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PIEF: Traditional School Celebration
Finding a sense of community is one of the most important parts of feeling at home. In our home countries we know how to do that based on habits and cultural rules. We have the usual places we go and the usual things we do. As we move around from town to town we can usually recreate these experiences since we all share a culture and a language. However, when we move abroad all this changes. It becomes harder to find those centralized experiences that bring us together with others.…
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Earth Day 2017: Wrap Up
Before we begin, we want to make sure to thank the City of Pyeongtaek for donating the trash bags, PIEF for their consummate support, to PUB 210 for donating a prize and of course Sig Flips the Table who brought this idea to life and brought us all on board with her vision. We look forward to catching the video of the event from On Your Mark World in the near future. When Sig Flips the Table decided to head-up the First (hopefully annual) Earth Day Pyeongtaek we were really excited to…
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Now Booking: Bus to the Daejeon Barefoot Festival
TICKETS: 18,000 won roundtrip Sunday May 14th, 2017 Let’s get our feet dirty and celebrate the coming summer. South of Seoul;s and Bundang Social Club are teaming up to sponsor a bus to the Daejeon Barefoot Festival leaving from Jeongja Station at 7:50 AM and the back side of Pyeongtaek Station at 8:50AM. This is one of South of Seoul’s favorite spring events. The path is stunning and the mud delightful. The festival has a great variety of fun activities, including traditional music, dancing, walking barefoot through tranquil mountains, fun…
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2017 Earth Day Pyeongtaek
Our stretch of road. We are excited to announce that we are supporting the wonderful blogger Sig Flips the Table in presenting Pyeongtaek’s First Annual Earth Day on Saturday April 22nd. The City of Pyeongtaek has been fabulously supportive of this event and will be providing free trash bags to all participants. They can be collected at Pyeongtaek International Exchange Foundation in Paengseong or Songtan. Read Sig’s the full article HERE: http://sigflipsthetable.com/2017/04/10/earth-day-pyeongtaek/ to learn the details and then join a local Earth Day team or sponsor a team of your own. Team…
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Pyeongtaek Summer Beach Bus Details & Dates
Updated: Click Here for Updated 2018 Blog We are really SUPER excited about offering buses, leaving on select Saturdays, headed to beaches South West of Pyeongtaek. Bus travel is wonderful because you don’t have to stress about traffic, worry about driving home tired, drinking beer, etc. They are also surprisingly affordable here so it’s high time we gave this a try. The beaches where we are going are far more remote than most you will visit in Korea so they offer way more peace and relaxation than places like Busan. …
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October 29th Fall MATO Festival In Front of Camp Humphreys
Here is what you need to be doing tomorrow, Saturday October 29th, the MATO Festival. Trust me, it’s pretty darn delightful. It’s good, old-fashioned classic fun. Think small town festival with the simple delights of childhood. It’s heart warming. Even though I had seen the posters and such, I didn’t actually go one until this summer. Now I’m sad I missed all the others. Also, I didn’t even go on purpose. I was coming back from Costco and stopped off to grab a bite to eat only to discover a big…
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PIEF is Having KIMJANG!!!! Do ITTTTT!!!!!
Thursday, November 3rd 11am-2pm To Participate CLICK HERE and fill out this form MollaKorea Recommended Event It’s that time of year again, time to make kimchi! and you need to sign-up for PIEFs upcoming event. Really… not joking… do it. Kimjang / 김장(making kimchi as a community) is one of the most important experiences you can participate in while living in Korea. It’s not about the food so don’t skip it even if you don’t like kimchi. This is about the community and working together to make something people will cherish…
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Anjung / Pyeongtaek Chili Cook Off
After a busy weekend of tests, Halloween, jjimjilbangs and friends we topped it off by attending the Chili Cook Off being held near Anjung-eup. Despite not actually attending the church, the BBQ’s, birthdays, Cook Offs and other intercultural events hosted by Deakwang Church of the Nazarene are a big part of our lives here in Pyeongtaek. We really enjoy the congregation and staff, many of whom have been close personal friends the entire time we have lived here. It’s a stable, supportive, and inclusive community. This particular Cook Off was…
