Review – Set It Off: Upside Down
Set It Off’s third studio album, Upside Down, is certainly that – upside down. It’s a record with so many musical styles infused throughout out. Although the band are typically classified somewhere within the broad rock genre, I…
Jinju Lantern Festival
One of the great parts about living in a foreign country for an extended period of time, is that you are more likely to get to experience local events and festivals, which may not always coincide with shorter…
Outfit – Checked Out
My old checked shirt was getting a bit worn out, and there was even a rip under one arm, so when I saw more during my little Seoul shopping trip, I thought it was time to pick up…
Just Keep Going
Life is amazing. Life can be this crazy, beautiful, exciting, wonderful adventure. There are those days when something truly remarkable happens, that makes you so overwhelmingly full of joy and wonder. There are other days that are perfectly…
Suwon | Chuseok
My last destination of my Chuseok trip (read parts 1 and 2 here!), was an hour on the subway south of Seoul, to the town of Suwon. Suwon is the largest city in Gyeonggi-do, the province surrounding Seoul,…
Seoul | Chuseok
After I explored to the east of Seoul, in the Chuncheon and Gapyeong area, I returned to the city for the next two nights of my trip. There’s so much to see and do in a city the…
Chuncheon & Gapyeong | Chuseok
So even though I’ve only been in Korea for a couple of weeks, I’ve already managed to do quite a lot of adventuring! I got lucky, because there was a public holiday last week (my vacation days suck,…
Outfit – Sheer Fantasy
I have new shoes! This is extra exciting for me, ok, because it is so difficult to get shoes my size in Asia, both Hong Kong and Korea. I’ve been wearing the same shoes for months, but I…
Review – Young Guns: Echoes
It’s been less than 18 months since Young Guns’s last release, ‘Ones and Zeros‘, but they’re back again already, with their fourth studio album, ‘Echoes’. The band have been around the British modern rock scene for a good…
Exploring Nampo-Dong | Busan
Welcome to my new neighbourhood! I hadn’t really explored it yet, much beyond the walk between work and my apartment, so last weekend I decided to get out and about a bit more. Technically my address is Jungang-dong,…
