I think that is mainly due to me, of course. I just cannot stomach the ignorance of the Korean people as a whole anymore. I try to be positive everyday, but something always happens to change that......all the time.
From being banged and barged on the buses and subways, to hearing the disgusting wind-up to the spit, to teachers talking on the telephone in my classroom while I am teaching, to the drunken Koreans asking you 'Hey, where are you from?" It is all a bit overwhelming to say the least. Time to move on, I suppose.
I will miss the free lifestyle here, but not the people and certainly not the job. You cannot teach here. It is like having handcuffs on and sometimes even worse than that. The Korean education system lacks imagination, consistency and dare I say, they care more about money than really progressing any of the students in English.
I was on the bus last week, minding my own business when I felt this 'shove' in my back. That is probably the only way I can describe it. It was not a tap, it was more like a jab or shove. Anyway, I turned around and there is this 'adeshi' (middle-aged man in Korean language) who proceeded to ask me, "Where are you from?" I immediatley replied with, "Fuck off, don't touch me, you piece of shit!" He looked at me and then said, "Sorry!"
That mentality is what drives me mad and it doesn't matter how many times you try to drum the protocol of behaviour into the Koreans, they either don't listen or don't give a shit. No wonder none of the Koreans have management positions in any other countries' businesses outside of Korea!
Anyway, enough of this for now. I am leaving either May 2nd, 3rd, or a day earlier. I have an interview at John Moores University to attend Teacher's College for September 2009. I am hoping to teach French and Spanish at high-school level. I have the interview on May 22nd, which hopefully will be the same time that we know Liverpool have wrapped up the Premier League title......lol.
I am ready to go as far as studying and preparing to leave goes. All I need now is to save as much money as I can until I leave. The exchange rate is shite at the moment. The Won has gone for a shit financially, so it makes it more challenging to have to save money.
Enough of me. How was everyone's Xmas and New Year? Hope you all had a great one and I wish you all the best for the new year and the future. Keep your eyes on this space, more to come than the last few months!
