So now that I am offiacially headed to my new expat homeland, all the packing and paperwork that needs to be done is rushing at me! I really don't have the funds to buy too much to prepare but I do need one new/bigger suitcase, computer, and winter coat.
WHAT??? A winter coat? Yes everyone, I am getting ready to buy a winter coat to take with me to save my my parents shipping charges... but I may let them send it to me lol. Either way I have to find one that is long enough in the arms for me. Oh man, this means I can't wear my awesome vintage coat... good thing it'll always be old so I can wear it in later years :)
Other than that, I signed my contract today and I just need to scan it and send it to Boston, where my recruiting office is located, and to Korea, to finish my visa paperwork. Just stuck working at the hotel this weekend and working on wedding gifts. Sadly I'm going to miss two weddings this summer, sorority sister and a dear friend from Prague. I'll have to make several nice gifts to make up for it!
Friday, June 4, 2010
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Korea here I come!
Good news world, I am now moving to KOREA in early July! I have landed a teaching job in Daegu South Korea and I am soooo excited! This whole journey of just applying for the job started a week before last Christmas (2009) and five months later I finally have a contract! as I stated, I will be teaching/living in Daegu (Taegu) South Korea in the Shiji district. It's in the eastern part of the city where many of the expats (*expatriates) reside.
It's not glamorous aka not amazing money but it's better than the $8 an hour I'm making at the Doubletree Hotel here in Jefferson City MO. I'll be paid 2,200,000 won/month with free rent, my employer will pay half my medical insurance, pay for my flights, and I only work 30 hours a week. Did I mention that I will be paid a couple million a month? A COUPLE MILLION!!! I don't care that it's not in dollars, I feel like a big deal right now :)
I have been in a funk because I never thought I would escape this place and now I am. Yes, I am sad to leave my family and friends behind but I'll be okay. A year is a long time but yet short. Before you know it, I'll be back in the USA grumbling about the lack of adventure in my life. This is the one time that I am thankful I am single, no children, or large debts of any kind. My family is healthy, my friends know I love them, and the loan companies will like my $$$ to pay off the student loans.
I am branching out, done staring at the fork in the road. I have settled for the path of adventure and cultural understanding, one that may force me to rethink the possibility of children. Man I hope teaching English is going to be more enjoyable than working in a call center.
This is my real face, not my poker face.
*An expatriate (in abbreviated form, expat) is a person temporarily or permanently residing in a country and culture other than that of the person's upbringing or legal residence.
It's not glamorous aka not amazing money but it's better than the $8 an hour I'm making at the Doubletree Hotel here in Jefferson City MO. I'll be paid 2,200,000 won/month with free rent, my employer will pay half my medical insurance, pay for my flights, and I only work 30 hours a week. Did I mention that I will be paid a couple million a month? A COUPLE MILLION!!! I don't care that it's not in dollars, I feel like a big deal right now :)
I have been in a funk because I never thought I would escape this place and now I am. Yes, I am sad to leave my family and friends behind but I'll be okay. A year is a long time but yet short. Before you know it, I'll be back in the USA grumbling about the lack of adventure in my life. This is the one time that I am thankful I am single, no children, or large debts of any kind. My family is healthy, my friends know I love them, and the loan companies will like my $$$ to pay off the student loans.
I am branching out, done staring at the fork in the road. I have settled for the path of adventure and cultural understanding, one that may force me to rethink the possibility of children. Man I hope teaching English is going to be more enjoyable than working in a call center.
This is my real face, not my poker face.
*An expatriate (in abbreviated form, expat) is a person temporarily or permanently residing in a country and culture other than that of the person's upbringing or legal residence.
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