I'm a bundle of emotions right now..I'm really excited to be finally moving into my place, to finally find out who my co-teacher is and what my school looks like.
At the same time I'm sad that all the other SMOE teachers I just started getting to know better and getting close to here will be spread out all over Seoul.
I feel like right now I'm not too worried because I feel like whatever will happen will happen, I just want to make the most of things right now and keep a positive mindset
I also have been feeling pretty selfish lately because I've been so caught up with where I'm going to live, what the area is going to be like...when in the end (as one of the guest speakers said to us) I'm here to teach. It's not about my experience, it's about what I'm going to do in the classroom (not that those other concerns aren't valid, I just don't think they should be in the forefront?).
Anywho those are just some thoughts for right now...I will try to update about orientation once I get a chance (don't worry there are lots of pictures to be posted!). I don't know exactly when that will be considering I have no idea when I'll have secure internet again but...we'll see! :) Dongjak-gu...here I come!
Friday, August 28, 2009
Moving to Kangdong-gu
Orientation is fast approaching its end. It seems like I just arrived here yesterday and I was starting to finally feel more settled and comfortable. Now, I have to move again. Even though I hate the packing and the idea of meeting my co-teacher (the Korean teacher I work with) scares me, I'm very excited to finally go out and about in Seoul and truly begin this adventure.
Although I'm bummed that I'm not in the same district as Diana, I am about one hour to one and a half hours away from her. It'll be interesting to see how we can meet up with all the other teachers we met since everyone is pretty spread out through Seoul.
So many things are on my mind about what to do ... money, teaching, impressions, favorable working relationships, language barriers, being able to survive, and feeling alone. I think anyone going through this experience must feel the same way at some point. Luckily, I do have a support system of people around me and a good network of friends (both Korean and foreign) who can help me during my time here.
This is definitely going to be a wild and crazy ride. Chun Dong Cho Deng Elementary - here i come!
P.S. I want to buy a cute, cheap puppy from Korea. In particular ... the one below:
Although I'm bummed that I'm not in the same district as Diana, I am about one hour to one and a half hours away from her. It'll be interesting to see how we can meet up with all the other teachers we met since everyone is pretty spread out through Seoul.
So many things are on my mind about what to do ... money, teaching, impressions, favorable working relationships, language barriers, being able to survive, and feeling alone. I think anyone going through this experience must feel the same way at some point. Luckily, I do have a support system of people around me and a good network of friends (both Korean and foreign) who can help me during my time here.
This is definitely going to be a wild and crazy ride. Chun Dong Cho Deng Elementary - here i come!
P.S. I want to buy a cute, cheap puppy from Korea. In particular ... the one below:
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Swine Flu
Koreans are so scared about foreigners and the swine flu. We are on "quarantine" here at Orientation. Kinda crazy. It sucks because they cancelled all our adventures into the city :(
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
SMOE Orientation at Sung Kyun Kwan University
SOOO sorry the pictures I uploaded on the "arrival" post were all cut off...oops! I thought it'd be easier to upload it to photobucket but then I guess blogspot doesn't automatically shrink the pictures...soo I went back in photobucket to edit all the pictures -_-..
I also editted a couple of them with some of the fun features in photobucket! :]
Anywho I'll edit this post more after classes, until then <3
[EDIT]
FINALLY! This shall be updated. :) My apologies for lagging..
Day 1
My dorm room!
The view from my window :)
After moving into my dorm room late the previous night (and especially after not getting any sleep for 2 days) I decided to get as much sleep as I possibly could. Luckily no set event/program started until 2pm for this first day because people were were still moving in. I ended up waking up around 10/11ish..got ready and headed down for lunch.
Lunchtime! I think this was my favorite meal served during the time we were there :) Oh and that's Matt my first lunch buddy!
It was a weird feeling being at orientation, I think it's because I was just so comfortable at UCI after settling in for 4 years to now be thrown into another new situation. It was fun at the same time though - I loved meeting new people here because they were literally from all over the world!
Anywho, after lunch we had some free time so we wandered around a bit and took some fun pictures (you can see most of them in Matty's picture post)
I wanted to take this picture because no one could remember what the university was called :P
Just graduated a couple months ago and I'm right back in a lecture room again..:P can't keep me away!
