Category: military life
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Let’s Be Fluent In Daegu (Korean and English) – Join us!
You’re here for a year or two or three and you don’t communicate Korean as well as you’d like with those around you. Do you wish you could meet friendly native Korean speakers who want to help you learn and practice Korean (and then you could help them learn English)? What if you don’t know ANY…
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First Thanksgiving in USAG Daegu
Koreans don’t really celebrate Thanksgiving like we do. Well, they do have a week of something similar called Chuseok (this year 주석 happened right after we moved here in late September). The students that attend the DoDEA Schools here have 4 days off and most of the military personnel also enjoy their longer break. But….…
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Veterans Day – Whatever it takes
“A veteran is someone who, at one point in his/her life, wrote a blank check made payable to “The United States of America,” for an amount of “up to and including my life.” – author unknown This is a quote I posted on my wall because that was my mindset as a Soldier and…
