Thursday, November 23, 2006

The last day

This is my last post from Korea, am going home in 17 hours.
So I now never ever have to teach Kevin again, it's a little sad now that I think about it. I know that I complain about him often, but he is kind of cute in his own way. No more kindergarten now, and only 4 classes later on today, what am I going to do now? So I am a little sad today, instead of excited as I have been the last couple of weeks.
Last night, there was a party for Nige and I at Billboard, didn't get home until 2am this morning. It was really good to see everyone before I left, and I didn't cry much. I didn't drink too much either, but am still tired today, as we had my work leaving soju session on Tuesday night too, went to Fish and Grill, they have this new Mountain Strawberry soju cocktail, it was so good, and then we went to a Noraeban again. Even though I can't sing at all, I must admit that those places are a lot of fun. Would have been more fun had I not been forced to drink some beer that ended up giving me a terrible stomach ache and resulted in little sleep.
Tonight will be another night of little sleep as I am getting up before 5am to catch my bus to the International Airport at 6am. I fly to Osaka at 12.30pm, the leave there for Christchurch at 5.30pm, arriving there at 9am on Saturday morning.
There are many things that I have enjoyed about being in Korea, I love most of the food, not so much the spicy stuff, but everything else, especially kimbap and galbi. I have met so many wonderful people and will be sad not to see some of them again. I shall miss almost all of the students that I have taught here, especially my kindy students, they have been saying "I love you, Karyn Teacher" over and over today, I think even Kevin has realised that something is going on as he has been even more attached to me than usual. One of the greatest things about Korea is how safe a place it is to live, parks aren't closed at night. I can be out walking in the dark alone and not feel that I have to be looking over my shoulder all the time, it's a great feeling that I will really miss when I get home, as all I seem to read about in the news is the increases in crime and violence at home.
There are also things that I have not enjoyed about being here, there is pollution here, a lot less than other places, but it is still here. There are no rubbish bins/trash cans, which are everywhere at home. I definitely won't miss the way the school is run or my bosses and their lack of work and effort.
But I must say that overall, my time in Korea has been a very good experience, and I am much better off for it, so I would like to say good bye to everyone I have met here and wish you all the best, even though I have not had the chance to say it to everyone in person.
GOOD BYE KOREA!
SO LEAVING IN 17 HOURS, HOME IN 40 HOURS! AUSTRALIA NEXT WEEK! YEY!

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