sorry, what?? While this may be true for the foreign teacher who said this; I couldn’t relate. Before I left Minnesota for my new life in Korea, I felt like life was pretty great. I had more…
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Thoughts for Spring
Happy Easter! Here are 7 Quotes for Spring 🙂 “Spring: a lovely reminder of how beautiful change can truly be.” This is just a pinterest quote I found that I think struck me because as I feel like my life, like so many peoples, is so full of change right…
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Unexpected Food Adventures in Korean Schools:
Coming to a new country I expected there to be odd moments with food. Moments which leave me confused, possibly delighted and possibly disgusted. I just thought I would share some of the memorable dishes I’ve eaten at my schools here so far. Episode One~The Shrimp: “Do you like shrimp, Lucca?” a…
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My Top 5 Biggest Fears Before I Came to Korea…
Moving to a completely new country that I had never been to came with lots of unknown variables and inevitably some fears. Here were my 5 biggest fears before coming to Korea: The cold. Everyone goes on and on about how frigidly cold Korea can get in the winter which…
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Seven Things I’ve Learned Living Seven days in Korea
Ok, for those seven days I’m counting the days I have lived on Geoje Island. I was staying in Busan for about a week before that but a week ago today I moved in and really made Korea my home. I’ve learned just how beautiful Korea can be. Of course,…
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The Secret Life of Jang-mi: First day Teaching in Korea or Returning to Toddlerhood
Welcome to the Secret life of Jang-mi 🙂 Jang-mi means “Rose” in Korean and since my middle name is Rose my co-teacher thought it would be a pretty name for me. I 100% agree 🙂 And I love it when Koreans call me Jang-mi^_^ its just so pretty!! Anyways, this…
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Making Quitter’s Month a Good Month
So, on this blog I talk a lot about the importance of dreaming and having ambitions, and I have let you in on some of my own personal goals and dreams, hoping that you can relate, be inspired by, or sympathize with me. A lot of people make goals or resolutions.…
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Gray
I don’t have much time today, aside from work and such to write but I wanted to make a brief comment on the weather. Gray. What’s this? An Eeyore post? I’m not trying to be gloomy, I just wanted to point out that some days can be described no other way than gray;…
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Three Small Ways to Be a Better Person
I’ve realized that during college it is easy to grab a group of friends and head out to do something good–carpool to a nursing home and sing Christmas carols. Sometimes you even get pressured into donating to a good cause or running for life which is great. Then college ends…
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