Saturday, December 24, 2016

5-Year Anniversary

EJ and her adorable doll My friend Sae Min and I Hyeon Min's performance! This post marks me pretty close to my 5-year anniversary of starting my blog, "Happening With Hillary". While initially I wasn't entirely attached to the name I created for it, the title "Happening With Hillary" has...
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Wednesday, November 30, 2016

How I Feel About November

Celebrating Halloween with my after school class Overworked!! Holy moly it's been a crazy month. A drastic change between November 2015 and November 2016, I tell ya. I was sitting on my ass with my foot propped up and watching crappy K-dramas in the hospital all of last November, and this time around...
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Sunday, October 23, 2016

PPAP; 1Q84

Fulbright Third Year ETAs Gyeongju at night Acronyms are taking over. Pen Pineapple Apple Pen is somehow the hottest track right now. That video is basically all of us English teachers' lives on a daily basis during class... haha. But anyway, I've been reading this novel, originally split into...
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Saturday, October 8, 2016

"You Will B Fine"

Chuseok in Gwangyang Two of my students in after-school class "You Will B Fine" and "Slow Down and Enjoy the Simple Life" have quickly become the mantras of my third year in S. Korea, thanks to a $15 sweater I bought one chilly, rainy, October evening (the few we've had so far) while out wandering...
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Thursday, September 1, 2016

Seoul Living

Third year Fulbrighters Budaejigae (부대찌개) Hey everyone! As you know, I decided to switch things up for my third and final year and made the move to Seoul. The first two weeks back in Korea have flown by, and although they've been jam-packed, it's been a smooth and exciting process so far. I...
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Saturday, August 13, 2016

Summer Break

I've been back Stateside for summer break! Home for a month, doing absolutely nothing and loving every minute of it. It's gone by too fast. Summer break highlights: Shopping spree!!! Finding clothes that are actually my size and fit my body type Hanging with the family - sitting in the living room together, watching TV, and vegetating Waking up early and then taking long naps in the afternoon......
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Thursday, July 21, 2016

Goodbye Gwangyang~

ToastMasters Club Suncheon It was my second-to-last day living and teaching in Gwangyang. All my boxes and suitcases for moving to Seoul have officially been sent off, and I was left with a bare bed, a TV, and a suitcase full of stuff to get rid of once I arrived back in Illinois for the summer vacation....
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