So I just signed my contract to teach ESL in Daegu for Avalon (I hope I can say this without violating my contract... if the name disappears, you'll know why haha). I don't officially leave for another month, but I figure I might as well start my blog early since, as most of my readers know, I am a HUGE procrastinator. So hears to hoping that I don't just stop writing due to lack of interest or boredom or just plain forgetfulness. It didn't strike me until I was signing the contract that I was actually leaving. As in, moving away from my family and friends, and from my mother culture. God knows, I've prepared myself as much as possible for the culture shock, and I'm hoping that my Asian-geekness lessens that shock to almost nil (which I know is a vain hope).
I know this is going completely against the whole blog format, but since I figure that most of my readers are probably going to be friends, I don't really have to do the whole who-I-am post until later (next post, I swear!). God knows I have a month to write it haha. Not sure what the whole month long hiatus will bring to blog posts, but I foresee parties, visa hassles (since it's always a pain), LOTS and LOTS of packing, aaaaand whining and bitching about going away as it gets closer. BUT on the plus side, there's a Costco in Daegu. I have no clue how far away from my apartment it'll be, but I figure it's way closer than Seoul or Busan. AND I could just pack a suitcase and use that to transport if I'm not up for a taxi (money-wise).
So here's my checklist for the month (let's see if anything gets done):
1. Go shopping! I need more conservative clothes haha
2. Put together a list of essentials (besides clothes) that I need to pack. Any help will be awesome!
3. Get my visa!
4. Throw a kick-ass going away party, South Korea sash and all!
5. Ummm, throw a year's worth of socializing in a month.
6. Figure out more things to do ^_^
