Wrong *frown* -- I am covering for one of the Korean teachers today by teaching a double class starting at 11am. That makes 12 hours in the office. The good news is that I am down to only 2 classes on Friday... but I will most likely be making a visa run to Osaka that day so it'll be a long day too. I'll try to say hi from Japan.
Wednesday, January 30, 2002
Tuesday, January 29, 2002
8 CLASSES. I have 8 classes today. For this week, I continue to teach two of my winter vacation classes but also the regular session classes. That means I have 10 overtime classes this week and will be in the office for 11 hours today, tomorrow, and Thursday. Friday I should be able to get out with only 9 hours in the office. Blah. That's all I have to say.
Saturday, January 26, 2002
Just a note... someone noticed that the Robert Burns link in the last posting wasn't working. I assure you it was working but maybe the server shut down on account of it being Robbie Burns Day? Oh well, here's another.
Friday, January 25, 2002
I'm on a short break from work. I wanted to throw in a couple quick pieces of info before I go back to class however-- since my home internet connection is still on the fritz 85% of the time.
Firstly, I want to wish everyone a happy Robbie Burns Day! On this special occasion, I have a couple single malts sitting on my shelf namely Cragganmore and Oban (which I brought over, one each, when I crossed the Pacific). I have also found a place that has one each of a Knockando (bottled in 1979), a Bowmore (17 years), and a Macallan (18 years)-- the last of which I have never tried. Each of these is over a hundred bucks Canadian so I am not buying them today unless someone goes splits... Still, it's refreshing to have finally found my taste here in Korea.
Secondly, I received some good news from the new Canadian domain registry, CIRA, who have released a number of coveted .CA domains which failed to be reregistered when CIRA took over last month. I am wondering how highly Donna will rank me on her Geek Quotient, now that I-- get this-- have registered www.sci-fi.ca !!! If anyone has ideas on how I should develop it, let me know. I also picked up a couple other domains when they came open a few hours ago and am waiting to hear on a couple more...
Thursday, January 24, 2002
Just a quick note from the depths of work. We actually have internet connections at this place which is a far step greater toward the 21st century than before. I just wanted to post that there is an unresolveable tie for visitor 5000. Kim in Halifax (no web page) assures me that she was number 5000. After being visitor 4999, she claims my maple leaf was not spinning so she had to reload the page and become visitor 5000. While I sense a few holes in this theory (she is a page reloader by habit having done the same to become visitor number 2000 if memory serves me), my counter is also supposed to recognize multiple hits by the same user and not count them. According to my counter logs however, I think visitor 5000 was Donna who's characteristic Resnet address appeared at the proper time on the chart.
Either way, since Donna hosts the radio show, and Kim already lives in Halifax and should be donating to CKDU already... I only said I would make a "donation to a radio station in that person's name". I didn't say I was going to pay for it *smirk*. So Kim, you owe CKDU $150 bucks.
Truth be told I am hoping to donate something but I have some censorship concerns. Although it wasn't the show I was going to pledge for, I have heard that a couple of shows I used to take in (half of the gendered listening category), with a history of being a little controversial, were pulled out of the lineup. Anyone have more info on this before I decide to earmark some virtual coinage?
Wednesday, January 23, 2002
Comments are now back up and working! (As provided by YACCS).
Tuesday, January 22, 2002
A recent surge in blogging has led me to reevaluate my Imood. While following a link trail, it led me to yet another name generator to try out. Coincidently, it's also inspired by little people of the fantasy world-- in this case, it's a Hobbit Name Generator. Mine is Posco Moss of Lake-By-Downs. Can someone give me a geography lesson to tell me where exactly in Middle Earth I'm from?
I had another brief mention in my hometown paper, the Miramichi Leader. They are running a couple informal contests to send in "Headlines You'd Like to See" in the paper, and "Jobs You'd Least Want to Have" (fitting for an area approaching 50% unemployment). Here's the quote from owner David Cadogan (who I might add is also a fan of single malts):
"Quick response
Ian Ross, our bureau chief in Korea, was the first to send in an entry to our current games. His entry came in at 4:41 a.m. last Friday morning before the hard copy of the papers even hit the streets here. One of his entries in the "Headlines I'd Like to See in the Leader" contest is, "Tylenol to Sponsor Miramichi Irish Festival." To enter, send in five headlines." [Miramichi Leader, Jan. 18, 2002]
As I write this, my counter is at 4942. That means that I am no more than 3 days away from hitting 5000 by my latest predictions. What should I give for a prize? A donation to a radio station in that person's name? I encourage anyone with an interest in community radio to check out how to donate by visiting Donna's site-- The Existential Dishwasher and showering her with inquiring emails, visa numbers, and pleasant greetings from afar.
