Look, Kids! An Illegal Alien!

Turns out I’ll receive my work visa days after I arrive in South Korea. Since a lot of foreign teachers are hired only a few weeks before their contracts start, delays are expected. However, my paranoia has led me to wonder what I’d look like behind bars.
The representative from the recruitment agency gave me my [...]

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Abroad the Crystal Ball

“After you start teaching in Korea,” my mother asked, “you’ll keep writing, won’t you?”
Two days ago she told me that I when I was seven I dressed up in traditional Korean attire for a school play focusing on various cultures throughout the world. (This was taking place in the Philippines, so obviously they already had [...]

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I Knit While Downloading Dirty Movies On My Laptop

In order to ease my way into a new time zone, I have started going to bed at 4 a.m. Staying up all by myself isn’t easy–I haven’t resorted to porn (yet)–so I’ve devised a nightly ritual. This is what the kitchen table looked like ten minutes ago.
As you can tell, I’m more awkward fiddling [...]

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Pia In Wonderland

So it’s non-official until I sign the contract, but I will fly to South Korea on November 7th and teach kindergarten/elementary classes.Now you’ll recall that this particular school was my second choice. However, according to my recruiter, they were persistent and vocal of their admiration for your devoted scribe. For some reason I found that [...]

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Still In Orbit . . .

No, I’m not. Just ended another interview. C was very enthusiastic and wanted to know if I would sign a contract right away. Call me old fashioned but I like my potential employers hard-to-get. (Let’s not follow that up with the obvious.) However, I will look into their school before I make a decision. Which [...]

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Knitpicking

Just finished another interview. It didn’t go so well as the first–I was rather weary from work, and my interviewer was kind of distant. The agency I’m working with is contacting another school, but I finish the night discouraged.
Fortunately I have started knitting–it’s very therapeutic, and very addictive. Everyone says my stitches are too tight, [...]

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Whoa, my phone was on vibrate?

A school called me yesterday for an interview, but I had my phone on vibrate. I keep forgetting about it . . .
Hmm, I’ve been sending my resume/photo to recruitment agencies in South Korea like my ass is on fire. A couple of schools have emailed me, requesting availability dates. It’s kind of a tough [...]

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Finding Your Seoul Online

Yeah, I’m dry-heaving from the post title too.
Just thought I’d update. I’ve received a number of inquiries, mostly from schools in China and recruitment agencies in South Korea. Interviewed for a few minutes by a job board in Los Angeles. No, I don’t actually plan to work in SoCal, because I would never actually be [...]

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