I figure I should get into the habit of keeping on schedule with this blog. Perhaps I shall rename this "Giddy rantings of a excited TaLK teacher" up until the point where I arrive in Korea. Maybe not.
4 days! Cliché countdown? But oh so excited.
Got everything, except my meds. Bags packed. Books bought.
Working the rest of the week. At least I'll have a paycheque coming in. I'll think of it as random money filling my bank account when it arrives. Hoorah.
Thing I'm most looking forward to? Probably the glimpse of what I'll be doing in the future. Out on my own, teaching a class. It's been one of my dreams to be teaching my own class and living independently. Doing it in my undergrad just makes me oh so happy. Plus I get to see what it's like in rural Korea. Maybe I'll end up loving it enough to stay the 2 years.
Gotta let the anxiety settle though. Or maybe I'll just leave them at the airport.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Seoul Seoul Seoul
So Central Seoul!
Got back from the Consulate today, met up with the other TaLK scholars. Found out that many of us are on the same flight as well! So excited to go now. Especially after finding out that Orientation will actually end up being in Seoul! I was under the impression that it was some city a bit of a ways away from Seoul, so this is good news. Lotte World and all that good stuff! Feb will be a glorious month.
10 days left!
Got back from the Consulate today, met up with the other TaLK scholars. Found out that many of us are on the same flight as well! So excited to go now. Especially after finding out that Orientation will actually end up being in Seoul! I was under the impression that it was some city a bit of a ways away from Seoul, so this is good news. Lotte World and all that good stuff! Feb will be a glorious month.
10 days left!
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Looking back, oh and I have my ticket.
It's been a crazy couple months to say the least. To start this flashback in a very cliché manner...
Even though it was a couple months ago, I remember it as if it were yesterday...
In all honesty tho, I do remember it pretty clearly. The impatience I had waiting for applications to open. The rush and stress of getting all my documents together so I could meet the early-registration date. Hassling my Prof for that LAST reference letter to complete said application was definitely a highlight. That, compounded on top of school.
I must say though, the timing for everything was impeccable. Finally ended the job hunt and saved enough for Korea, right as I got accepted into the TaLK program. American Eagle was an experience, but just the fact that it forced me to go out of my comfort level of talking to random people, even though they, on frequent occasion, ignore me (sales associates are people too!=[) was a blessing in itself. I really do feel that God was preparing me for many of the challenges I might face in Korea.
Short flashback? Yes. But it's been an amazing couple of months. Now, the wait is almost over! Received my plane ticket (all in Korean I might add, so it took some random clicking to get the actual ticket), and now just have to do some more waiting for the flight! I would love to fly out now, but then again. With the perfect timing on everything, It's clear to me that God was definitely keeping me on track with His schedule. Why ruin a good thing?
It's been crazy, hectic, stressful, and amazing all rolled into one. But it's only going to get a bit crazier. Except it will be done in Korean. And with soju. Lots and lots of soju.
Even though it was a couple months ago, I remember it as if it were yesterday...
In all honesty tho, I do remember it pretty clearly. The impatience I had waiting for applications to open. The rush and stress of getting all my documents together so I could meet the early-registration date. Hassling my Prof for that LAST reference letter to complete said application was definitely a highlight. That, compounded on top of school.
I must say though, the timing for everything was impeccable. Finally ended the job hunt and saved enough for Korea, right as I got accepted into the TaLK program. American Eagle was an experience, but just the fact that it forced me to go out of my comfort level of talking to random people, even though they, on frequent occasion, ignore me (sales associates are people too!=[) was a blessing in itself. I really do feel that God was preparing me for many of the challenges I might face in Korea.
Short flashback? Yes. But it's been an amazing couple of months. Now, the wait is almost over! Received my plane ticket (all in Korean I might add, so it took some random clicking to get the actual ticket), and now just have to do some more waiting for the flight! I would love to fly out now, but then again. With the perfect timing on everything, It's clear to me that God was definitely keeping me on track with His schedule. Why ruin a good thing?
It's been crazy, hectic, stressful, and amazing all rolled into one. But it's only going to get a bit crazier. Except it will be done in Korean. And with soju. Lots and lots of soju.
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