Well I've arrived in Jeju, South Korea! I have to make this short as I am at a break in work, but I have internet at my hotel (which I am staying at for another night while my apartment gets ready). The school is beautiful, brand new with great materials. All the teachers are super kind and the kids are well behaved and cute as can be.
Much to tell, but little time to do it. Korean food is great, dumplings, ddapooki, kimchee. YUM!
Pictures, as you all want will come soon. When I get my apartment I will hopefully have internet and can do stuff from my laptop.
My throat is kinda dry, lack of consistent sleep. All the local oranges and tangerines are helping. Send some Emergenc-E!! Forgot to bring lots of it.... Addresss to come soon.
Miss you all!
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Friday, February 27, 2009
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
1 month to go
Not having started, nor even left, nor even began packing. Yet, I am starting this experience of a travel journal. In just under a month I will be stepping onto a 747 and departing from normality; family...friends...good coffee and setting down at my final destination, Jeju island. For those who don't know, Jeju-do is the largest, self-governed, sub-tropical (still debatable) island off the southern tip of South Korea. Marketed as the 'Korean Hawaii', a common first sight stepping out of the coastal bordered airport is a plethera of palm trees and vast ocean scenes. I know this not from any first hand experience, but from the countless blog sites and You Tube videos I have been scouring over in preperation for the journey.
I have so delicately named this blog 'Intentionally Lost and Exposed, Jeju' for the fact that I have saught my for many years now to teach abroad. This being my first time actually pursuing that interest (lets not mention what happened to Japan and Nova), I'm excited to finally feel like a confused minority foreigner.
'Discovery' is a word I can base many factors of my life on. It is my educational philosophy, my favorite tv channel, and a basis for why I believe travelling to be the ultimate life pursuit. What's around that corner brings natural curiosity to anyone. Instincual to a child but repressed by many in adulthood. Fear of the unknown, discomfort, unusal circumstances, outward thinking. Whatever the reason it becomes an engrained thought for many, I however find it endlessly intruiging. I leap toward a position that will drive me out of the normalities I have come to expect here in Oregon. As much as I consider this a homestead, I can't help but urge to get out and see this world.
Surely I will miss my dear, loving family and quality appreciative friends. I hope to see some of them in less than a year if they decide to fly half way around the world and pit stop on this island. It will make this time of life all that more easier to bear knowing I will be able to re-visit with them and share cultual experiences I have since learned.
My bags have yet to be packed, but I prepared in that I have the e-2 visa and a stack of Won to last me (hopefully) a month. I look forward to keeping this blog updated in order to communicate with anyone who cares to take an interest. I will be setting up a Korean phone number once I arrive, but I figure the majority of communication will come through video chatting, skype and surely facebook. The digital age, I have yet to form my opinion....
Be well ~
koalathekyle at gmail dot come
I have so delicately named this blog 'Intentionally Lost and Exposed, Jeju' for the fact that I have saught my for many years now to teach abroad. This being my first time actually pursuing that interest (lets not mention what happened to Japan and Nova), I'm excited to finally feel like a confused minority foreigner.
'Discovery' is a word I can base many factors of my life on. It is my educational philosophy, my favorite tv channel, and a basis for why I believe travelling to be the ultimate life pursuit. What's around that corner brings natural curiosity to anyone. Instincual to a child but repressed by many in adulthood. Fear of the unknown, discomfort, unusal circumstances, outward thinking. Whatever the reason it becomes an engrained thought for many, I however find it endlessly intruiging. I leap toward a position that will drive me out of the normalities I have come to expect here in Oregon. As much as I consider this a homestead, I can't help but urge to get out and see this world.
Surely I will miss my dear, loving family and quality appreciative friends. I hope to see some of them in less than a year if they decide to fly half way around the world and pit stop on this island. It will make this time of life all that more easier to bear knowing I will be able to re-visit with them and share cultual experiences I have since learned.
My bags have yet to be packed, but I prepared in that I have the e-2 visa and a stack of Won to last me (hopefully) a month. I look forward to keeping this blog updated in order to communicate with anyone who cares to take an interest. I will be setting up a Korean phone number once I arrive, but I figure the majority of communication will come through video chatting, skype and surely facebook. The digital age, I have yet to form my opinion....
Be well ~
koalathekyle at gmail dot come
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