I am more than halfway through my second week of teaching English in Daegu, South Korea. I am exhausted, but I am having a blast! I should probably fill in a few blanks. After we passed training, Parker, Alisha, and I were dropped off at the train station in Seoul with KTX tickets. We waited around (caffeinated and ate some Korean Micky D's) for our train to Daegu. Some man came and bound up all of our luggage-- I guess we were in the way. When it was time to actually move it though, he never came back, so we dismantled [View Full Entry]

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Apologies for how long it's taken me to update, but I just got internet this morning in my officetel! Let me take an entry to explain how chaotic/fun/harrowing training week was with CDL. So, as you all read, I got into Seoul, South Korea on Black Friday -- November 27th for those of you reading who are not American -- along with my roommate for training week and a fellow NY-metro-area instructor. Annah, my roomie, and I crashed pretty much once we hit the pillows. We held off showering until the next day. We both woke up super early the next [View Full Entry]

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I am officially in Korea. Right. Now. As you all may know, my flight was on Thanksgiving. I left out of JFK airport in NYC at 12:40 that afternoon. I arrived at the airport with two super heavy roll-on luggage, a duffel bag, and a backpack. Thankfully, the man who helped me with my bags was super nice and didn't weigh them. I proceeded through the metal detector without any problems, and got to my gate about two hours early. I hung around the airport, had an iced tea, and bought an hour's worth of wireless so I could e-mail Steven [View Full Entry]

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As I said in the last entry, my appointment at the Korean Consulate was on Monday. I went into the city solo to interview for my Korean E-2 Visa, the visa which is given specifically to English teachers. It was pretty easy to find the place; I did I quick map search the night before I left. For those of you who might be looking into teaching English in Korea, the Korean Consulate in NYC is on the NW corner of Park and 57th. I got there about ten minutes prior to my appointment, and brought the appropriate paperwork along with: [View Full Entry]

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I've moved on to the next stage of the application process! Things have been a little hectic around here as I get ready to depart for a fine adventure halfway around the globe. I finally finished my TEFL certification. I should be receiving my certificate in the mail sometime soon. I have also been mailed the material for the other, "bonus" certificate that Kate and I got when we signed to get our TEFL certificate-- the Certificate for Teaching English to Young Learners. Fitting, considering this is exactly what I will be doing when I complete training after touching down in [View Full Entry]

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I've reached a bit of a block as far as it comes to writing my NaNoWriMo novel (November is National Novel Writing Month, to those of you who don't know), so I figure that I might as well start my travel blog. Let's start at the beginning: my senior year of college. Last October, my awesome roomate Kate ( Kate in Africa for those of you who don't know her) was scouring the internet for different travel opportunities, volunteer work, and jobs. We discussed some of the things she had found on a nice brisk walk to the local Gian [View Full Entry]

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