52)Back In Korea

I got back in Korea just a couple days ago. When I left Cambodia I wasn’t really too excited to be coming back. I had a couple job leads, but no job, and I would be staying in friends apartments- which isn’t always the most comfortable (especially when you are sharing a bed). The other thing that I was not to pumped about is that it is considerably colder here than when I left, and a world apart from Cambodia. But after just one day I was pretty happy to be back again. I don’t exactly know what it is about Korea or the people that I like, but something makes me happy to be here.

I just accepted a job offer today, and now I will be working in Seoul- which I am pretty excited about. I will be right in the heart of the city, and teaching elementary classes just in the afternoon hours at a public school.

It was pretty cool how this job came about. I had a pretty good interview with a big school in Korea, and they offered me a job. So before I was going to accept that job I wanted to think about it for at least one night. That evening after the interview I decided to go to the area of Seoul where the school and my new apartment would be. I wanted to check it all out, and was pretty sure I would be accepting the job, and I was trying to convince myself it was going to be a good job for me. So after a bit of wandering around just looking for the school with no real direction, I met a random guy on the street. He asked me if I was looking for a job, or at least a temporary position. He was going on vacation for about a month and needed someone to fill his spot. I told him I was not interested, because I already had a job that I was going to take. But we talked for a little while anyways, and then eventually I asked him if I could just talk to the manager. When I went in to talk to her she seemed pretty interested in having me work there. But I was not really interested in just working for just a month. Then she informed me that a full time position just opened up, and she wanted me to fill it. But I was not so excited about the location of this job- it is nice, but I wanted to be in a great spot or at least closer to my friends. She told me that the position is in central Seoul, and it is a public school position (which are pretty sought after positions). So after a little bit of thinking about it, I decided this position could not be passed up. They said I could move into the apartment tomorrow, and I will have another week before I actually start working. So I was pretty excited about how it all worked out.