Much has happened since my last post here. I have three other blogs, but I write them as if the other ones do not exist. The one thing that has remain consistent is that I have continued to write although not necessarily on a computer but in notebooks and in my handwritten journal and I have continued to read.
I now have my own place and this change has been wonderful. I still teach at an university as a visiting professor which still tickles my vanity. I really like the students and things seem to be going well. I have an off and on relationship with a special student and that seems to be on at the moment. I live and teach in Daejeon, Korea and the one student goes to another university in Daejeon as well. I am required to go to Seoul to teach him English on the weekend which I will be doing this weekend. I stay with one family who are very nice.
I was staying with the student's family in Daejeon which did not work at all. I guess I am too set in my ways to adjust to someone else's style of living. There were other things that I could not tolerate and so I was able to move along with help from family from the United States. I love my new place although much smaller than the more larger and more affluent place that I was living in. Slowly, I fixed it up to my liking. I walk to work four days a week which is great for my health.
The point was I was very unhappy in that I had no money and I could not get paid from where I was working. What really helped in this transitional stage was my writing. Every morning I took out my journal and wrote. I worried about finding other blank journals to write in as I was running out, but as luck would have it I found another one in my luggage that I forgot that I put in. I had given one to my special student. Then I found a source for other blank journals that I will use when I run out. It is a British owned store called Home Plus. They have many blank journals to chose from.
The lack of writer's block still amazes me. Since I had a weight problem, I am surprised to see that is not a problem here either. I bought a scale at Home Plus that measures my loss in stones which is fun. That is coming along too. I got my Alien Registration Card which means I could get a bank account and I could get paid which I did.
Korea is a beautiful country that I am still trying to learn. There are language problems and certainly cultural problems. I am like a bull in a China shop as far as that is concerned, but I am learning.
I now have my own place and this change has been wonderful. I still teach at an university as a visiting professor which still tickles my vanity. I really like the students and things seem to be going well. I have an off and on relationship with a special student and that seems to be on at the moment. I live and teach in Daejeon, Korea and the one student goes to another university in Daejeon as well. I am required to go to Seoul to teach him English on the weekend which I will be doing this weekend. I stay with one family who are very nice.
I was staying with the student's family in Daejeon which did not work at all. I guess I am too set in my ways to adjust to someone else's style of living. There were other things that I could not tolerate and so I was able to move along with help from family from the United States. I love my new place although much smaller than the more larger and more affluent place that I was living in. Slowly, I fixed it up to my liking. I walk to work four days a week which is great for my health.
The point was I was very unhappy in that I had no money and I could not get paid from where I was working. What really helped in this transitional stage was my writing. Every morning I took out my journal and wrote. I worried about finding other blank journals to write in as I was running out, but as luck would have it I found another one in my luggage that I forgot that I put in. I had given one to my special student. Then I found a source for other blank journals that I will use when I run out. It is a British owned store called Home Plus. They have many blank journals to chose from.
The lack of writer's block still amazes me. Since I had a weight problem, I am surprised to see that is not a problem here either. I bought a scale at Home Plus that measures my loss in stones which is fun. That is coming along too. I got my Alien Registration Card which means I could get a bank account and I could get paid which I did.
Korea is a beautiful country that I am still trying to learn. There are language problems and certainly cultural problems. I am like a bull in a China shop as far as that is concerned, but I am learning.
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