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June 2018 Summer Camp is a blast for the Kids!
Author: Christi Cline Editor: Jessica Lister In case you haven’t heard, Pyeongtaek Youth Rock! Earlier this year I had heard about a couple different camps being offered. As a mother of four, who is deeply invested in their children’s well-being, I was worried about what kind of experience was offered. I also worried if my kids would be safe. I talked to the parents of the kids who attended last year’s camps and found that the Pyeongtaek Youth Center group received consistently high praise. One parent said it was one…
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How to get Better Service in Korea
Let’s talk about how to get ‘better’ service in Korea. I put ‘better’ in quotes because service looks different in different countries since each culture has its own expectations. Such differences may feel like ‘bad service’ since they don’t meet our own social expectations. Let’s look at what this might mean. About My Life In Korea I am a US military spouse living in Korea with my family. I have a few kids who are homeschooled and we spend a great exploring Korea off base. I’m also half Korean but…
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PIEF: Traditional School Celebration
Finding a sense of community is one of the most important parts of feeling at home. In our home countries we know how to do that based on habits and cultural rules. We have the usual places we go and the usual things we do. As we move around from town to town we can usually recreate these experiences since we all share a culture and a language. However, when we move abroad all this changes. It becomes harder to find those centralized experiences that bring us together with others.…
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2017 Earth Day Pyeongtaek
Our stretch of road. We are excited to announce that we are supporting the wonderful blogger Sig Flips the Table in presenting Pyeongtaek’s First Annual Earth Day on Saturday April 22nd. The City of Pyeongtaek has been fabulously supportive of this event and will be providing free trash bags to all participants. They can be collected at Pyeongtaek International Exchange Foundation in Paengseong or Songtan. Read Sig’s the full article HERE: http://sigflipsthetable.com/2017/04/10/earth-day-pyeongtaek/ to learn the details and then join a local Earth Day team or sponsor a team of your own. Team…
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Be The Light
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the fact most foreigners in this area come for a hot minute, feel overwhelmed with culture shock for 12 months, get angry about how everything isn’t like home, and then are off too the thing. Living here isn’t life for most people, it’s a marathon of experiences that leave them spinning right round, right round baby… and they don’t realize that- despite their short stay- they leave a path of either destruction or grown in their wake. Which brings me to this point…
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Pyeongtaek FB Groups to Join
Nothing fancy, just a few links to some of our favorite FB Groups in Pyeongtaek. The expat community uses FB to connect, meet new friends, share information, and build relationships.
