Do Western and Asian people really think differently? Come and take a couple of simple tests to find out! Continue reading
One of the natural results of a Korean and a Brit living together is that we often run into communication problems. My wife’s English is very good, and though my Korean is slowly getting better there are still many times when we find that one of us just can’t understand exactly what the other means. … Continue reading
Being in a road accident is a scary experience. Doing it in a foreign country is really terrifying! Continue reading
Theatre doesn’t work if you don’t trust the people you’re working with. It makes sense: if you’re trying to perform with someone who cannot remember their lines, forgets their cues or simply has no respect for the team then the play just won’t take off. Something will jar. To put it more vividly… Continue reading
The assumption that my wife and I will soon have a baby follows us everywhere these days. It began even before we were married as our friends speculated pregnancy as the reason for our early marriage… Continue reading
I’ve realised recently that I’ve written a scarce amount about the most interesting thing in my life and the very reason I started this blog: my experiences of international marriage. Granted I’ve gone over various things relating to weddings and have even ventured into talking about the vastly complicated area of Korean culture. But this… Continue reading
Perhaps the biggest difference between Western and Eastern values is the West’s emphasis on the individual and the East’s emphasis on the group. From a Western perspective you might see… Continue reading
As my wife and I had promised we headed back to the UK for our second wedding last January. Actually, it’s illegal to get married twice even to the same person in a different country, so we decided to have a blessing ceremony. It’s all the same but you do everything in the past tense … Continue reading
Plain but refreshing, these warm noodles easily fall apart in your mouth. A great snack but not quite enough to fill you up. Price: 3000 – 6000₩ Contents Janchi Guksu is based on very soft wheat noodles placed in a warm beef or anchovy broth. You might find the flavour enhanced with sesame oil, soy … Continue reading
If you have been invited to a wedding in Korea, you haven’t only been invited to attend the ceremony, give a cash gift and sit through a thousand stereotypes condensed into a forty minute spectacular, but also to celebrate the couple’s new life together over a meal. In the UK only a moderate number of … Continue reading
There were two things that my wife and I looked for when we were searching Seoul for wedding halls: an easy to reach location, and an International feel, in the Korean style. When we found M Palace, we thought we had found exactly that, and were largely right. But were slightly wrong. Here are our thoughts on … Continue reading
At a Korean wedding… “It is usual to give at least 30,000W (which may cover the cost of your meal, about £15). Then, going up in steps, you could give 50, 100, 150 thousand Won, and so on. This is all very specific and impersonal, but it is seen as acceptable for two reasons.” …Read on to … Continue reading
Cunning Culture 