I travel to her most weekends. She sometimes travels to Seosan, but less often.
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I travel to her most weekends. She sometimes travels to Seosan, but less often.
Pinga
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@Jae - how are you enjoying being on your own most evenings?
I know how I felt when it had been going on for weeks, but, I also was leaving children at home with my husband.
Are you getting any schoolwork done at night, or how do you find the evenings?
An hour commute to the other isn't bad. Mine was 5hrs each way which always made it a pain.
I know how I felt when it had been going on for weeks, but, I also was leaving children at home with my husband.
Are you getting any schoolwork done at night, or how do you find the evenings?
An hour commute to the other isn't bad. Mine was 5hrs each way which always made it a pain.
Pinga, I didn't say that I'm alone.
I find it quite relaxing. I finish work around 9 pm, hit the market, then come home for dinner and R&R. Yobo and I keep in touch, primarily through KakaoTalk.
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I graduated with my Master of Divinity in November, 2018.
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Five hours? That is a journey. How did you pass the time?
We may still do that in the future. It would most likely be in Suwon. We've committed ourselves to be here in Korea for 5 years so we have until 2023.
Yes, that's right. Chat, voice calls, video calls, file transfer. There's also a thing called KakaoStory, which is kind of a private Facebook and KakaoTaxi to get rides.
Pinga
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5 hours -- it depended.
If I was driven by a service to the airport -- I slept -- that was about an hour.
if I drove, lol, i drove and listened to radio.
Once at airport, I had 2.5 hrs , which could be consumed by security. If it didn't, then, often a meal and/or work and/or a book read and/or talking with coworkers (didn't always have coworkers on plane, didn't always have time for a meal).
In flight,for an hour or so, usually slept - sometimes chatted or read.
Arrived - picked up luggage, got car and went to work (about 30min)
5hrs goes by fast.
If I was driven by a service to the airport -- I slept -- that was about an hour.
if I drove, lol, i drove and listened to radio.
Once at airport, I had 2.5 hrs , which could be consumed by security. If it didn't, then, often a meal and/or work and/or a book read and/or talking with coworkers (didn't always have coworkers on plane, didn't always have time for a meal).
In flight,for an hour or so, usually slept - sometimes chatted or read.
Arrived - picked up luggage, got car and went to work (about 30min)
5hrs goes by fast.
Some Asian grocers here are starting to accept it.We've invited my mom to come visit Korea, but thus far she's expressed no interest in coming. We plan to visit Canada when we can.
KayTheCurler
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For many years we scrimped and saved in order to pay for my mum to visit us in Canada. Much cheaper than taking four kids to England - and much easier and pleasanter for everyone. We could arrange a sleeping space for one extra far more conveniently than my mum could find space for six! We could add one passenger to our vehicle easier than find transit fares for us all in England. Our kitchen held big enough pots and pans while mum's only had small ones. I could go on and on...…………...
I miss my mom but during summer months in Canada she lived in NB while we were in Toronto. Tougher is missing my youngest son.
Sounds good.
BetteTheRed
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My grandma (Mom's Mom) came to see us every second summer, for at least 3 weeks, often longer from 1964 until not long before she died in '84.
These reports of yours and @KayTheCurler are interesting Bette - but I don't see what they have to do with living life as a foreigner in South Korea.
Yobo and I actually have two apartments here Pinga. One is a "one room apart" in Seosan. The kitchen, livingroom, dining room and bedroom are all one, with a laundry area that's separated off from the rest by a sliding door, and a bathroom of which the door can be locked. This apartment came with my teaching position.
The other is a more luxurious three bedroom apartment in Suwon.
Foods - We've eaten in some good Korean restaurants - authentic local places with reasonably priced fare. The standard is meat that you grill yourself right at your table. Korean restaurants usually provide plenty of side dishes, and keep them coming - rice, lettuces, kimchi, small fishes, vegetables, tofu, etc.
I haven't tried any new recipes yet.
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