The apartment

The apartment

For being something provided gratis by my employer, I can’t really complain – it’s actually a lot nicer than I expected. Walk into the ‘main’ room – complete with a dining room table and door to the bathroom. Walk a few steps...

Flying / deep vein thrombosis

I hadn’t flown since the 1990’s, so I was a little apprehensive – again, no problems with making it from point A to point B. Before you relax too much, look at how much time you’ll have between landing and boarding for the next flight. Budget...

I made it!!!

So I made it to South Korea!!! After three legs, about 20+ hours in the air, a couple layovers, a taxi ride, and meeting my new boss, I was introduced to my apartment late last night about 11pm local time (that’s about 10am for all of you still in the Eastern...

Just a couple days now…

Wow, so much has happened in the last few days that I’m still reeling a little, so we’ll start by reviewing… Over last weekend, I traveled to the Korean consulate in Chicago to give them their required paperwork and have an interview. Although I...

The hiring process – or – so you want to be a teacher too?

As you might imagine, there’s a pretty extensive process to get hired as an ESL teacher. Think about it – the school wants to ensure they hire a high-quality teacher who can teach their students, and so on. The good news is that in most cases, your...

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