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Blogging about life, food, travel, entertainment, being an expat in Korea. The owner is a stay-at-home mom to a Filipino-Korean in her early 30s, married to a Korean and adjusting to life in a foreign land.
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Transitioning into Life as an Expat
I’d never thought I’d be an “expat” even if I have siblings living abroad. I’d always heard that immigration is difficult especially in a country with a culture that is so much different from ours. Not only that, life in...
Summer Vacation
Picture taken at Donggang (East River) in Gangwondo three weeks ago. I’m packing our tent, outdoor pillows, portable grill, tubes, and travel essentials for our very short summer vacation. When you’re working in South Korea, it’s al...
Teaching Hangeul and Filipino Culture
I got a call this afternoon from the Women Migrants’ Center. The coordinator of the “Hangeul Gangsa” class asked me if I could attend the class today. Right after coming back from my vacation, I visited the Center for the opening c...
Not a SAHM for now…
‘ve been asked several times what SAHM means. It stands for stay-at-home mom. I can say that I’m a SAHM no more since I started working last Monday. I met with pregnant and blooming Wendy, who would soon be needing baby announcements, in ...
Car Tax Cut
e have a decade old Daewoo Matiz (still in perfect condition), that my husband “inherited” from his younger sister when my father-in-law bought her a Samsung car. FIL playing favorites? No, my husband thought he didn’t need a car be...
Never travel without one
efore my son and I left for our vacation in the United States, I made sure to get a travel insurance. We were covered from the time we boarded the plane until we came back. As tourists, we are not financially protected if we ever needed hospitalizati...
Back to reality
y son and I arrived in Korea on Sunday night. We had an exhausting 15-hour trip from Los Angeles via Korean Air with a layover at Narita Airport in Japan. I’m still “hilong talilong” or disorriented from jetlag. I’d sleep at 7...
Immigrating options
Of my eldest brother’s four children, only his eldest (daughter) has not been to the United States. Her visa is still being processed. In fact, my brother only received the AOS bill in the middle of the week. He took care of it online. While we...
Direct TV in Sunny California
My son and I arrived in California, which is supposed to be sunny, on Monday morning PST. I had to wait for about an hour at the airport for my nephew. For four days, we (or shall I say I) opted to stay indoors as the weather has been quite gloomy. I...
Welfare for Migrant Women
I had an interview with Prof. Michael Meyers, the new host of “Soul of Asia” on tbs, yesterday and I talked about two organizations that women married to Koreans can join. One is ISKA, International Spouses of Koreans Associations, and th...
민방위훈련 Civil defense drill
There was a 민방위훈련 (min-bang-ui-hun-nyeon) or civil defense drill yesterday, March 16 from 2 to 220PM. I heard about the scheduled drill last Saturday afternoon while we were listening to tbs eFM on our drive to Incheon Airport. I made it a ...
tbs eFM’s Soul of Asia
When I first came here, the only English radio station I could listen to was AFN’s Eagle FM (102.7) for the US Armed Forces in Korea. Their signal isn’t as strong now compared to before though. Late last year, an all-English radio station...
Naminara Republic Foreigners’ Free Festival
I was supposed to join friends Wendy, Jasmin and Kaytee on a tour of Nami Island aka Naminara Republic last Saturday. Unfortunately, I got a really bad headache that day. It would’ve been my fifth time to visit the island that became famous thr...
