Seoulcialite Staycations: Vantage Value Hotel Worldwide High End Suwon

I’m always amazed by how small Seoul can feel for such a massive city.  While Co-Pilot lives on a military base in Korea, his cousin and her boyfriend live live and teach in Suwon!  Suwon is technically part of the Seoul subway system.  Since they’re leaving to go back to the States soon, we wanted to…

Seoulcialite Event: FUNgul Fitness Class (May 9th, 2017)

Fitness in Seoul Looking for something original and fun to do on Presidential Election Day?  NEO Fitness Association International has a wicked event in the afternoon!  NeoGXClub is a pioneer in alternative exercise.  Looking to open Korea up to unique and original workout classes, founder Hajung Lee is constantly creating workouts for individuals of all…

Losing weight in Korea

  The Korean diet is SO healthy…not! While on a bus the other day a friend and I started flipping through timehop and then through old photos on Facebook (“ohhhh my gosh BABY KATE!” was the reaction).  My birthday (coming up August 6th where I’ll go from 27 Western age to 30 Korean age) is…

Moving to Korea? 12 tidbits to consider…

Over two years ago I considered teaching abroad in either Korea or China, but I chickened out.  After moving from Vancouver to Toronto the thought of packing my life into two suitcases and selling the rest just seemed too far-fetched, and having gone through the process of getting transcripts and copies of a degree notarized…