Donna's been including a few wacky personality polls lately so I though I would retaliate with something I found tonight while checking out random blogs. Here it is folks-- the Smurf Name Generator! After trying it out, I found out that the little blue ones of the village may refer to me as Insatiable Smurf. *cheers*
...Must... blog... quickly... before...
The Internet around me is a mess right now. I lost my connection at home last night and it's still out. I did a virus scan which told me my boot records had been modified but gave me no other help... I'm still offline.
I came to school and both the computers there are out too. Mr. Shon suspects a virus also.
At the PCBang, I couldn't connect to MSN but did manage to get on here and write this little note. One of the kids beside me just said something about a 'Bi-uh-l/rus' meaning 'virus'. My class breaks are shorter today though and I have to hurry back to teach... Stay tuned.
Friday, January 18, 2002
It's Friday with one more class to go. I just stopped in for a quick break at the PC방. This weekend I hope to find at least one desk so I can begin setting things up in my apartment. I have no idea when I will be able to get internet at home, but it will be after I actually unpack the computer. Tomorrow might be a good day for that. Tonight I am supposed to meet my cousin to try out a traditional Korean restaurant. Sunday, there is some sort of market he wants to take me to which has a number of household items. Sunday night, I have been invited to a folk gig in Itaewon.
For those of you interested in current affairs, it should be noted that new evidence has come to light, and a new call for an apology made by victims and their families of the Nogeun-ri Massacre. Clinton had previously released a letter of 'regret' which he said amounts to the same thing as an apoogy, but it is clear that the new administration considers 'regrets' and 'apologies' as completely different as in the case of the P-3 forced to land at Hainan Island last year.
Wednesday, January 16, 2002
Well... I didn't find out about the apartment on Monday as planned. It turns out that the teacher I am replacing couldn't get a flight on Monday so he left today. Instead, I just moved in two hours ago.
This morning I said goodbye to the Hotel Tiffany. Luckily, the ajashi at the desk wasn't working. He's convinced I speak English and engages me in these long, drawn out, tongue-in-cheek conversations when I pass by. Yesterday morning he said he wanted to 'meet' me that night but I snuck past while he was on the phone. I am sorry if I am starting to sound unfriendly, but I was getting tired of washing my laundry in the sink and smelling like a gigolo from the hotel shampoo. The first thing I did tonight when I moved in was to put a load of laundry in the washer.
So the apartment should be alright. It's near 하계 (Hagyeh) station on the Number 7 Subway Line. The former occupant left a few articles of food around that I am going to trash. Certainly, he left less behind than I did in my hasty retreat from Changwon so I won't complain. The genetically engineered baked potato in the microwave caused a bit of a scare for myself and Mr. Shon who was helping me move in. On the bright side however, I have a microwave. He also left behind a VCR and the cable TV is still hooked up. There's a problem with the phone though, where I guess it will take a month to get a new one installed, but until then I have my cell. Since my predecessor never had a computer, getting internet hooked up should be much speedier.
By the way, the closest thing I can find to a neighbourhood map is one on the Popeye's Chicken website. There's a small franchise outlet in the basement level of the department store next door. If you click on the middle one (phone number 977-8828) you will get a popup map of my new location.
I am going to have a lot more to write about apartment life, I think. This time I actually am living in one of those domino style buildings. It's the first building in the 한신 (Han Shin) Apartment block. I live on the ninth floor. I have a good-sized kitchen, that opens to a minor antechamber, and a fair sized bedroom. The bedroom itself is mostly occupied by-- get this-- a double bed (as I write this I am reminded that I no longer have sheets that fit). At the back end of my apartment, is something which is best described as a self-contained balcony that houses some storage space and the washer. This time, the bathroom has a sink, and technically it has a tub although I've seen bigger tubs of margarine. If I take some yoga classes, maybe I can jack knife myself into it. Like many Korean apartments, I have a front door, but it opens onto a sort of common balcony... or maybe you would call it a catwalk. My acrophobia starting kicking in as soon as I tried to sqeeze around the open door.