Once 2pm finally rolled around we headed into the auditorium for opening cermony. The sessions that followed the opening cermony were not very noteworthy to be honest. Some parts were helpful but for the most part it was a snoozefest. After sitting through 3 hours about Korea and living in Seoul we headed back for dinner. Since it was the first night we decided to try out one of the optional classes offered after dinner; however, this also turned out to be not very informative and we ended up leaving halfway through during a break. I believe it was this day that we found out what level we were teaching..I was very happy to get elementary (which is what I preferenced)! As much as I can remember that was pretty much the end of the first night :)
Day 2
For the second day of orientation my group I was divided into had to do a medical check up for our Alien Registration Card for the first part of the day. It ended up being a lot of walking back and forth for me...I left my room late because I thought the medical check would begin in the coordination office in our dorm but then they told us to go to the paper craft workshop first. So I walked all the way over to the chemistry building to sit down for 15 minutes and then be called to go do the medical check back in the dorms -_-
It was a fast medical check though. They handed out our sheets of paper and we went through a medical assembly line. It started with getting our temperature taken (which I forgot to mention in the posts that SMOE gave us each thermometers which we were suppose to use to take our temperatures everyday and use to sign in daily) and then getting a paper cup filled with tubes. The next stop was getting weighed and measured and then a quick eye check. They then herded us to get our blood pressure taken and then draw 3 vials of blood (really? 3 vials? do you really need that much??) - side story apparently the next day there was a girl who fainted while her blood was being drawn...scary! but supposidely she said it happens everytime she gets blood drawn. after the blood was taken you got to sit down with a doctor who asked how you were feeling and then sent you to pee in a cup. After peeing in a cup (mind you they wouldn't let us drink any liquids or eat anything starting 9pm the night before AND THEN told us we had to fill the paper cup over halfway full which was NOT true...-_-) they gave the girls some medical shirt to wear because we had to be xrayed. After the x-ray they gave us small cartons of flavored milk and sent us back to do paper crafting...
It's a good thing I like strawberry milk...
trauma inspired paper crafting art :P my clouds are in the shape of hearts <3
Once everyone finished with their medical check we were able to go have lunch and then proceed to our next session about co-teaching. This session was more informative and helpful in terms of prepping us for the kind of experience the students go through and ways to interact and engage with your coteacher. After that we had dinner and decided against going to another optional class. Instead we decided to wander the town a bit so we walked around the streets of Suwon for a bit
We ended up running into more SMOE people and just sat talking outside a convenient store with them. Nothing crazy but it was nice to just hear other people's stories :)
After we headed back in and I went to Matty's room. We ended up talking with his roommate until pretty late into the night :) that was the end of Tuesday night
Day 3
Morning rolled around and I finally had breakfast for my first time on campus! It was simple, just rice and soup with some banchan but it was still enjoyable. We had sessions on education and technology but it was mostly a seminar about different activites and games we could do in our classrooms. After it was time for lunch and then time to go back again for the last session on cooperative learning. I think these sessions were good in sparking ideas that we could use later on so thumbs up to that :). We ended early so my group and I decided to grab some coffee and work on our teaching practice project
Cute coffee shop in the student center
My group and me!
That night we got a notice that our Seoul city tour had been cancelled because of increased cases of swine flu in the country...so instead we were getting our tempertures checked by nurses :( and they also switched the schedule all around which confused my roommate and me but once everything worked out in the end! :)
Day 4
Our first session today was a co-teaching demonstration..I felt like the first one was very helpful and the second was helpful in a sense of what not to do with your coteacher. After lunch we had a Q&A session with the SMOE program coordinator which was informaive and then after that we had our temperature checked..and then we were pretty much free for the rest of the day. After dinner we decided to go into the city for some fun :). We stopped into a bar and had some very spicy chicken and flavored soju (yogurt, strawberry and kiwi) and then headed to the convenience store to take the fun back to SKKU. Somewhere during all this I also tried a sweet corn popsicle...It was a good night! :)
Day 5
Today was our last full day of orientation. We presented our lesson plan for teaching practice and then we're pretty much done for the day. I decided after I finished to wander around the campus and take some pictures. I couldn't find anyone to wander with because most people wanted to start packing or take a nap but I'm glad I went around..it was really relaxing and energizing! Here are some of my favorite shots
Love is everywhere you look :)
My favorite leaf shape..I love these trees!
After all the exploring it was time for dinner and then we went to see the Taekwando performance! It was really good..and cute :) they danced to gee!
