The End

Well folks, this is it. The end of my 12 month contract at GEV and teaching in Korea. Above you can see the whole crew that I have been working with for the majority of my time here. New people come and old people go, sure, but these were the ones I spent my last weeks and months with.

Besides the fact that I'm extremely happy to NOT be going to work every day, things are pretty much the same. I'm still tired of Korea and Koreans and the way things work and go here, but, I'm here for a little while longer, so best to keep a positive attitude, or at least fake it till I can make it.

I am now doing private English tutoring (which is technically illegal, but when has that ever stopped me?) throughout the day and afternoon time, then spending time with a special someone for the rest of the time. As it's only been two days since my contract ended, I haven't quite got an unemployed schedule down as of yet, but I'm working on it. I plan for it to include a minimal amount of sleeping in, a healthy dose of working out and running, with some intermittent English lessons. Sounds about right to me. 

So for now I can tell you that plans stand at this: Taiwan for 5 days to travel but more importantly to get a new visa, as my working visa expires in April and in order to stay, I need a new one. After that, it's private lessons and working out/running until end of July, and I'm hoping somewhere between the running, the working out, and the lessons I can figure out what the heck I'm going to do after July. It was supposed to be backpacking SE Asia. Then PADI IDC/IE Instructor training. Then both. Then neither. So I'm really hoping I get a better handle on what's coming in the next few months.

What I can say with some certainty is that I have no plans of coming back to the States any time before July 2013, so don't expect me before then. But who knows, I just might surprise you ;)