I am an English professor, offering free tours of Busan, South Korea, in English, to Koreans and International travelers.
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Last Saturday night and Sunday morning (97/8/7), I ate at a (Pal-u hang-yang) Buddhist monk's dining ceremony in So-myon. The organizer, Jay Oh, invited foreigners, so they could see how monks eat every night. Most of the Koreans there were experiencing this for the first time as well. The night started off with the monk, Shin-san, explaining to everyone how the evening's meal would proceed. Everyone there was nervous, including me, because the rules seemed so complex. I soon realized that this form of eating is in reality very simple, indeed. We then broke for about half an hour, and at around 11:30pm, we sat down to eat. We had a special way we were supposed to hold our bowls, a way to serve the food (in a buffet manner) and we were not supposed to make any noise, not even to hear ourselves chew, because this would take us out of the meditative state of mind. The monk seemed to be really intrigued that there were some foreigners present, and was keen as to make sure that ...
TRAVELS FROM NORTH AMERICA BACK TO SINGAPORE We got to the Burlington airport bright and early. The security was confused about the Epsom Salts I had in my carry on (it was too heavy for my checked baggage, as I had to take ten pounds out, or pay 50$). They scanned it 4 times, did a drug and bomb search on it, along with my Kindle and toothbrush, LOL. I eventually got them through. When I checked in at JFK, Emirates gave me a window seat, so I changed the JFK-DUBAI portion to an aisle seat, but they could not help me with the Dubai-Spore portion. The people sitting next to me are going to be annoyed with a huge guy taking up 1 and a 1/2 seats, LOL. I had reserved them in the aisle in Sept., but looks like I got bumped, again, as did Carol. Next time, cheapie Charlie airlines, all the way!! I was able to use my Korean Air Skymiles on the flight, which is good, because they never expire. I checked my bag at JFK...
My first presentation shouldn't be that difficult, after all, I have been making presentations everyday for my students. Just that in this case, my students would be my peers. Teaching English idioms and expressions through television was the topic I had to present, a topic I have been using and studying about since 2004. Fast forward to the 2015 KOTESOL International Conference and I was ready to give my 80 minute workshop presentation. To my delight, the room was packed full of eager learners. I was glad to see some Korean faces in the audience, knowing full well that they were curious and willing to help their students with this nontraditional method of learning. My presentation went off without a hitch. Many people left partway through my presentation to go to a different speaker. When I was done speaking, the remaining faithful were first broken up into groups to act out a lesson as an ESL student. I believed, through personal experie...
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