I think that the jet lag is waning; this morning I pooped as soon as I woke up. That is the first time this has happened since we arrived in Seoul.
Also, we got a cell phone, just a temporary pre-paid piece, but it will keep us more or less connected until we have our alien registration cards and can get good phones and contracts. And to those who are thinking of visiting us, we now have an extra cell phone to give to you when visit us. Perks, Perks!
I was prepared that this Korea adventure would be very different from the last. Last Korea adventure started smoothly: no late planes, no risky connections, all the bags arrived, there was a man holding a sign for me when I arrived.
This Korea adventure had a few more bumps. One very late plane: we waited over four hours in the Winnipeg airport on the boring side of US customs. Then we had to run through the Chicago airport to get our Korean Air flight to Seoul. After a fourteen flight, I was hauled into a little room at immigration because of the lost or stolen observation in my passport (Go die, Canada Post) and then one of our bags didn’t show up on the belt, just a board with Bryan’s name on it. As we exited the baggage area we found a sign with our name on it but no man. We waited awkwardly for a few minutes until a man came and quickly herded us and our arrived luggage towards the airport limousine (and by limousine, I mean a big grey-hound type bus) for which we had to buy the tickets. He told us to get off at the last stop.
A councilor from our school picked us up at the City Air Bus terminal and brought us to an apartment complex and told us that we would be staying with other teachers temporarily. We would be staying with different other teachers temporarily. We would not be staying together. I called bullshit and we are currently sharing one tiny room in a three-bedroom apartment. There is barely enough room for our luggage and Bryan has to sleep Korea style on the floor. (I have offered every night to sleep on the floor, but he insists that he is comfortable. He is so comfortable that I think maybe sleeping on the floor is better than sleeping on the bed and he is not doing me favour at all. Asshole)
In the next post I will talk about Korea Air and Love Motels and padded running paths.
1 comment:
Hello, my situation is sort of like yours. I spent 1 yr in Korea and now I'm looking to go back. I just got an offer from th Kim Tae Woo company you were with but a different location(Gwangjingu) and I was wondering if you could give me any details about how the management treated you, or if anything else was hard to deal with with them. I'm not sure how often you check this but thanks!
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