Lastly, I have foreign wall sockets. Don't ask me why. Mr. Shon (who was IMMENSELY helpful and seems like a great guy) said that they were the old style plugs. Problem is that everything I own now uses Korean voltage. I still haven't found where the phone fits in though.
After getting the stuff into the apartment, we headed next door to 한신코아 (Han Shin Ko-ah- or maybe Han Shin Court(?)) which is a semi-upscale department store. We had sushi, I bought some quick groceries, and then headed out. After bringing the stuff back up to the apartment, I went on a search and eventually found a PCBang not too far away.
[Endnote: For avid readers of this blog, I found a website for the 'OTEL mentionned January 9th and for those not familiar with the term salon in Korea, it has nothing to do with getting your hair done-- and has everything to do with renting girls. The Hotel Tiffany is right around the corner if anyone ever wants to follow in my footsteps and stay a night. By the way, I stole a towel when I left this morning but it was SO small I am sure that they will never notice it.]
Sunday, January 13, 2002
Nothing's up at all today. I am sure that the little guy is trying to screw me over again at my hotel though. I ordered 2 black coffees (in cups and everything) which cost 6000 Won but he ended up delivering two cans of coffee and charging me 3000 Won. Basically the cans cost about 500 Won at the store. He's also been chargin me for water which he is supposed to provide for free.
I should find out about the apartment tomorrow. Possibly, I will even be moving in. After I am settled, I am going to see what I can do to revamp this site a bit... including looking into domain hosting so that I can have more stable graphics for those of you stuck looking at Fortune City logos.
Saturday, January 12, 2002
Going to post a short note tonight to update everyone. There's not much that has changed however. Under my new school, I only teach 25 hours a week (down from 30) so yesterday was an easy day. I finished, blogged, and then afterwards, met with another former Haligonian whom I am sure many of you remember; Brian "Spooky Guy with the Stick" Bowser. He made the trip out to 노원구 (Nowon) with one of his coworkers who came here within that last week or so from L.A.-- named Aaron (sp?). We had a lot of whisky and a lot of boisterous conversation. Later we headed back for a short guitar jam session at my 야관 (Yagwon), the aforementionned Hotel Tiffany. Unable to muster much skill at that point, we gave up and I assured him I would return the favour with some travels to his neighbourhood, 강동 (Kangdong) in the not too distant future. While at the Hof (호프), we also ran into some former Acadia University grads. One was from P.E.I. and two were from Halifax. They were with a guy from Ohio. I don't know if it is a small world or if it is only Maritimers that experience this... but it does seem that no matter where you go, there's someone from home, not too far away. To further the example, two of them had just got back from a trip to Thailand. While they were there, they ran into a clasmate talking on a pay phone and tapped him on the shoulder. Maritimers are everywhere and seemingly we are instinctively drawn to each other. If you guys ever read this (Ashley et al.), thanks for the Lemon Soju!
Friday, January 11, 2002
So far so good. The school and teachers seem nice. I have been warned that they are subject to change however. Most of the Korean teachers have only been there a few weeks as they were hired on especially for winter schedule. I was also reminded again to make sure the school wastes no time in securing my proper visa... mostly because I have already started teaching. The teacher who I am replacing failed to show up yesterday or today and I don't think anyone bothered to call and find out why. Not many of my new students are surprised that he is gone. A few mentionned how much he enjoyed soju, beer, alcohol, and women. Yes, the students said that.
Last night I went for dinner at my director's house. He smiles all the time and after seeing him in a family environment, his family also seems happy and comfortable. All in all, it looks like things will be okay. I only had 3 classes today so I am finished now (at 3:00pm) and have gone to the PC방 before deciding on my plans for the weekend. Since I miss having a dog, I am interested in checking out a new Korean phenomenon which the Korea Herald reported on today, called a Dog Cafe.
Now for something spooky. While reading a Korean newsgroup, my new coworkers found something that interested me very much. They showed it to me and I still have goosebumps. It is a photograph that for all intents and purposes, appears to have captured one of Korea's many ghosts on film. You can view it and let me know what you think. Look carefully at the doorway which is slightly left and behind the centre of the picture. You may have to stare at it for some time to see what is there but be patient and you may just see it. The picture can be viewed when you click here.
