Kimchi & Cat

A 24 year old Brit living, learning and teaching in Daegu, South Korea.

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I'VE MOVED (COUNTRY...again)

Hey Korean TEFL followers! I'm now teaching in Turkey, same same but different. If you fancy following my European teaching adventures head over to www.hummusandcat.tumblr.com (see it works for everything) intermittent posting as I have just moved so have no wifi but bear with me! Thanks and love for all your support xoxo

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Korea is number 5! Damnnn

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4th of July Celebrations

I will forever remember this day as the day I tried Funnel Cake and Red Velvet Cake for the first time....

And had my first Subway in 10 months. And also learnt what American Independence Day was really about - Sorry America! USA! USA!

We managed to get on the Camp Walker guest-list so it was also cool to see a real US army Base in South Korea. Sadly the weather was shite so fireworks were cancelled which is why the evening ended up revolving around food and drink and reenactments of America (Brianne) kicking the Brits (me) out of their country.

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Cool coffee shops in Daegu, South Korea

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River walks in Daegu, South Korea.

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Superhero Tarot Cafe in Daegu, South Korea.

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In Bali chillin with ma homies. Back to blogging my last week in Korea on the 18th of August! Xoxo

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Stumbling across random festivals, as you do.

Another Sunday Funday and I was on my way to the National Geographic exhibition as I saw all this going on along the river. I jumped off the bus to check it out and found it was something to do with a singing competition from the friend I made in photo 2. Apparently it happens every weekend and is a hit with the elderly population in Daegu. Apart from some good coffee there wasn't anything else of interest but it was a cool find nonetheless.

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Busan Museum of Art

There were some really interesting pieces here, including a mummy watching bible stories on an ipad and some futuristic moving robots.

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More pictures from Busan Aquarium.

I really want to go diving with sharks here before I leave, fingers crossed I'll get to and hopefully won't end up 'sleeping with the fishes'!

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Photoshoot Day!

Some friends and I took part in a film/photo shoot to help out our Korean friends and their wonderful work with the Daegu Convention and Visitor's Bureau. The whole thing was really fun and we got to go on a tour of 'Old Daegu' (think lots of windy alleyways and old houses). If you'd like to see the finished product click here. Daegu famous ya'll.

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Dog and Cat Cafe, Daegu

A very strange experience. I'd been to a Cat Cafe before in Seoul but had yet to visit the one in Daegu. The one downtown also had a floor for dogs and whilst it was nice to spend time with the poochies I just wanted to take them all for a walk and throw tennis balls for them to chase across fields. I'm sure they're used to it though and one of them was actually excited to be put back into his cage so I suppose they must be used to the confinement! It also keeps them off the streets or from being sent to kill shelters, so that's good.

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Dongchon Resort, Daegu

Described as a 'place perfect for a spring outing' Dongchon resorted is located in North East Daegu. Facilities include: sunrise bridge, viaduct, roller skating arena, ecological park, sports park, water fountain, benches (yes, this is listed as an attraction), YoungNam Jeilgwan (Gate to the City), Manchon Bicycle Stadium, amusement park (more outdated than amusing), and a wild plant garden. I found the area charming if a little dilapidated. Infact that may even have added to it's appeal, it was like I was in an abandoned North Korea but instead of nuclear warheads there were plants and trees everywhere.  

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Daegu Art Museum Exhibition: Kabbala by Choi Jeong Hwa.

Touch Daegu article: http://globaldaegu.blogspot.kr/2013/06/press-article-daegu-art-museum-current.html

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A blog about using Korean sheet face masks.

Haha so it's just my gross face. I think I used a rejuvenating one. Korean beauty products are so weird. Instead of the traditional 'mud packs' or wet masks we're used to applying they have sheet masks. They're like slopping a slimey, wet piece of tissue on your face that you have to unfold and stuff. 

I had skin as smooth as a baby's bottom (but on my face) afterwards though!

Actually, I have no idea why people think that's a good analogy - I've never touched a baby's bottom so have no idea how smooth it is. And I'm pretty sure they're all gross and shitty the majority of the time.

Next - the eye patches. To get rid of those bags and dark circles!

Is it me or do these panda eyes make my skin look super pale?

One sad panda.

To the rest of the world - unless you want to look like a burns victim/panda, you can probably do without these products.

beauty rating: 1/5

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Bangchun Market (방천시장 예술작품), Daegu

Amazing market/art street in memory of the musician Kim Kwang Suk. The place is also home to the 'Queer culture Festival', many LGBT art movements and the 'Before I die I want to.....' wall pictured below which I think is a brilliant idea. There are too many things I want to do before I die so I simply added 'live well, laugh often, love much.' - a rather accurate summary that I once read on a keyring.

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Scavenger Hunt!

A great idea from The Dynamic Daegu Task Force to raise money for the Love146 Charity who campaign for 'the abolition of child trafficking and exploitation.'

We cleverly named ourselves 'The scaVENGERS' and ran to get our list before terrorizing downtown Daegu. Here are some of the actions we had to complete!