What can I say ? I'm just not a good blogger ! Lol
The past four months in Korea have been amazing, and they have changed some of my future plans. The biggest decision that I've made was that I am no longer going to attend Law School this August. I didnt get into my dream school :( and I dont want to settle for a school that I don't really like. Therefore, I will be staying in Korea for 6 more lovely months. I realized that even if I did get into the law school of my choice then I would have still chosen to stay in Korea a little longer, and just defer my acceptance. 9 months ago when I first got here, if someone was to ask me ,if I would stay longer than a year, then I would have said " HELL NO" . But now I am so excited to stay a little longer.
Some of my friends and family members asked me , how I could possibly stay for 6 more months, because for them they cannot imagine Korea to be interesting. What they don't understand is that this is an incredible journey and adventure that I am on. I am learning so much about myself , another culture, and Im living an adventure. When I first signed up I would not expect to make such a good group of friends (Koreans and Foreigners) , have a kind and helpful school, a nice small city. I definitely had my ups and downs, in the beginning. Sometimes the staring can be too much or the obnoxious comments can make you upset. But you learn not to think so much about the bad because then it would overpower all the good that has happened . My students are great, and I love teaching them. They make my days happy or sometimes a little frustrating..but everything works out , when I go out for a drink with the teachers at my school.
It was good step that I made to stay here a little longer but , I do look forward to come for a few weeks during the summer. There are a ton of things about American that I have missed.
So since the last time I wrote on here, I was preparing to go to Thailand for 14 days. That trip wasng incredible. I did everything and more that I wanted to do......well except look at temples, except one. I rode an elephant , kayaking, snorkeling, and hiking, and had an over-all fun time. Even my 18 hour layover in China was not terrible. My friends and I got to get a 24 hr Visa to leave the airport, so we stayed at a nearby hotel. The hotel concierge told us his friend could drive us around to all the tourist spots for pictures for only 40 USD. Soo cheap ! The guy was really nice and spoke a little English but our friend Jing who is Chinese-American was able to talk to him so he didn't feel so awkward around lol. Our time was beautiful, the only thing that sucked was I sprained my ankle the second day...WTF! Other than me being a gimp for a few days, I did enjoy my 5USD foot massages and body massages for one full hour. I definitely recommend anyone to go to Thailand. So everything on this trip did work out. It was such an incredible trip that I will make another trip to Souteast Asia, maybe this winter to Vietnam.
Jing and I on a Elephant :)
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