Wednesday, January 09, 2002
First of all, let me apologize for that last posting where I mentionned my students. As it turned out, I didn't have any students on Monday. Secondly, I also apologize for not emailing anyone nor planning to email anyone for a few days and here's why:
So I get to school on Monday... I felt like a ghost. The directors had been telling everyone that I was going to Seoul on Monday. They also said that I knew everything about this and that if I said that I didn't: I was lying. Apparently while I was gone, they wrote my release letter to omit the last month of my contract and to actually end my employment with the school as of New Year's Eve. We called the recruiting company and I spoke to my recruiter who said, once again, that it was okay to take some time to organize my things and rest after my trip to Canada. In the same phone conversation, she apparently told my directors that I was leaving immediately. We sat around in the office where my boss and I badgered back and forth, with my boss saying, "HRC say you leave today," while I replied, "I can't leave today". This went on, repeated verbatim, for about 15 minutes after which, they called a moving company and told me that if I packed my things, it would cost me 400,000 Won to move but if the moving company packed my things it would cost 700,000 Won. In other words, I had 20 minutes to save about $350 CAD since I was paying for this move myself and the moving company was on it's way.
Did I mention that they are screwing me out of 300,000 Won of my bonus money too? That's another $350 CAD. Apparently they think that my bonus is based on my starting salary-- while the actual law states that it is the average of my last three months salary. When I protested they got very irrate, implying that they were extremely generous (and good Christian folk I might add) to honour as much of my contract as they did. You see, before my vacation, I had to fight with them for three weeks to pay for my plane ticket home (also in my contract).
I must admit that the disloyalty of my school has me bothered. After all this talk of how good a teacher I was ("You are best teacher... good man...") it came down to the fact that words are words but money is money. They had two teachers and didn't want to pay any hotel bills. I didn't even bother to ask to be reimbursed for the night I paid for the new teacher's hotel room (see Saturday).
Anyway, they expected me to catch the bus to Seoul that night. The arrival time would have been about midnight which is roughly an impossible time to find a yagwon in Seoul to stay at, not to mention travelling out to Nowon where my new school is located. At this point I had yet to even speak with my new school so I had no idea whether my new job even existed. I certainly don't trust my recruiter enough to believe her word for it.
I went back briefly to my hagwon to return my boss's Bible which I found behind my bed. It probably fell out of her pocket while she snoozed through Bible Study one night. She is very old. That's part of the problem actually. In Korea, age has such precedence that when you are dealing between the opinions of a 60 year old Korean and a 29 year old foreigner... guess how much your contract is actually worth. Keep that in mind if any of you plan on applying. At the hagwon, we called the recruiter again, for some reason I don't remember. She then informed us that Tuesday was her day off so she couldn't meet with me if I had gone to Seoul anyway. I ended up staying one more night in my now empty apartment and taking the bus on Tuesday.
Tuesday, I and my continuing travelling companion, arrived in Seoul around 8:00pm. We took a taxi from the bus terminal to Nowon where the new school is located (simply named "Prep School" in big blue letters across the fifth floor of Sambu Plaza). Nowon is mostly an apartment district. There is not much of anything else really. There are no nightclubs. There are some convenience stores and a number of foreign franchises including a Dunkin Donuts almost next door, thank God. We drove another 15 minutes in the taxi to just find a hotel. We didn't. We ended up getting out in a neighbourhood where my girlfriend used to work, as she swore she remembered seeing a yagwon there somewhere. Did I mention that Seoul is FREEZING COLD at 10pm on a January night?
Just as we were dying of hypothermia, we chanced to make out a neon sign. It was partially obscured by an overpass, but from what we could see, it clearly read, "-OTEL". Not knowing if the missing letter was an 'M' or an 'H', we ventured forth. It turned out to be an 'H'. Now 'H's' are of course more expensive and even though my recruiter said that my new school would pick up the tab... right... do I have to say again that I don't trust my recruiter?
We were disheartened. The one place we found was going to cost a fortune. Instead of going in, we braved the cold and opted to keep going.
One step later, however, and we ended up finding a hotel town full of Love Hotels-- nondescript places with lots of neon that cater almost strictly to young teens and adulterous couples. The price usually isn't much more than a normal yagwon so we started knocking on doors. The first three places we checked were booked solid. This isn't a a high travel season and my partner pointed out how incongrous Korea is. Yes it's a sexually conservative country-- on the surface, but locked behind these doors of Love Hotels, in red lamp lit rooms... is the real reason why there are 46 Million Koreans floating around the population.
