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House-hunting in Korea

Right now, I live in an apartment block in Dongducheon. I live here because I got married whilst working in a public school in Uijeongbu, and they refused to provide anything more than a 1-room officetel for myself and my expectant wife. We decided to get our own place, stumped up the deposit and paid our own rent.

I eventually quit my PS job a few months into a 2nd year contract because they were acting somewhat nuts. I found a great job in a hagwon that I totally enjoy. My boss is awesome!

Unfortunately, a month or 2 ago, my wife was hospitalised. After she came home, and I had been caring for the baby alone (thanks to a very understanding boss who gave me a week off with 2 hours notice), I decided that I should not sign another year here, and we should look at moving to Seoul where her sisters will be on hand to help.

So, the fun begins. More »

I’m back, and I’m pissed!!!

So it’s been a while… It seems I have not had much time to do anything for myself lately, though my situation is about to change for the better. Over the past few months I have been a slowly drawn into a number of things that have happened (and are still happening) in Korea, and I need to vent! With my own super-speedy domain, and time that I have had to free-up for some extra-curricular activities (more on that later) I figured that I now have the time to dedicate to some serious ranting.

Anyway… here’s your starter for 10:

What did the Korean government do back in September when I made the ridiculous request of having my name added to our family documents?

What’s that? They relented? I thought so too. Nope. They lied!

I discovered this after we needed to get a copy made of the paperwork in January. There I wasn’t! My wife was distraught. Our daughter will be viewed as somebody from a one-parent family. By extension, that makes my wife a whore – and that is how she expects to be treated as schools in future.

Thankfully, the Korean Government have a nice website set up so that people can make complaints about government legislation, and petition to have it changed. More »