Waegook Tom

[...] Teaching in Taiwan and teaching in South Korea may, at first glance, appear to be remarkably similar. After all, they’re both countries [...]

[...] as me was a scary one. Somehow, I survived. I survived three and a half years, in fact. South Korea came to be a country that I simultaneously loved, despised, and felt utterly perplexed by. Some [...]

[...] you’re covered with Comfort Insurance. So, where should you go if you make it over to South Korea? Here are my tips for how to get the most out of your time while there. Note: all [...]

[...] popular Taiwanese culture. I assumed it would all be handed to me on a platter like it was in South Korea, but alas, it was not meant to be. However before you think all was lost on me, I do happen to [...]

[...] Longshan Temple blew me away on my first trip to Taipei, back in 2011, and I wrote a whole post about it then. [...]

[...] MRT worth hopping off at? Absolutely! I adored Baoan Temple. While not as ostentatious as Longshan Temple, Baoan Temple was still beautiful, and there were very few people there on a weekday. A [...]

[...] . Over the next few days, me and Chevelle went to Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall, Longshan Temple, and strolled around eating all the food, from steamed pork buns and beef noodles to 70. [...]

[...] I loves me some temples. Baoan Temple, Longshan Temple and Treasure Hill Temple in Taipei are among my favourite places in Taipei, and I always [...]

[...] I know I usually do Foodporn Friday posts on this day, Friday. I tell you all about things like the best stuff I’ve eaten [...]

[...] , recently I asked one of my favourite bloggers, Sarah of Mapping Words, to contribute to Foodporn Friday and, since she’s currently living on the Colombian coast, how could I refuse her idea [...]

[...] with food? If so, show us a photo of your favourite meal! Erm, hello! I run a section called Foodporn Friday on this blog, so I think that it goes without saying that I’m adventurous with food. [...]

[...] keeps changing, but one place that keeps cropping up again is Ethiopia.   If you read my Foodporn Friday post from a couple of weeks ago, then this should come as no surprise. I absolutely adore [...]

[...] of teaching, well, I fell hard for Taipei. The atmosphere, the people, the abundance of cute guys. Ah. The cute guys. Towards the end of March, I got a little sick of the cute guys. I [...]

[...] like the plague, and hilarious scenes from Bridesmaids. I’ll talk about bacon pancakes, cute guys on my commute to work, and occasionally over share. Heck, I have an entire post dedicated to my [...]

[...] you looking for?” wore extremely thin. Sometimes I wouldn’t even respond to messages from cute guys, such was the monotonous nature of the conversations. I made a resolution way back in [...]

[...] wander around to scout out the local area for things like parks, supermarkets, cafes, and cute guys.   Bratislava lends itself well to random walking around, that’s for sure. & [...]

[...] to open a cafe or coffee shop, and right now my money goes towards rent, transportation, and bacon pancakes. Occasionally the thought of writing a book pops into my head, but then I wonder what on [...]

[...] how you look at it) they don’t have a loyalty card scheme.   And of course, more bacon pancakes.   Next month’s edition, which shall be unimaginatively titled ‘Best Things [...]

[...] breakfast shop smiled, said something to me in Chinese, I smiled, and I sat eating my bacon pancakes and drinking milk tea, warm but shaded from the sun. It was perfect.   Yet another [...]

[...] do with heights like the plague, and hilarious scenes from Bridesmaids. I’ll talk about bacon pancakes, cute guys on my commute to work, and occasionally over share. Heck, I have an entire post [...]

I’m 28 today! Hooray! Last night, I was sat on the bed in my hotel room here in Bangkok, and I didn’t have a clue what to write about. I’d write [...]

So, I’m back in the UK right now, and I’m typing this post to you from my dad’s home in Leathley. Today has involved fish and chips, a full Engl [...]

On my recent trip back to the UK, I got scared. Not the good kind of scared, as in the, “Ohmygod look at all this cheese, how am I ever going to fin [...]

My contract as a teacher here in Taipei is almost half over. I truly love this city, its people, its organised mayhem, its relative open-mindedness an [...]

On my recent birthday trip to Bangkok, I decided to treat myself on the journey there and back, and flew in EVA Air’s premium economy class. Sure, i [...]

British Christmas food is, hands down, my favourite holiday food in the whole wide world. Maybe I’m a bit biased, what with me being British and all [...]