Language Classes and NamSan Park

Tuesday I didn't have work yet and the Korean classes didn't start yet, so I took a hike on Namsan. The trails start about 5 minutes away from our apartment and after an hour and 20 minutes (with the last 20 minutes being me making my own path) I reached the Seoul Tower. Coming from the other side is a cable car which I've taken before.

A lot of couples have gone up to the tower and attached locks to the gates as a sign of their unbreakable love. A little more than a year ago there weren't many locks. Now they number in the 10s of thousands.

Well my dinner plans for tonight were canceled so I walked from my university to home skirting around Namsan at the same time. Total time was 2 hours 20 minutes. I think I'm enjoying walking again...

And today also marked the first day of Korean class again. Our class has 13 students from the US, Germany, China, Japan, Uzbekistan, and Mongolia. I've stepped back in terms of levels since some of my foundation isn't as strong as I want it to be and I need to improve my grammar from the bottom up. My plan is to take at least 6 months of full-time courses (while working part-time) and see what happens then.

New Job

Wednesday was my last day of work. I searched some job vacancies on Wednesday and applied to one on Thursday night. Friday morning I get a phone call, a few hours later I get an interview, and we will sign paperwork and start on Monday.

It's part-time, 3x a week, 6 hours a session, visa covered, and covers my expenses so that I can go to Korean language school and still have time for homework and friends and if I am careful I won't need more tutoring to keep myself afloat financially.

Now the question is if the company can get the paperwork in order fast enough so my roommate and myself can do the visa run together.

Oh yeah, and all of this happened with a head cold :)

Transitions

My job has officially ended. Well, officially by the first contract but not by the second but...ah forget it. My last day was filled with games and told the older half of my students; a large amount of whom didn't understand that a new teacher would be coming in the next day. Oh well.

I have been very happy every since. I have about a week of vacation and then I become a full-time language student again. I'm looking for supplemental work so I can continue to be a language student. And I have extended my visa for 30 days which gives me more time to look and prepare.