The day of reckoning had come. As I walked into the departure day ceremony, it felt like the end of a long twisted dream. Having spent 6 weeks at Jungwon University, did I ever actually arrive in Korea? During orientation, I was always surrounded by Americans and contained in the isolated space of the university. …
저는 지금 뭐해요? Well that’s a really good question. What am I asking for those of you who don’t read Hangeul (the Korean alphabet)? “What am I doing right now?” Just days away from leaving Jungwon University for our new homes and schools, I feel in a strange place mentally. I also went to bed …
안녕하세요! Afternoon everyone! I’m sitting here in 중원대학교 (Jungwon University) after a long day of orientation programs with lots to share about my experience so far. Having survived a week in Korea already and two or three days of dazed jet-lag, the schedule is keeping a steady rhythm and I’m slowly starting to feel like …
The still moments rush by until my launch to South Korea; in 19 days I leave for an exciting 13-month adventure in teaching and adapting to a new life of pork buns, world-class wifi connectivity, and soju (a rice-based alcohol). I’ve traveled and lived abroad, but never for longer than a year and never before …
“Two weeks removed from the Green Mountain State and the national park chapter of my life already feels buried in the memory books, a wispy distant past that stopped being real the moment I left Quechee for the Breadbasket states.” Admittedly, I let myself get caught up in the act of leaving, attempts at closure, …