Ready...Set...Go!

Hello and welcome to our new blog!

Lacey and I are preparing to move to South Korea where we will be working as teachers in an international school in the city of Goyang. We wanted to have a place to write about our experiences and post pictures for everyone at home to keep up with thus, Korea: Southern Style was born.

As I began brainstorming names for the blog, I wanted to come up with something clever that both pointed people's attention to our location as well as giving them insight into our roots. Naturally, I thought of a few duds before eventually landing on the winner. Here are the second and third runner-up titles with a brief description of why they didn't make the cut.

3rd runner-up: "Korea: Land of Enchantment."
Failed because: As it turns out, New Mexico already has claim to this slogan and the last thing I wanted was a legal battle with the government just before I leave the country.

2nd runner-up: "Wake me up before you Goyang."
Failed because: A host of reasons really....namely, that wasn't too great of a song even though it so easily gets stuck in your head AND I was worried that people would start asking "Who is Yang? and why are we suppose to cheer for him?"

Winner: "Korea: Southern Style."
Chosen because: It is a play on words. First of all, Lacey and I are both from the south and will therefore always carry our southern roots wherever we go. Secondly, we will be living in SOUTH Korea. The word "south" in front of Korea makes a real big difference as our neighbors to the north seem to be missing a few bolts in the metal speedo they are wearing.

I found that when I told people that I was moving to Korea, many folks responded "North Korea!?" with a disgust in their tone and fear in their eyes.
No, no, no silly. As far as I know, nobody goes into North Korea, at least not right now, so we will be sticking with the South. That is, until we get our new apartments which will be referred to as East Korea and West Korea.

I already know what you are thinking..."Who's will be East and who's will be West?!"

Stay tuned to find out as we start a new, fun season of our lives! Our next post will be from Korea sometime in mid-February.

See ya then!