Expats in Korea

Things You Should Never Ever Say or Do When Your Korean Parents-in-law Are Around

Sun, 08/23/2015 - 02:02 - chrissantosra

 

Teacher’s Real Face

Thu, 07/30/2015 - 01:56 - chrissantosra

1One day, I walked in the classroom and found two of the girls in my elementary class wearing pink eyeliner which they made from clay.

“Wow, you girls look prettier today,” I said, trying so hard not to burst into laughter as the girls gingerly walked to their seats with their heads up, so that their clay eyeliner would not fall.

“Teacher, we wear eyeliner like you,” one of the girls, Mary, who was barely blinking, mouthed.

“I can see that, but mine is black and yours is pink.”

“Pink is pretty.

What I Have Learned from Marrying a Korean

Sun, 07/05/2015 - 22:55 - chrissantosra

The other night, I was asking my husband if he remembers “our song”. He said he remembers it, but he doesn’t know the lyrics, so I sang it to him. When I was singing the chorus, he remembered some lines and sang some parts, though most of the time he was humming. We were singing “our song” in the car, sometimes chuckling when one of us was out of tune.

Prejudice against Filipinos in Korea

Thu, 05/28/2015 - 17:51 - chrissantosra

I thought that I have lived in Korea long enough to evade discrimination or at least get used to it, but when you are a Filipino living in Korea, you have to accept the fact that there will always be prejudice here against Filipinos, and you just have to deal with it, period.

Calling Female Foreign Residents of South Korea to Participate in “Ms. Multicultural 2015″

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 17:39 - chrissantosra
 

Representative Jasmin Lee Bashed for Proposed Bill

Sat, 12/06/2014 - 04:14 - chrissantosra

1For the past few days, my Facebook newsfeed has been flooded with shares of a post from Daum about the bill that Representative Jasmin Lee has proposed which seeks to give unregistered foreign children the right to a public education and government health services, and also exempts them from compulsory deportation and guarantees their right to live with their family in Korea. The post spawned negative reactions (and a few derogatory comments ) from Korean netizens.

Sister Angel Libron of Filkorcomm Guri Exodus to Receive Presidential Award

Mon, 12/01/2014 - 12:46 - chrissantosra
The first time I have heard of Sister Angel Libron, I was at a hospital in Guri with my husband, and was told that I had to visit the doctor every week, sometimes on weekdays. That time, I was just learning … Continue reading →

Mary Viena on “Star King”

Mon, 10/27/2014 - 14:04 - chrissantosra

Another Filipina has demonstrated her singing prowess on “Star King”, a popular reality television program in South Korea that features talented individuals both locally and internationally. It is the same show that jump-started Charice Pempengco’sinternational singing career.

MICA Bids Farewell to Superstar K

Sun, 10/26/2014 - 13:49 - chrissantosra

I could not watch the episode of Supertstar K6 last Friday, but the outpouring of negative reactions from Filipinos in South Korea that I have read on Facebook was enough for me to conclude that MICA was eliminated from the show. My first reaction was, “Why so soon?” I was expecting the group to stay a bit longer and at least make it to Top 3, but I suppose my husband was right. He told me from Day 1 of the live show that no matter how great the girls are as singers, they will most probably not win the contest because at some point, they will be asked to render Korean songs from which their elocution will be scrutinized by the judges.

MICA’s First Live Performance on Superstar K6

Sat, 10/11/2014 - 00:59 - chrissantosra

The sisters are still in! ^^ They got Filipino expats in Korea excited. Facebook walls are mostly about their exhilarating performance tonight. The girls sang “Maria”, original soundtrack of the romantic-comedy “미녀는 괴로워” (200 Pound Beauty). The judges gave them the second highest scores, and mostly positive feedbacks.

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