After we headed into the city again to wander a bit but we didnt do too much...bought some street food and then headed back to pack. We found out our schools that night and it was a mad house trying to see the list!It was bittersweet to look at the list and see some people being joined together but everyone else being split apart. That night I packed most of my stuff up and went to sleep...ready to be shipped out to "Dongjak-gu" the next day!
Day 6
Woke up bright and early to check out by 7am...moved all our luggage to the appropriate bus and turned in our dorm keys. We had some free time before closing ceremony so I spent most of it on the computer (which is when I wrote the "Humbled" post). Had a delicious and very eclectic lunch and then boarded the bus to Dongjak-gu!
An hour ride later we were in Seoul..in our new home gu! One by one we were picked up by our coteachers/faculty members and taken to our homes/schools. I was one of the last to be picked up which made me even more nervous. I was first greeted by the male teacher (I was kind of surprised because everyone had said most likely everyone will have a female coteacher) and his son (sooo cute!!). I thought the woman with him was his wife (because other teachers brought their families)...I just kept thinking to myself she's so adorable! Turns out she was my coteacher! The other teacher who had greeted me first was a head teacher.
They're so cute! I love them :)
They helped me move my things into my apartment (which is a pleasant box, I'll post pictures of it after I decorate but the state it's in now you can check out on my facebook pictures). They got me situated with all the essentials (bed, new sheets, fan, AC, vacuum, some kitchen appliances, etc) and even internet and cable tv (both which i was very very thankful for). After that they showed me around the area (where the subway was, etc) and went with me to get a T-money card. I was also introduced to the superintendent and landlady - both are very kind when i see them around the building :).
I can't say that I'm living in luxury (my place is literally in an alley surrounded by bars and street marts..my door has a simple lock [unlike the fancy keypads i've been seeing around seoul]..and the bathroom has been really difficult to get used to seeing as the shower is between the sink and toliet haha) but I'm really enjoying it here and I've been enjoying the area.
I like Bongcheon-dong (I'm actually in Gwanak-gu instead of Dongjak-gu), it's nothing fancy but it has it's own little charm to it. I'm just really thankful for all the amenities I've been given to start with (because I know what it's like having to come into a place and start pretty much from scratch in terms of apartment stuff).
Anywho getting off topic (I'm sure I'll talk more about my apartment in later posts as I'm in the process of cute-ifying it!)~
After getting all settled in, I rested for a bit and then headed out again! Some of the people I had met on the bus decided to meet up in Hongdae to have dinner and go out so I headed over there. The subway was pretty easy to figure out - at least getting on and off! When I got to Hongdae station I totally forgot my friend had said exit 1 so I ended up wandering around aimlessly for an hour :(
Luckily enough I ran into another friend who I had invited so we went to go eat some dinner! Afterwards we headed back to the subway station in hopes to run into the group because they were going to come back around 9pm to gather more people. And again by luck we ran into them! :) We all headed out to a bar for some drinks and snacks...after that we rolled on over to a club that was free for foreigners..yay free! We also got a bunch of free drinks from the really cute bartender there <3 :D After dancing the night away we headed over to noraebong (karaoke) ...it was quite a day to say the least!
And so ends my SMOE orientation! All in all it was a positive experience because I took away some much needed info and was able to network with some really awesome people :)
I also editted a couple of them with some of the fun features in photobucket! :]
Anywho I'll edit this post more after classes, until then <3
[EDIT]
FINALLY! This shall be updated. :) My apologies for lagging..
Day 1
My dorm room!
The view from my window :)
After moving into my dorm room late the previous night (and especially after not getting any sleep for 2 days) I decided to get as much sleep as I possibly could. Luckily no set event/program started until 2pm for this first day because people were were still moving in. I ended up waking up around 10/11ish..got ready and headed down for lunch.
Lunchtime! I think this was my favorite meal served during the time we were there :) Oh and that's Matt my first lunch buddy!
It was a weird feeling being at orientation, I think it's because I was just so comfortable at UCI after settling in for 4 years to now be thrown into another new situation. It was fun at the same time though - I loved meeting new people here because they were literally from all over the world!
Anywho, after lunch we had some free time so we wandered around a bit and took some fun pictures (you can see most of them in Matty's picture post)
I wanted to take this picture because no one could remember what the university was called :P
Just graduated a couple months ago and I'm right back in a lecture room again..:P can't keep me away!
