Shannon's Asian Invasion

I realize that a large portion of my blog entries have to do with questionable cuisine choices; this entry is no different. That's all p...

There's a new fad in Asia called Dr. Fish. Dr. Fish is a cafe with shallow, warm-water foot pools containing hundreds of tiny minnow-lik...

So it's been awhile. I've had motivation issues. Anyway, as many of you know, I was in beautiful Australia for an entire month the e...

I was listening to some music today, and this song hit me hard. ...

I arrived back in Seoul Sunday, only to get some terrible news on Tuesday. My dear friend Joel was taken from this life without warning Mond...

Although this has been on my list of things to do for a long time, I just got around to going to a true Oriental doctor last Friday. By Orie...

Me, Merek (my class partner from Kazakhstan, aka Borat) and the woman from India. My teacher Ji seon Yang (Korean) in the middle, Guatemala ...

So I recently found out that one of the most famous Korean pop stars, Lee Hyori, attends the university I teach at. She's even a Communi...

My trip to the Philippines was amazing in many ways. I think the best way to go about explaining it to you is in highs and lows. Highs: We d...

Coming up at the end of September is the Korean thanksgiving celebration called "Chuseok". We get 3 days off of work, plus the wee...

While I was back in Milwaukee, I was busy everyday seeing people and doing summer things. I went to a Brewer game (and tailgated), Six Flags...