Visa Interview

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To my friends and lovers, after several months of waiting and waiting I have finally received this beautiful sticker on my passport which entails me to sojourn in South Korea as a foreign language teacher for a period of 1 year.


The interview was 5 minutes long, but the wait was an hour and a half and you are stuck in a room with other prospective English teachers going to Korea. It was nice chatting to other people and getting fresh perspectives, but it also makes me dead scared. This one guy learned the freaking language in preparation for the trip whereas I can barely struggle an 'annyong.'

The interview questions were, exactly:
  • What is your full name?
  • What is your date of birth?
  • Why do you want to go to Korea?
  • Do you have any teaching experience?
  • Do you know anyone else living in Korea?
The good thing was that they issued my VISA right away, saving me another trip downtown. 8 more days!

A message to those who keep asking, "WHEN ARE YOU LEAVING?"

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to the same answer again and again, "I don't know."


I don't feel good, I feel weak. I feel like life is ripping me off, preventing me from doing the one of the few things I've set my heart on. Vanessa says it's a sign. Is something horrible going to happen over there? Am I meant to stay here and help somebody? I want to be my only determinant in what I get to do, not what is predetermined in the stars.

So yes, I've encountered another setback on my tumultuous road to the "land of the morning calm." I've tried to push off the fact that I'm stuck here for what looks like another few weeks. Why? Well the last time I submitted my criminal check was back in July (remember when I thought I was leaving in September? I miss those naive days), and the Korean embassy doesn't accept criminal checks that are 6 months old. So within a span of 3 days, I got my criminal check for another $50, went through hellish ordeal with lawyers to get the thing notarized for $20, and express sent it directly back to Korea for $18. I've been tracking it every single day and it's been longer than 5-7 business days so why the hell have they not received it yet?!?! So please people, I'd appreciate it if no one gets on my freaking case about why I am still here. I am here, I am unemployed and have been for the past two days and already getting non-stop bitching from my mom about being unemployed, and I am free almost every day to hang out seeing as I will be here for an undeterminable amount of time.

Watch I make all of these plans, and then I am called to leave the very next day. Just my luck! And speaking of luck, how FORTUNATE am I to still be in the country when John Mayer comes to the ACC to play songs from his endearing "Battle Studies" album.

Oh wait, I'm not going.