Turning my iPod up as loud as I can stand, I’m ignoring everyone else in the staffroom. Realizing that both of my coworkers are staring at me with wide eyes and raised eyebrows, I start in surprise. “Sabrina,” Kyung-Ha says, “is there a cat?” Looking from my co-teachers to the cardboard box under Shauna’s desk […]
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Tentacles are writhing in the plate in front of us and we’re going to have to eat them. Actually, we’ve been looking all evening for a live octopus. It’s just that the reality is a little more alive than I expected. Walking by the sea, we’re surrounded by young Korean soldiers, couples lighting fireworks off […]
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How Did You Like Korea? (It was awesome)
How did you like Korea? The question most asked of me since returning to Canada I never give a good answer because I always suspect they’re sadistically hoping that I hated it and I’ll tell them horrible stories about the other side of the world, confirm my undying love for Canada and reaffirm their comfort […]
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Lost and Found in the National Gallery
“Do you hear music?” she says and there it is, a faint choral sound. I can’t remember if I’ve ever heard music in a gallery before. The Van Gogh: Up Close exhibit starts at three and we’ve lost my cousins. Looking around the gallery room Melissa and I wandered into, there are only strangers and […]
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Finding Canadian Pride in Unlikely Places
“You’re not going to waste those on the kids are you?” Shauna says at school on Canada Day. Looking at the stack of temporary tattoos on my desk, I shrug. I was going to use them as rewards in my classes today, but I have ‘Canada’ pencils, too. My students are always much more excited […]
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