Finally, I have a job.

Well folks, after what seems like so much hubbub and little to no results, I finally have a job. Yes that's right, I finally have a job. What I find to be the most unique part of this is that no matter how well you plan things, you never truly know where you are going to end up. As it turns out I took a job in a different region of Korea. In fact I'm about as far away from the Busan area as I could possibly imagine myself going. I have decided to accept a public school position in the city of Seosan. Seosan, for those of who who are wondering is about two hours southwest of Seoul. It is a decent sized city situated on the West coast of Korea. The city itself has about 200,000 people living in it, and from what I've been told is actually very nice.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seosan,_Chungnam

http://eng.seosantour.net/

Those are two websites where you can go to get more information about the city and surrounding areas. I'm sorry there isn't more info available, but that is the best info that can be found online that pertains to my soon to be home. Many of you who read this may be asking yourselves, why would I decide to go here? Well to be brutally honest with you, the money just was too good here. By taking a job in this city I will make an average of 700 dollars more a month, without doing any overtime. If I add in overtime I'm looking at making close to 1,000-1,500 dollars more a month. When you run that out to over one full year, it comes out to roughly an extra 10,000 dollars. Like I said, the money just ended up being too good.

So this post was basically just to let you all know that I have finally, after all these damned months, found and accepted a job. I hope to be gone in the next three to four weeks depending on the amount of time it takes to process my Visa. I will keep you all updated as I know more. Until then

I hate bureaucracy

You know, I really dislike bureaucracy. I really don't think I've found anyone who likes having to go to three different places to get one piece of paper. Well for those of you that have ever tried to get something Apostilled let me tell you, it's fun. First you have to get whatever document you need Apostilled notarized. This is supposed to be the easiest step. However, when you are someone like me and you forget to bring your affidavit swearing the document is true and real, it requires more then one trip.

This was then followed by visiting the regional Secretary of States office in Downtown San Diego. When I arrived there, I was told that I had to goto the County building and first get a verification of the notary. So off I drive to the county building and I am forced to sit in the wedding licenses office to get my notary verified. Well, being the only person in the room who wasn't either there for a wedding or to get their wedding license makes you stand out very quickly and oddly. So after sitting there for about ten minutes with twenty people wondering where my spouse was I finally received my certification of the notary.

I then proceeded back to the Secretary of State's office, and finally received what can only be described as a giant gold star. It's seriously a printed out sheet of paper with a big ass gold circular seal on it. I understand the necessity of verifying documents, but come on. Seriously. It all reminded me of something.



Sometimes you just have to sit back and laugh about stuff, which I honestly say is going to probably happen a lot in the next years.

Those things I'll miss

The First Post

Well this is the first installment of my Korean misadventures. As it sits right now I have not left the country yet, and really do not have a definitive date to leave either. I am hoping to leave within the next two weeks but I really am not so sure as to when I will be departing this continent for what I can only say is going to be interesting. I decided to start this blog so that I could share with all of you my thoughts and experiences about traveling abroad and teaching. I can only hope that this blog is going to be as unique and entertaining as I think it is. For those of you who know my comedic nature then you will find this chock full of self deprecating humor and I will ensure not to leave out all the embarrassing moments. Which if you know me, there will be plenty. I am not sure I will be able to repeat some of my previous glory, but we all know that I am capable of some great moments. Until I have more definitive information however, I will leave you as I myself currently exist, on the edge of my seat with a unique mix of excitement and terror.