It was brought to my attention that my blog was out of date. I leave Korea, possibly for good, in just under two weeks. The lead up to this has been stressful as Hell, so I more or less forgot that my blog existed. Now that I've remembered, here is a summary of where I'm at:
When I finished my first contract in Korea, my boss honoured my contract, paid me in a timely manner, and personally delivered me to the airport. While I didn't expect the same treatment from a much larger, less intimate institution, I expected something more than what I'm getting. Still, in the end, I will more than likely get paid what I am owed and return home in one piece. It's not all horrible. I'll provide more details on what went down after the dust has settled; if I write about it now, I'll produce a 10 paragraph mess of angry gibberish.
(producing 10 paragraph messes of angry gibberish is not below me, but I may as well save what little energy I have to fight the incompetence directly)
In light of all this stress, I developed shingles. Again. For those of you not in the know, shingles are really, really sexy. In this particular case, it's basically a line of herpes down my neck. Or, as I prefer to call it, my "neck AIDS". Unsurprisingly, nobody else at works finds this as amusing as I do. Thankfully, it's only been a minor hindrance. This is the second time I've had shingles. The first time, I reacted badly to the medication and ended up with a head-to-toe sunburn like rash in addition to unmedicated shingles itch and pain; this time I have no idea what they gave me, but it seems to be working. It must have been the butt injections that did the trick. I'm going to miss those!
I am really, really looking forward to flying out on March 3rd. I will be posting about Korea for a while after I land, so the blog should be active for a while. There are a few things that I refuse to post about while still in Korea, for various reasons. Some of them actually make good stories. Others, less so.
Until then... Happy belated Lunar New Year, Valentine's Day, Family Day, and all of those other holidays between last time, now, and then.
2 comments:
Sorry to hear you got shingles.
The longer time I spend in Korea, the happier I feel for my friends who are leaving. I am looking forward my due day coming as well.
I do love Korea but I think we all move on as time goes by.
So, go ahead, dream on, girl!
I have never seriously hung out with you, I kinda regret, I don't have many female friends in Busan (neither male friends)because I always try to make "I am busy" excuse, the truth is I am quite stressed out by my study/life here, and I am too pretencious to show people my troubled life. To some extent, I admire how open you are, and the way you laugh at your own problems.
Its great fun to read your blog, and it gives me a positive view on my own life as well.
I just had my big laser eye surgery,so I can't see you before you leave. My whole face has been swelling!
Fly safe, girl, also, may the Olympics gold medals your country won bring you good luck!
Jiang Fen
I've enjoyed reading your posts and think you should consider writing as a full-time vocation. You have a good style and a good voice.
Cheers!
--N
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