A Little Preparation

안녕하세요!

Annyeonghaseyo!

Well, it's officially less than a month now until I'm due to arrive in Korea and embark on this new and fantastic journey.

I'm still waiting on the visa insurance number to come through so I can continue on getting everything else ready for obtaining my official visa! I'm excited to find out when my flight will be so I can really begin looking forward to my departure to Korea date. I've already started packing up a bit. I know what you're thinking, "Geez, isn't it a little early to be packing for a trip happening next month?" HA! There is no such thing is early preparation that is TOO early. I must be prepared! Plus, I can hardly contain myself. I want to start getting ready A.S.A.P. so I don't forget anything. I'll check and re check and then have my mom check and re check and then I'll probably unpack and repack everything after that just to be sure. But that's part of the fun!

I had my first "Korea" dream last night. Yeah, well... apparently I'm nervous about getting lost and missing a bus or not knowing where I'm supposed to be because that's what my dream was all about. In my dream I ended up in the wrong place and had to keep asking people to help me find the bus that would get me to where I was going. Every single person I asked had NO clue, and they wanted to be helpful so they asked other people... but unfortunately other people also had no clue. It ended on a happy note though when someone finally figured out the correct bus to get me on. I woke up with this stressed out feeling like I'd literally just been through that dilemma.

The stress wasn't soothed by the fact that when I explained the dream to my Dad and sister-in-law they both said "Well, that could probably happen." Fantastic!

Well, if something like that DOES actually happen, it'll be a learning experience at least.

I've e-mailed a few questions off to one of the current teachers about little things like laundry, apartment distance from the school, internet, and co-worker's names etc.

Pretty soon here I'll be starting to stock pile on some of the products I'm taking with me to keep me from having to search for them over there. I've have heard that some places do sell cover-girl cosmetic products but just to be safe I'm bringing my own.

I've been trying to get some Korean study in and so far I can read most of the Korean alphabet. However, that does little good when I have absolutely NO clue what I'm reading. But, I'm working on it. I'm using a combination of Living Language and Pimsleur programs on top of learning assistance products like Korean flash cards and a Survival Korean pocket book, both by Tuttle.

I plan on giving reviews on these items here in the future when I've had the chance to utilize them more. So far though, I like what I've seen.

Well, I guess I've gone on enough. Hopefully I'll be updating soon with a flight date!