If you would’ve told me back in May, when I graduated college, that I’d be where I’m at right now or doing what I’m doing right now, I probably would’ve asked you what medication you were on.
In just a few short hours, I’ll be boarding a plane, taking off for Fukuoka, Japan. This is what is called a “visa run.” Basically, I’m going over to get my work visa for the next year.
One summer. Three vast, new places. Life is funny.
I moved to Atlanta, Ga. earlier this summer to stay with my sister. Took a crap job. Got offered a better job in Seoul, South Korea. Now, here I am. One month into my stay in Korea, I’m leaving for Japan for a couple of days. My tourist visa has now expired.
One summer. Three countries. Life is a bit funny sometimes.
Needless to say, I’ve been a bit lost all summer. Learning and coming to appreciate new homes, then packing up and leaving. Not to mention that I left my five-year home of Auburn, Ala. And I loved that place.
Chuseok is coming up soon. Friday’s our first day off work for this major Korean holiday. I don’t have any travel plans since I don’t have much money at the moment. It should give me a few days to recuperate and get my bearings.
I’ve had a long, twisting, turning summer. A few days of downtime is probably what I need.
I’m off to catch a plane.
It sounds extremely busy.. Down time indeed!
Hey! I hope you have a wonderful time while you’re in Japan!:) I love it there, and miss it very much!
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Wow! My my, you have been a busy bee. Japan is on the list of place our family wants to visit. We’ve hosted tow exchanged students from there and were very blessed by their visit. In fact, one student came back to stay with us for 3 more weeks before her student visa expired. The other one is coming back with her husband and her new baby boy. We can’t wait to see them.
Have you heard of the Rosetta Stone? They have an awesome language program. They have 30 languages to choose from. We just bought the Spanish version. So far we LOVE it. I know other homeschoolers who’ve used it and had wonderful results. It’s a little expensive, but worth it. Here’s the link:
http://www.rosettastone.com/index/
Enjoy your visit to Japan!
Lady G, I started Korean classes right before I left for Japan. This week we’re off for Chuseok, but I think we start classes on Friday again. I might try it out for a while, but I didn’t enjoy my first class. We seemed to be moving too fast.
My teacher asked me to read something after about 25 minutes of going over the sounds and shapes of the alphabet, and I said, “I’m just trying to figure out what exactly it is we’re trying to read.” I wanted to go on to tell her that she can’t expect a student in his or her first day to remember all that before half the class is over.