30 Days and counting

I know, I know. I have not been a very active blogger lately. But, as I see it, the stress of some more unforeseen circumstances that I cannot control, and the loss of intelligent conversation (in a language and cultural context I can understand) for several months, have reduced my brain to mush. I need some human interaction other than "May I go to the bathroom please?" just to get out of being in the classroom.

So there you have it, nothing to say, thirty days to go, and looking forward to having a break... Embracing the culture here is not as easy as it is in other countries. In fact, it is, in my opinion, very difficult. My opinion is based on circumstances so I am hopeful that one more year in different circumstances might be different. Let's face it, it takes at least six months to a year to get into the groove. Now add a bit of conflict or things like having your counterparts and supervisor not be able to speak English and you just prolonged that process. I am looking at another contract where the director actually speaks English, and good English, not broken English--And so does the Head Teacher. This is not what I have endured over the last year. I guess this accounts for the high number of mis-communications.

So, yes, I am in the process of negotiating another year here in Korea, but in Seoul and not over two hours away on the very outskirts of the province. At least I will be able to walk to the subway instead of taking a bus and subway just to get to Seoul. Not only that, the population is higher (at least double what it is in my village now).

I am off to bed, but if you have GoogleTalk or Skype please do look me up and talk to me. If you don't then ask me for my Skype In number; it is a Southern California based number so send me an email and talk to me because I need to brush up on my English before I finish...LOL And don't be surprised if seem confused by your big words as I am having a hard time coming up with them myself...LOL

My return to the US is going to be breif. Send emails and make time now or it might not be available. I haven't been there much in the last five years and some of you have been good about taking advantage of my time and many others have not. I encourage at least an attempt to so at least I know you care. 8-)

See you soon!