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Chicago, IL, United States
I'm Danny. I've got a job as an English teacher in Gwangju, South Korea! I grew up in Chicago in America, and some day I might go back.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

A little change of plans, and progress!

Well, a couple things happened.  First, I got a call from my recruiter today (the person who got me the job).  She explained that the school had to change the location of where I'm going to live.  Instead of being in the small rural city of Gwangju, I'll have an appartment in the larger city of Bundang.  It's got nearly 500,000 people in it as opposed to Gwangju's 30,000 however it's still only considered one of Seoul's suburbs.  You see, Seoul's just really freakin big.  Anyway, this means I'll have roughly a 20-25 mile commute between my home and school.  I was kind of worried about this at first, but I've been told that Bundang's way more hoppin' than Gwangju, so I'm sure it'll be awesome!  I'm still trying to find out if it'd be close enough for me to get to work via motorcycle.  That'd be pretty cool.  Descriptions of Bundang say it's got a really pretty river running through the middle of town, so I'm pretty pumped to check that out!  Maybe...swimming?  Hopefully it'll be cleaner than the old Chicago River...

Second, I just sent all my documents to Korea!  If you're wondering how to say that in the native tongue... 나는 서류을 Fedex으로 송신했다!  FYI--that sentence was brought to you without the help of translators.  All these hours of studying the language are starting to pay off maybe. 
But what this means, is that now I just need to apply for a visa, and I'll be totally good to go!  Wooo boy am I getting excited.

1 comment:

drifter riff raff said...

hi! Just saw your comment on our blog. Unfortunately we lived in the other Gwangju, down in the South and have never visited the one you're headed for! Sorry we can't help. Good luck with everything!