Gwangju the City

Here are a few pics to clear things up, in case you thought i was moving to a third world country ;)






To find out more about my city check out this website http://eng.gjcity.net/main.jsp

Top 10 Most Common Questions

I thought since I've decided to write a blog I might as well get my most commonly asked questions about moving to South Korea out of the way now.

So here ya go!

1. No I have never taught English before. I graduated from Oregon State University with a degree in Psychology, not education.

2. No I don't speak Korean...and no I'm not worried about it.

3. No I will not be living close to Seoul, however Korea isn't a very big county in general. The distance from Gwangju to Seoul is about as far as from Portland to Seattle.

4. I will have my own studio apartment, no roomies. Not that anyone could top Darc anyway...except for maybe E-rod & Jason...haha.

5. Yes I'm a little scared of the food, but I know I'll survive. Kimchi is actually not that bad!

6. I will be flying over with one other ESL teacher from OSU. There is also already an ESL teacher at the private school I will be working at from U of P. So no, i will not be all by myself.

7. Yes I will be getting paid a salary...and no I won't tell you how much it is. Stop asking.

8. No I'm not scared, I'm EXCITED, I get to move out of Oregon!!!

9. Yes I will miss my friends a ton! I don't know what I will do without you guys! :(

10. Last but not least... Everyone should come visit me is Gwangju! Or...at least think about meeting up to travel with me somewhere in Asia once my year is up!

p.s. Gwangju is also spelled Kwangju

No turning back...

So it's official I will be moving to Gwangju, South Korea sometime within the next two months. Crazy I know! Originally I thought i would be leaving at the end of June, but much to my disappointment the date has been postponed to July 10ish at this time. I'm not a big fan of the ish factor! If i could, I would leave tomorrow...although then I wouldn't be able to throw a sweet going away party and that would kinda suck. Blitz in the pearl is in the works as of now :)

Back to my departure date... Once I actually have a ticket in my hand I will let you know. On the bright side maybe I'll get in some camping if the weather holds out.

Now i just have to worry about my b-day...ugh. Can I push it back to November? I'm not ready to be 24 yet. Not that I'm saying 24 is old, I just don't want to worry about it right now.