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Useful Phrases for Getting an Exchange or Refund
Sometimes a product you purchased doesn’t work out the way you want it to. Instead of getting frustrated, try some of these phrases to help you get an exchange or refund.
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SOS App Quick Tips: Transportation
The South of Seoul app is more than pretty pictures of food and fun things to do put together by some very dedicated volunteers. It is also embedded tons of information “easter eggs” that will make your life in Korea much easier. For example, our Transportation Hubs directories can be a huge help when you need them most. Need to know what is the closest bus terminal to you? We can help with that. Looking for a bus schedule? We can help with that. Wondering which station the SRT leaves from? We…
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Songtan & Seojeongri Recommendation: Y Dental
Business: Y Dental Neighborhood: Songtan In the South of Seoul App search: Y Dental Sometimes we randomly get contacted by a business that finds us online. We don’t always go check them out because we have jobs and lives to live, however, if the business seems to might offer something that our local community needs we go check them out. Since those of us that run and volunteer at South of Seoul do it for the community, karma, to battle boredom, and to keep our job skills relevant it takes…
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May Camp Reflection & June SIGNUP!
Our first 5th and 6th-grade summer just took place last week at the Moobongsan Camp in northeastern Pyeongtaek. It was a smashing success. We started working with the Pyeongtaek Youth Center last year to make these camps a reality and they have done smashingly. In 2017 we did two camps: one grade school and one middle school. This year we are doing four camps: two 5th and 6th grade and two middle school camps. All of them are overnight camps a Moobangsan camp facility and then a day near or on…
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Goodbye to an SOS ROK Star: Sara
A year ago when Sig Flips the Table convinced me that SOS needed to grow and take on volunteers, Sara immediately came forward and stepped up to handle the tedious task of organizing a Pyeongtaek calendar. Honestly, you have no idea how complicated this is. Most information we find has no location, sometimes to clear times, and other times it’s simply wrong – plus most of it needs translated from Korean. The amount of effort it takes to find, clarify, simplify, and notify is shocking. Yet Sara never gave up.…
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Living: Hard Water Solutions
Problem: Hard water causing hair loss and dry skin Solution: Filtered shower head Not sure about the rest of you, but we have struggled with the hard water in a few different places we have lived in the US and then again here in Korea. You see, although there are actually many potential inner health benefits to drinking hard water, it often tastes terrible and always causes major hair loss and dry skin issues. So if your hair has been falling out or breaking off since you arrived in Korea,…
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University Life Update
When we started at Namseoul University this spring we truly had no idea what to expect. It’s a new program and we didn’t know anyone who had attended before so we had a million questions: What exactly would studying in Korea in an English language program look like? What kind of professors would there be? Were we going to be cramming for exams like we see them doing in Korean high school? What are the students going to be like? How big were the classes going to be? What would…
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Announcing! Grade School Camp May 19 – 20
Registration Deadline: May 4th (Or until full) When: May 19th and 20th Where: Moobang Camp Who: 15 English speaking students in 5th & 6th grade CLICK HERE AND SIGN UP That’s right, the Pyeongtaek Youth Center Camps are back! Last year South of Seoul worked with the fabulous Pyeongtaek Youth Center on two camps and this year we are helping with 4! Two for grade school and two for middle school. This year all camps will be overnight, weekend events at Mu Bongsan in northeastern Pyeongtaek. This place is fantastic.…
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5 MORE Indoor Activities
Air quality can be less than stellar at times and many of us find ourselves feeling a bit stir-crazy at home. You want to get out and explore, but you don’t want to breathe the air outside or it’s too hot or too cold. We have some excellent solutions for burning off some extra energy. So grab your phone, make sure you have the South of Seoul app and Naver maps or Kakao Maps downloaded and get ready to go on some adventures. 1. Pink Tiger Game Room The hottest…
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Nav Apps: Options, Strengths, and Failures
Tell me if this is you… You just arrived in Korea, you are so stoked to start your adventure. You are all sassy like, “Hey, let’s open Google and see what’s up”! You pop open your handy smart phone and start searching for things you love! You search and search and search… but nothing is coming up. You find almost no info that really helps and a little seed of panic starts to settle in. You wonder if there is actually anything out there to do or eat at all…
