Robshaw7

I have been in Korea for a little over two weeks now. I flew into Seoul and immediately went to the other domestic airport and flew to Busan where i am living now. Within a few hours, I was sitting in front of Korean parents whose child i would be teaching. I was asked to lie and say i had been in Korea for over a week and that i had previous teaching experience in the US. I met my co-teachers. Jim is from Missouri, and a really nice guy. the other teachers are all from Korea and very nice as well. I was a bit jet-lagged, so they gave me the afternoon off. The first night i went up to Hwamyeong where my friend Conor is living, and we had dinner at a typical Korean ... read more

I drove to Houston with my Dad on Monday night, and we had dinner at one my favorite restaurants of old, Churrascos South American grill. the next morning I got up early and went to the Korean Consulate for my appointment. At the consulate were 5 other teachers waiting to get their visa. We were all leaving within 48 hours to go to Korea. In my interview, I spoke spanish with the consul for half the time because he knew spanish for some reason. then when he asked when i was leaving his whole demeanor changed. "you think we are just a stamp in the passport...we decide whether you go or not...we dont give everyone visa..." It was all a powerful trip and everyone came back at 2pm to pick up their visa. I headed off ... read more