Inside the Hotel Tiffany, we met with a tiny, unhappy, young man who offered us a room and took us upstairs. At last we dropped our bags... sorry my bags. I think I mentionned that Air Canada lost my partner's luggage and we had yet to retrieve her things. Luckily, room service was still available though it was 11pm by this time. We ordered Dooroochiggee (sorry but I can't be bothered to spell it in Korean right now) and a bottle of Cider. The price on the menu was 10000 Won. The Cider was 1000. A different young man came up and charged us 12000 Won and forgot to bring the Cider (keep track of the math here because I still can't figure it out). We called down for the Cider and were told that "they would get to us soon". Actually, we didn't even get a chance to mention the Cider on the phone call. We assumed they knew that they had forgotten it from the tone in his voice. We had to call again and this time they said they would be right up. They were. It was the original, unhappy young man this time. He gave us the bottle of Cider and then asked for 1000 Won. We told him we already paid for it and he said something (not sorry but something else) and disappeared. Then he returned and gave us a second bottle of Cider. I thought this was to make up for forgetting the first bottle but was reminded that they were 1000 Won each so we had already paid for two bottles, even though we only ordered one. As soon as we accepted the second bottle, he asked us for 2000 Won. He explained that we were originally not charged for the Ciders at all but that the price of our meal was actually 12000 Won and not 10000 Won as it said on the menu. He mentionned something about getting around to changing that pricelist someday. All in all, we paid 14000 Won for an 11000 Won order... and ended up with an extra bottle of Cider that we didn't want. Confusing? To top it off, when we ordered breakfast this morning, the guy from the actual restaurant that makes the food delivered it and told us that the cost to the hotel is only 5000 Won for Dooroochiggee. In otherwords, the hotel added a 100% markup... and then an extra 40% "because we feel like it" fee.
Oh well. At least the Hotel Tiffany offers a condom dispenser in your room and not just one but two, FREE 24-hour porn channels on the TV. Mind you it's Korean porn, which means they never do anything more than missionary position nor do they ever remove their pants or show anything below the belt. Most of the time I am sure the actors/actresses are simply moaning and dryhumping. The bed in the room is round too. Ah... sweet sweet romantic love in Asia.
On to Wednesday (today)... I woke up at 7am. My recruiter, I thought, had told me she would call at around 8 or 9. I can't remember the last time I woke up at 7am and had a good day. I am pretty much used to falling asleep at 7am. I got up, showered, got dressed and then waited for the call. Having fallen back asleep in my clothes, I woke up again at 10:30 having received no phone call. So, I called her office and they said she was out. I called her cell phone and there was no answer. So I called the number for the school (my first direct conversation with any of their representatives). They seemed a bit apprehensive to speak English so they told me they would call the recruiter which I assume they did because she then called me back right away. She said we would meet at 3pm and go together to the school. I ate breakfast (Dwenjonchigae) and sat around playing my guitar, which I had refused to entrust to the moving company.
After getting lost in the cab, and her being late anyway, we finally met around 3:40pm at the nearby Lotteria. She told me the situation with the school. As best as I can repeat, here it is. They have two foreign teachers right now, both Americans. The teacher who I am replacing originally worked for English 2020, as I did, but he was let go after 2 months and ended up here. He skips classes and calls in sick frequently, due to what I am told is a drinking problem. I met him later and he actually seems like a nice enough guy. The second teacher is 40 years old. He worked for another school which went bankrupt. When it did, he may or may not have gotten a release paper and then found the job with this school. The owners of his old school found out and threatened to tell immigration that he was working illegally. Effectively they blackmailed my new school for 6,000,000 Won of 'shut-up' money. [I deleted a few things here because in hindsight, I may have opened my big mouth too much to be tactful]. Coincidently, the lack of visa references in the contract was something I had already picked up on and was having added to mine before I signed. Since the situation with this other teacher is causing a headache for my recruiter, she agreed to add this in, no questions asked. What a mess.
