Well, it's been a roller coaster end of 2011, and here we are going through another breath-taking corkscrew and 2012 is only a couple weeks in.
On Friday, I discovered that my refrigerator had broken, and that the inside of my refrigerator was no longer cold. I also discovered that the chicken breasts in my freezer had dethawed and spilled chicken juice all about my freezer's insides.
It was then I went down to my landlord and, all in Korean mind you, expressed that a problem had arisen in my apartment, involving my refrigerator. And when my landlord remained unmoved, I knew I was in for a treat. It was at that moment that I realized the refrigerator was in fact my refrigerator, which I bought along with all the furniture in my apartment (including a dresser, microwave, sofa, dresser, t.v., water dispenser and the fridge, apparently) for 200 US dollars.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Friday, January 13, 2012
2011 in Review.
It was a year of LOTS of changes. Here's my recap by the month.
January: Watched Korean Dramas: My Princess, Boys Over Flowers, Secret Garden. Enjoyed my last winter vacation at Incheon.
February: 14th: my first Valentine’s Day with Hoon. Making peppero (pocky) all by myself. 16th: Kitties. 24th: BigBang Album 25th: My First Big Bang Big Show.
March: 14th: White day with Hoon. (Big Box of candy and Hello Kitty make-up bag!!!) 27th: Seoul Fashion Week
April: 8th: BB Special Edition Album Release. 17th: Angel Price Festival w/ BB. 29th: Best. Birthday. Ever. Se7en's Chicken Restaurant 30th: The time I met Big Bang.
May: 24th: First trip to YG Building
June: 1st: Daesung’s Car Accident. Heavy online hate from Daesung fans for translating Korean news articles. The end of Big Bang Promotions
July: 13th: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2 (aka the end of my childhood) 20th: 1 year anniversary 29th: last day of my Middle School Teaching job 30th: Moved to Seoul
August: 8th: narrowly skirt typhoon and get bumped to business class on flight to USA 9th-26th: America with Hoon. HARRY POTTER WORLD. 26th: narrowly skirt hurricane and barely make it back to America 30th: begin work at new hagwon
September: 1st: first day of Korean classes at Sogang.
October: 20th: Old Middle School’s Festival day, visit. Mid Terms. Visa Run to Japan.
November: 11th: Sogang first quarter finished! All A's! 20th: My grandmother passed away. The first person in my family I've lost while abroad. Probably won't be the last.
December: 1st: Sogang Korean Winter Term Starts! 2nd: Hoon & my 500 day anniversary. 4th: YG Family Concert 22nd: Sogang Classmate White Elephant Party 24th: Pre-K closes, lose job 29th: Get new, better job. Must quit Sogang. 31st: New Years Cocktail Party. HAPPINESS.
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
That Time I lost my job on Christmas.
It's been literally ages since I've posted on here, but this is big.
So here begins one of my most depressing stories from my time in Korea.
As I had written not so long ago, I have been working for a pre-school academy part time since September. I loved my students and my co-teachers, even if there were some things that were annoying and stressful and not so wonderful about the job. Plus, it gave me a visa and a salary which was/is critical for me to continue living in Korea and studying Korean.
My visa was slated to run until early November of 2012, but it looks like I won’t be using it for quite that long.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
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