Once 2pm finally rolled around we headed into the auditorium for opening cermony. The sessions that followed the opening cermony were not very noteworthy to be honest. Some parts were helpful but for the most part it was a snoozefest. After sitting through 3 hours about Korea and living in Seoul we headed back for dinner. Since it was the first night we decided to try out one of the optional classes offered after dinner; however, this also turned out to be not very informative and we ended up leaving halfway through during a break. I believe it was this day that we found out what level we were teaching..I was very happy to get elementary (which is what I preferenced)! As much as I can remember that was pretty much the end of the first night :)
Day 2
For the second day of orientation my group I was divided into had to do a medical check up for our Alien Registration Card for the first part of the day. It ended up being a lot of walking back and forth for me...I left my room late because I thought the medical check would begin in the coordination office in our dorm but then they told us to go to the paper craft workshop first. So I walked all the way over to the chemistry building to sit down for 15 minutes and then be called to go do the medical check back in the dorms -_-
It was a fast medical check though. They handed out our sheets of paper and we went through a medical assembly line. It started with getting our temperature taken (which I forgot to mention in the posts that SMOE gave us each thermometers which we were suppose to use to take our temperatures everyday and use to sign in daily) and then getting a paper cup filled with tubes. The next stop was getting weighed and measured and then a quick eye check. They then herded us to get our blood pressure taken and then draw 3 vials of blood (really? 3 vials? do you really need that much??) - side story apparently the next day there was a girl who fainted while her blood was being drawn...scary! but supposidely she said it happens everytime she gets blood drawn. after the blood was taken you got to sit down with a doctor who asked how you were feeling and then sent you to pee in a cup. After peeing in a cup (mind you they wouldn't let us drink any liquids or eat anything starting 9pm the night before AND THEN told us we had to fill the paper cup over halfway full which was NOT true...-_-) they gave the girls some medical shirt to wear because we had to be xrayed. After the x-ray they gave us small cartons of flavored milk and sent us back to do paper crafting...
It's a good thing I like strawberry milk...
trauma inspired paper crafting art :P my clouds are in the shape of hearts <3
Once everyone finished with their medical check we were able to go have lunch and then proceed to our next session about co-teaching. This session was more informative and helpful in terms of prepping us for the kind of experience the students go through and ways to interact and engage with your coteacher. After that we had dinner and decided against going to another optional class. Instead we decided to wander the town a bit so we walked around the streets of Suwon for a bit
We ended up running into more SMOE people and just sat talking outside a convenient store with them. Nothing crazy but it was nice to just hear other people's stories :)
After we headed back in and I went to Matty's room. We ended up talking with his roommate until pretty late into the night :) that was the end of Tuesday night
Day 3
Morning rolled around and I finally had breakfast for my first time on campus! It was simple, just rice and soup with some banchan but it was still enjoyable. We had sessions on education and technology but it was mostly a seminar about different activites and games we could do in our classrooms. After it was time for lunch and then time to go back again for the last session on cooperative learning. I think these sessions were good in sparking ideas that we could use later on so thumbs up to that :). We ended early so my group and I decided to grab some coffee and work on our teaching practice project
Cute coffee shop in the student center
My group and me!
That night we got a notice that our Seoul city tour had been cancelled because of increased cases of swine flu in the country...so instead we were getting our tempertures checked by nurses :( and they also switched the schedule all around which confused my roommate and me but once everything worked out in the end! :)
Day 4
Our first session today was a co-teaching demonstration..I felt like the first one was very helpful and the second was helpful in a sense of what not to do with your coteacher. After lunch we had a Q&A session with the SMOE program coordinator which was informaive and then after that we had our temperature checked..and then we were pretty much free for the rest of the day. After dinner we decided to go into the city for some fun :). We stopped into a bar and had some very spicy chicken and flavored soju (yogurt, strawberry and kiwi) and then headed to the convenience store to take the fun back to SKKU. Somewhere during all this I also tried a sweet corn popsicle...It was a good night! :)
Day 5
Today was our last full day of orientation. We presented our lesson plan for teaching practice and then we're pretty much done for the day. I decided after I finished to wander around the campus and take some pictures. I couldn't find anyone to wander with because most people wanted to start packing or take a nap but I'm glad I went around..it was really relaxing and energizing! Here are some of my favorite shots
Love is everywhere you look :)
My favorite leaf shape..I love these trees!