After this, we went upstairs to the school where I started meeting people. They seem nice actually. The director invited me to his house for dinner which I will do tomorrow night. He told me he had three daughters-- mind you the eldest is 10 years old he later confided. Oh well *frown*. The president of the company also works in the same office. They have two other franchise schools that have recently opened up. He speaks excellent English, having lived a long time in the US and having family in Vancouver and Toronto. My direct boss, does not speak English so well, but I would chance to characterize him as jolly. They have hired foreign teachers for the other schools. They have about 12 in total now, I guess, and seem convinced that Canadian teachers are the best fit for their schools. We chatted about my background, including my publishing experience and he seemed eager that since I enjoy that line of work also, there may be a role for it as the company expands. We didn't sign a contract yet but it seems alright so far. The school seems good. The apartment, from talking to the teacher I am replacing, should be adequate and I will take possession of it sometime after Monday of next week-- staying at the Hotel Tiffany until then. Tomorrow I will be at school for 9am to sit in as an observer for the rest of the week. I take command of my classes on Monday.
Sorry for the long post? This has been my last two days. I am going to cab it back to my room (if I can find it again) and hit the sack early. I have already become bored of Korean porn-- but hey! The TV has StarWorld on cable and tonight, at 8pm Hong Kong time (whatever the hell that is here) Drew Carey is on! My favourite show! Oh fudge... I'm at a PCBang writing this... maybe I'll just play one game of Starcraft...
Monday, January 07, 2002
Getting ready for school (winter vaction hours have started), and I come across this heart warming story with which to colour my students today. Chosun reports that 90% of Korean middle and high school students believe Korea is corrupt and 64% feel it's in their best interests to join in when they get older. Gah!
If you are in a mood for a chuckle, the following search combination may be amusing. It's 'Shilla', 'nude', 'pics', typed into Yahoo. Just something humourous from my web tracker.
It's getting close to that last minute. Let's begin with my trip to Canada...
Everything at home went well except for Air Canada, who lost a piece of our luggage (a Christmas gift). It still hasn't turned up and it's starting to look doubtful that it ever will. Security at the airports was much higher this time, and there were three-hour waits for boarding passes at Vancouver. They also oversold the plane from Toronto to Moncton-- so it was hit and miss whether we were actually going to fly home on the 23rd or 24th. A lot of people are suspecting that the extra hassle was Air Canada's way of pouting over not getting the government money they asked for. The conveyor belt to carry luggage apparently broke down six times in one week at Pearson, leading many to conclude it was sabotage from within.
We arrived home and enjoyed Christmas dinner(s). A lot of time was spent running in to old friends, from as far away as Wisconsin or as close as down the road. I was able to go to Halifax for both a Goth Night at the Marquee and for New Year's although both were pretty tame on account of fatigue. I did manage to sneak in a great meal of sushi at one of my old haunts (Maki Maki) with one of my old friends, Donna (who by-the-way again I say I'm sorry to have missed running into you at the Marquee). No email was received in reference to my job situation (although I sent a couple).
The plane flight home was with a headwind so it was much longer. We had a stoppover and visited my paternal family in Toronto and then eventually made it back home to Korea by about 10pm on Saturday night (minus another piece of luggage), when all of a sudden...
...SURPRISE SURPRISE... the replacement teacher met me at the door of my apartment in his boxers. He seems like a nice guy and is feeling just about as screwed around by recruiters and the school as I do. Apparently they appologized to him for not finding him a hotel (no apologies for me yet). They stuck him in my place a few hours before I got home, having gone into my apartment while I was away to 'clean'. Some things had been shifted around to lead me to believe they also did a bit of snooping. Since all my stuff was still here though, he suspected something was up. They told him I was coming on the 6th (even though they had a copy of my flight schedule) and I suspect they were trying to escape one night's hotel bill or something. I ordered a pizza and then found him a hotel room downtown where I guess he is still since there has been no word yet today.
I did finally get some email from the recruiter. The school in Seoul does not have an apartment for me yet but wants me to stay in a Korean hotel until they find me one. Of course they still expect me to teach and have already booked me a schedule. I hope this at least means I will be able to refuse inadequate accomodations since nothing has been signed yet. I have yet to be in direct communication with this school, but I *think* I have found an old job posting for them. If I don't hear from my recruiter with another contact address tomorrow, I will try the email listed on this page to see if this is it.
Going in to the school here tomorrow to see what is up. Probably, I will not have to teach. When I get home tomorrow night, I will likely start packing and then... who knows. If this blog goes unupdated for any long period of time, chances are it's because I am on my way to work in Seoul. If it's not updated by the end of the month, send the Marines...
