In the Right Place at the Right Time

July 24, 2022By Tim SchilstraPhrases

Through the Clouds It is difficult to see Ulsanbawi during the monsoon season. Ulsanbawi is a famous rock formation on the Seorak Mountain. It can be hard to see it during the monsoon season because there are a lot of clouds passing over it. However, I was in the right place at the right time … Read More

Keep Your Cards Close to Your Chest

June 30, 2022By Tim SchilstraPhrases

Binge-watching Nowadays, I don’t watch any television. I mostly consume YouTube content. One of the problems was waiting for the next episode. I didn’t want to wait. I want to see the show to the end. So, I stopped watching TV shows until they finished. When the series was over, I downloaded the entire series. … Read More

On a Silver Platter

June 27, 2022By Tim SchilstraPhrases

How to Lose an Election The 1993 Canadian Federal Election was one of the most interesting elections ever. The main reason for this is because it included one of the biggest defeats in the history of Western civilization. Before the election, the Progressive Conservative Party (PCs) controlled 156 of the 395 seats in the House … Read More

An Ace Up Your Sleeve

June 14, 2022By Tim SchilstraPhrases

Ukraine’s Mud One of the biggest stories in 2022 is the Ukraine invasion by Russia. In the days leading up to the war, most people believed that it would be an easy win for Russia. Russia spends ten times as much as Ukraine on military, but Ukraine had an ace up their sleeve. The Russians … Read More

Screw Loose

June 14, 2022By Tim SchilstraPhrases

Stalker “Gifts” Do you have any experience with stalkers? I do. Well, sort of. When I was in university, there was someone leaving dead animals at my house. They had my name on it and were taped to the door of my house and placed around my car. It happened once or twice a week … Read More

Eye Candy

June 4, 2022By Tim SchilstraPhrases

A Handsome Co-Worker After camp yesterday, I was asked how it went. I said it was fine, but my co-teacher stole the show. He was the eye-candy. I was just making a little joke though. He is quite handsome and dressed in a suit. I’m the opposite and I wore just regular teaching clothes. Since … Read More

Piece of Cake

June 4, 2022By Tim SchilstraPhrases

Dreaming of Vacation It is hard to get a couple weeks off in a row at my job. When they handed out the calendar this year, I circled three weeks in July. It was a rare three weeks in a row. It was way more difficult than it needed to be, but they promised I … Read More

Walking on Eggshells

June 4, 2022By Tim SchilstraPhrases

CEO Camp It feels a little stressful today. Nowadays, we are having “CEO Camp”. We have invited the principals and vice-principals to our institute so they can experience our new facilities. It is sort of an advertisement as well. Our institute is a provincial institute and our existence relies upon students coming to our camps. … Read More

In a nutshell

June 1, 2022By Tim SchilstraPhrases

Webpage Building I wrote two posts last Friday at work but I haven’t been able to post them yet. Until very recently, I have been able to makes posts and edit my website at my school computer. However, that recently stopped. Now, I am unable to type in the dialogue box where I would post … Read More

Rags to Riches

June 1, 2022By Tim SchilstraPhrases

Becoming a Millionaire One of my favorite jokes is that when I came to Korea, I immediately became a millionaire. I went from rags to riches when I came to Korea. The reason for this is because of the exchange rate. It is true that I received over a million won with my first paycheck, … Read More