After all the exploring it was time for dinner and then we went to see the Taekwando performance! It was really good..and cute :) they danced to gee!
After we headed into the city again to wander a bit but we didnt do too much...bought some street food and then headed back to pack. We found out our schools that night and it was a mad house trying to see the list!It was bittersweet to look at the list and see some people being joined together but everyone else being split apart. That night I packed most of my stuff up and went to sleep...ready to be shipped out to "Dongjak-gu" the next day!
Day 6
Woke up bright and early to check out by 7am...moved all our luggage to the appropriate bus and turned in our dorm keys. We had some free time before closing ceremony so I spent most of it on the computer (which is when I wrote the "Humbled" post). Had a delicious and very eclectic lunch and then boarded the bus to Dongjak-gu!
An hour ride later we were in Seoul..in our new home gu! One by one we were picked up by our coteachers/faculty members and taken to our homes/schools. I was one of the last to be picked up which made me even more nervous. I was first greeted by the male teacher (I was kind of surprised because everyone had said most likely everyone will have a female coteacher) and his son (sooo cute!!). I thought the woman with him was his wife (because other teachers brought their families)...I just kept thinking to myself she's so adorable! Turns out she was my coteacher! The other teacher who had greeted me first was a head teacher.
They're so cute! I love them :)
They helped me move my things into my apartment (which is a pleasant box, I'll post pictures of it after I decorate but the state it's in now you can check out on my facebook pictures). They got me situated with all the essentials (bed, new sheets, fan, AC, vacuum, some kitchen appliances, etc) and even internet and cable tv (both which i was very very thankful for). After that they showed me around the area (where the subway was, etc) and went with me to get a T-money card. I was also introduced to the superintendent and landlady - both are very kind when i see them around the building :).
I can't say that I'm living in luxury (my place is literally in an alley surrounded by bars and street marts..my door has a simple lock [unlike the fancy keypads i've been seeing around seoul]..and the bathroom has been really difficult to get used to seeing as the shower is between the sink and toliet haha) but I'm really enjoying it here and I've been enjoying the area.
I like Bongcheon-dong (I'm actually in Gwanak-gu instead of Dongjak-gu), it's nothing fancy but it has it's own little charm to it. I'm just really thankful for all the amenities I've been given to start with (because I know what it's like having to come into a place and start pretty much from scratch in terms of apartment stuff).
Anywho getting off topic (I'm sure I'll talk more about my apartment in later posts as I'm in the process of cute-ifying it!)~
After getting all settled in, I rested for a bit and then headed out again! Some of the people I had met on the bus decided to meet up in Hongdae to have dinner and go out so I headed over there. The subway was pretty easy to figure out - at least getting on and off! When I got to Hongdae station I totally forgot my friend had said exit 1 so I ended up wandering around aimlessly for an hour :(
Luckily enough I ran into another friend who I had invited so we went to go eat some dinner! Afterwards we headed back to the subway station in hopes to run into the group because they were going to come back around 9pm to gather more people. And again by luck we ran into them! :) We all headed out to a bar for some drinks and snacks...after that we rolled on over to a club that was free for foreigners..yay free! We also got a bunch of free drinks from the really cute bartender there <3 :D After dancing the night away we headed over to noraebong (karaoke) ...it was quite a day to say the least!
And so ends my SMOE orientation! All in all it was a positive experience because I took away some much needed info and was able to network with some really awesome people :)
Monday, August 24, 2009
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Arrival!
I'm super tired from staying up all night to pack and then staying up for the majority of the 12 hour plane ride here...So I just wanted to say we made it here safe and sound :) I'll update this post later when I'm not so tired and I can upload pictures
[EDIT]
The morning was a little hectic because I just finished packing and on top of that doing super last minute errands (calling credit card companies so they wont think someone stole my identity, cashing checks, etc)
I left san diego around 9:30 am...had lunch in westminster and then finally made it to LAX around 12:30
I was really worried because I'm prettttty sure my check in bags were going to be heavier than the airline allowed..but luckily the guy who was checking in before me was still getting his luggage weighed/remeasured? and so I guess to speed things up the woman checking me in just weighed one of my bags (the lighter one) and then just gave me luggage tags for both :)
Then I was also worried because my carry on bag was huge and stuffed...but basically everything went smoothly at the airport...boarded the plane and had a smooth flight over to korea
Matty and me on the plane (I look like a mess)
So I brought some things (books, movies, etc) to keep myself entertained for the 12 hour flight..one of those things was my laptop BUT I was betting on the plane having power outlets (as many forms of public transportation usually do). However, after looking around we could not find any outlets! While looking through some of the magazines about the plane I saw that there was suppose to be an outlet every 2 seats so matty and I kept searching...I finally felt this bump underneath and between the seats but really couldn't tell if it was an outlet or not. So like a couple of creepers we put the camera underneath the chair and took a picture of it :P
yeah...we ended up not even using the laptop because the inflight entertainment was so...entertaining :)
This one's for Lina
Finally made it through all the airport check points and met our recruiters..then made my first purchase in korea! Water and pocari sweat :)
Too much luggage..
