Second year in Korea finalized!

Hello all!

I know, I know, I've been absolutely TERRIBLE about updating this. I'm currently on Jeju Island for the lunar new year holiday attempting to make up for my disorganized trip back in July. I have some down time before the next event, so I wanted to give a little update.

As mentioned in the title, my plan for my second year in Korea is pretty much solidified and official. The only thing left for me to do is go to the immigration office in Seoul to renew my visa to stay here another year, which will be done this coming Thursday morning. Other than that everything's been set: the contract has been signed, the apartment has been found and signed for, and the start date is officially February 28th.

I'm working for Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul. Information can be found here

It's funny because before I accepted the position I didn't know anything about it other than the fact that it is a university. A friend of mine who is a recruiter got wind of an opening and told me about it. She told me it was a good position, and I trusted her word. It wasn't until after I accepted that I read up on it and realized how much things were falling into place for me. I think I'm exactly where I need to be in life right now. I'm super excited to move into Seoul, but it's going to be hectic. The woman currently living in the apartment I'm moving into at the end of the month doesn't move out until Feb 28th (my first day of work at the university). And my current apartment is about 1.5 hours away from the university by public transportation. Thankfully, my current apartment is mine until March 1st, so I'll have a home no matter what. And thankfully March 1st is a holiday (for the March 1st Movement that happened during the Japanese occupation), so I can take all of that day to clean my new apartment and move in. Yay!

OK, this is going to be a hectic month. I will try to find time to FINALLY post up those Philippines pictures, as well as this trip to Jeju.

-AALA