Leaving on a jet plane

No, i'm not a big John denver fan, but it is kind of catchy as far as titles go... and it's totally true. My flight is booked - thanks to the kindness of my big brother. (i will be re-paying him as soon as i get to SK.) I'm taking an Air Canada flight from Montreal on Sunday August 20th at 7:30AM arriving at Chicago O'Hare International Airport at 8:50AM then transferring to a Delta flight leaving at 12:55PM for Seoul. i will arrive at Seoul Incheon International Airport at 4:45PM on August 21st... since i'm flying into the next day, when i get there it's actually going to be around 3:30 in the morning for me... but that's what travel is... and i'm not worried about it. Of course, that isn't where the travelling stops. i will then have to take a bus for about 3 hours to the Centre for In-Service Education at the Korea National University of Education - which is where i will spend 10 days for orientation. If you want to read more about the program that i am working with check here.

i can hardly wait to be on my way, and 21 days seems like forever right now, but i know that i'll be there before i know it. i'm just sick of living in limbo right now...

more soon...

It really is the other side of the world

i got "THE" email on Thursday. i'm on my way to Ottawa in a few days to sign my contract with EPIK. It seems silly that i ever doubted that i would get the job, but it's official now. i have to be in Seoul, South Korea on August 23rd - which is also my birthday.

i have been placed in the Gyeongnam province. i still don't know the city where i will be living, but when i get there i'll let you know. From first looks at what i can find about this province, it looks pretty interesting and beautiful. i still can't believe that i'm moving more than 6500 miles (10,000 KM's) away. i don't think that it will fully hit me until i'm there - but i'm on my way!!!

...more to come...

the waiting game...

still waiting to hear from the embassy re my job with epik... i should know by saturday if i got it... if i didn't, then it's time to really start hunting. i can't leave until mid-august anyway (dr's appt) so i'm not terribly worried right now. besides which my friends' friend told me that she could help me find a job in Korea if i just show up in september... so, hopefully everything will work out. i know it will - i have to stay positive.

my back is doing much better and i've started back at work... been there for two days now and it went great... well, as great as work can be. and since i only have like 6-7 weeks left there, it seems a lot more bearable. but i can't wait to be able to give notice and then just leave and be gone with it... it'll suck having to pay bank fees, but that's life.

other than that life has been boring for the last couple of weeks, just trying to get better... one of my best friends' is leaving today for europe for the rest of the summer, so i won't see her until the next time i'm in Canada, and who knows when that will be... so it's a bit sad. i'm going to hang out with her and her son for the afternoon. on that note, i'm off, i'll post again when i get the chance - with no internet at home, it isn't easy...

been a while...

sorry it's been a while since my last post... i wish i could say that it's because of the beautiful summer weather, but it's not. There is no internet connection where i am staying right now, and getting one is apparently more difficult here than anywhere else in the world... hopefully we'll be connected soon, i can't even find a wireless connection to jump on wihtout a password. argh! so here i am, back at school using the wireless network here... good thing they haven't cut me off yet!!! anyway, it's not like i have any regular readers right now anyway, so i suppose this blog will survive regardless of how long i go without the net... though it makes me very bored, since i don't know what to do with myself... at least there's free cable at the new place.

so the move went all right, and now i'm waiting to hear from epik... only another week and a half. my back is getting better, i still have some pain, but i'm hoping the doctor (where i'm going in about an hour) will let me go back to work... i despeerately need to make some cash before leaving for Korea. i think that if i have a gradual return for the first week, i should be okay... hopefully anyway... i need to get into the full-time schedule if i want to leave in August... so much to prepare for! and too much to buy.

that's life right now, i'm still playing the waiting game... will be back online asap, so until then...