Craziness! Ran into another anteater :) which by the way, there are so many people from UCI here..it's kind of amazing :)
Some neat light thingy outside of the airport
Party bussss...it's not a party without lights and tassles.
After we loaded up all our stuff we made it to the university..pretty much just got my keys..tried to unpack..showered and fell asleep.
I'll update later about day one with more details about where we're staying
time to sleep more!
Oh! Matty is now also updating this blog as well :) I think I'll ask other people to post about their experience too if they want..but yeah for now theres the two of us (it says at the bottom of each post who the poster is) :]
[EDIT]
The morning was a little hectic because I just finished packing and on top of that doing super last minute errands (calling credit card companies so they wont think someone stole my identity, cashing checks, etc)
I left san diego around 9:30 am...had lunch in westminster and then finally made it to LAX around 12:30
I was really worried because I'm prettttty sure my check in bags were going to be heavier than the airline allowed..but luckily the guy who was checking in before me was still getting his luggage weighed/remeasured? and so I guess to speed things up the woman checking me in just weighed one of my bags (the lighter one) and then just gave me luggage tags for both :)
Then I was also worried because my carry on bag was huge and stuffed...but basically everything went smoothly at the airport...boarded the plane and had a smooth flight over to korea
Matty and me on the plane (I look like a mess)
So I brought some things (books, movies, etc) to keep myself entertained for the 12 hour flight..one of those things was my laptop BUT I was betting on the plane having power outlets (as many forms of public transportation usually do). However, after looking around we could not find any outlets! While looking through some of the magazines about the plane I saw that there was suppose to be an outlet every 2 seats so matty and I kept searching...I finally felt this bump underneath and between the seats but really couldn't tell if it was an outlet or not. So like a couple of creepers we put the camera underneath the chair and took a picture of it :P
yeah...we ended up not even using the laptop because the inflight entertainment was so...entertaining :)
This one's for Lina
Finally made it through all the airport check points and met our recruiters..then made my first purchase in korea! Water and pocari sweat :)
Too much luggage..
Craziness! Ran into another anteater :) which by the way, there are so many people from UCI here..it's kind of amazing :)
Some neat light thingy outside of the airport
Party bussss...it's not a party without lights and tassles.
After we loaded up all our stuff we made it to the university..pretty much just got my keys..tried to unpack..showered and fell asleep.
I'll update later about day one with more details about where we're staying
time to sleep more!
Oh! Matty is now also updating this blog as well :) I think I'll ask other people to post about their experience too if they want..but yeah for now theres the two of us (it says at the bottom of each post who the poster is) :]
Friday, August 21, 2009
Packing up and moving out
Hello new journal!
This will be my online blog about my experience teaching abroad in Korea through the SMOE program.
I want to try and update as much as possible but we'll see how much time I'll have to do that once I get over there..
I leave the US tomorrow at 2pm :( I know I should be feeling excited and part of me is but right now I feel like my heart is breaking
SPOP royal year has honestly been one of the highest points in my life - I don't want to talk too much about this right now because it will make me cry. Anddd I need to pull it together right now and finish packing!
Well the next time I post I'll be in korea :), until then ♥
This will be my online blog about my experience teaching abroad in Korea through the SMOE program.
I want to try and update as much as possible but we'll see how much time I'll have to do that once I get over there..
I leave the US tomorrow at 2pm :( I know I should be feeling excited and part of me is but right now I feel like my heart is breaking
SPOP royal year has honestly been one of the highest points in my life - I don't want to talk too much about this right now because it will make me cry. Anddd I need to pull it together right now and finish packing!
Well the next time I post I'll be in korea :), until then ♥
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