3.18.2010

Welcome back Willie.

I spent February 12-23 in America, and had time to think about a lot.

As far as my future is concerned, I believe I have found at least an immediate "quick fix" solution: I will probably teach ESL for a few years, then consider going back to get my Master's Degree in Elementary education, or simply ESL.

When January rolled around, I was so ready to get out of Korea, yet, getting home was not the honeymoon I expected. Life had not changed, people had not changed, and friends were... depressing. I saw the people I really wanted to, and even founded a new friendship that burned rather quickly. This is all a part of life, right? Who knows...

I am supporting my decision to return to Korea for a second year, but who knows what I will do for the third year. I would really like to move to Busan, to get myself situated near the beach, which I have missed intensely.

School starts in 17 minutes.

Let's play.

2010. 02. 09

Today's lesson in Hangul:

Bu-dong-san:

n; a real estate agency.

Apartment hunting in America? Not much fun.

Apartment hunting in Korea? I'm ready to kill someone.

I ran out of time, not from fault of my own, but from the school's inflexibility.

They cannot put another deposit down until March 11th, as that is when my lease ends.

Okay, understood.

I made amends with having to drop 500,000 won (around $440) to hold a place til March 11.

Cool.

So I thought.

Now, we're in the "the owner doesn't want to contract with a school."

Okay.

So, now what?

Well, we get ahold of another Bu-dong-san for a separate apartment in the same building.

They're trying to finagle shit with my school now; so here I sit, twiddling my thumbs.

I'm wondering if I can keep up with this more in 2010 than I did last year.

Well, that's certainly a thing to ponder.

Willie

"Deok-su"