Author Archives: chrissy

2010 was nothing short of pure EPIC and I can’t believe it flew by in such a flash. Seriously what an amazing year. I went awesome places, met awesome people, did awesome things, and spent the whole thing living in an amazing foreign country. A whole year away from home, a whole year in a &hellip Continue reading »

Well I don’t believe in vacations that don’t involve some beach action, so of course this trip did too. Malaysia is seriously underrated as a tourist destination. It was home to the prettiest beaches I have ever seen– and yes, even trumped Thailand. We stayed on the Perhentian Islands off the northeast coast of mainland &hellip Continue reading »

After a few days in the city, we headed north to the Teman Negara Rain Forest. It’s 130 million years old and known for being the oldest in the world. SO AWESOME. I was sure we were going to die on the terrifying bus ride there, but magically we survived and made it to the &hellip Continue reading »

My main rule in Korea is that during every major vacation- so every winter and summer- I must travel to a faraway land. After some major debate between Indonesia, Malaysia, and The Philippines… Malaysia took the gold and we booked our tickets for a 14 day journey in tropical paradise. Malaysia was kind of a &hellip Continue reading »

(Sept 18-19) Ijak Island is a magical place off the western coast of Korea. We tried going there on a big group camping trip over the summer, but unfortunately it was too foggy, the ferry was cancelled, and we went to this beach instead: (Incheon. Fun trip, but nasty water.) September offered a lovely bonus &hellip Continue reading »

The World Cup happened a long time ago..like almost 5 months ago type of long time. If I don’t dedicate a whole post to it though, I’ll feel like a complete Korea failure, since it was basically the hugest event of the year. So I’ll just do a quick recap so I don’t forget about &hellip Continue reading »

Although not always well portrayed on Facebook and other sources, my life DOES consist of a little more than just play all the time. We’ve been trying to mix it up a little with touristy stuff and just regular life stuff (like joining the gym. woohoo.) Although it means I’ve still been just as busy &hellip Continue reading »

Happy Halloween! Halloween is one of those holidays I can never completely make up my mind about.. My costumes are always last minute and thrown together, and overall I’m not a fan of scary things. But it is also a holiday that serves no other purpose than to give everyone an excuse to have fun, &hellip Continue reading »

Oct 23/24 One of the fun things about living in a foreign country is that you gain instant celebrity-ness. People stare constantly, people always ask to take my picture (awkward) and people always throw their babies at me to hold. Sometimes those kids cry  (super awkward.) Overall it’s a pretty exciting gig, although occasionally I &hellip Continue reading »

Today I put real energy into each of my classes planned Thailand logistics made hummus from scratch tackled the laundry walked the river trail sorted a summer’s worth of recycling dishes, tidying, regular maintenance ground up fresh coffee for the morning and, am finally blogging Last weekend I single handedly took out 5 boys in &hellip Continue reading »