Checkpoint: 9 months

Three fourth of my teaching contract has been completed. In 3 more months I will be back in Toronto, Canada. This weekend I went and played Capture the Flag at Igidae park with bunch of people who I hardly knew. It was fun though. Tiring because it was on a mountainous park. The rest of the weekend I just went out for dinner with friends and just hung out. Nothing special because everyone was quite busy with other activities happening in and around Busan. I decided to enjoy the wonderfully warm weather and relax.

In the next three months I hope to have saved up enough money to pay off some of my debts from back home, explore many places in Korea as much as possible and book my flight ticket some time in late April. I need to look for a job when I am back in Toronto and I might even consider teaching abroad in another location if I don't get a job by the end of August. Teaching in Korea has given me a different perspective of education, the different cultural values and expectations of students and teachers, and of course the experience the deal with many issues that happen in everyday life that I would normally not face in Canada. Communication, understanding and social situations are drastically different from Toronto but Busan has its perks, such as cheaper cost of living, no tipping, cheaper taxi rides, cheaper to eat out than cook at home, and an efficient subway transportation system that makes TTC look like a medieval invention.

Anyways, I am looking forward to the next few months to enjoy my working vacation in South Korea but I am equally excited about coming back home!