Coffee Break!

The girls got me a coffee and some cake!!!

Everyone is so nice here!

Thanks!

Extended Sojourn!

"sojourn - a short period when a person stays in a particular place"


I went to the immigration office in Suwon today!  It was busy...  even at 9:30 there were 200 people waiting.  Chinese, Vietnamese, Indian, and the odd yank and Brit amongst them!  The wait was particularly unbearable for me as on arrival after the 30 min bus ride from miguem Erin vomited... and... I am not really sure why, but I made a futile attempt to catch it in my hand.  


I went to the toilet in the immigration centre and ... NO Soap!!!!! Even now  several buckets of soap and 7 hours later I can still smell it!


Anyway, Great news is that I have extended my visa and applied for my residents card...  The number and all its healthcare glory will be given in 2 weeks...  the card itself will arrive in 4 weeks!


The visa extension was granted for 2 years, they still call it a sojourn extension... I wonder is there such a thing as a long Sojourn!


the whole process was very quick but the waiting took so long so i missed my grade 6 group 5 lesson...... OOOOPS!


Thankfully no vomit on the bus ride back!


... and meeting Dr Moon tonight for dinner!

Bank card and spelling my name!

I don't quite understand but in order to get meals at school i need to
have a bank account with a certain bank. so today, with the help of ji
gong and her friend i got my first Korean bank account!
The good thing about Korean banks is that you they create your bank
card at the counter, the bad thing is that this is open to error... it
took 3 attempts to get my card right! i was ... Rovert silliam Oakle
... Robert William Oakey
before finally becoming Robert William Oakley.
.../ anyway so i now have a Korean bank card. obviously as a foreigner
there are restrictions such as no overdraft and my debit card is a
"check" card so i have to put money on it each month or whenever which
is fine! i also went to another bank and my credit card is on it's
way!
WELCOME TO KOREA!

First day of teaching went extremely well! although i am sure one boy
was in all of my 5 lessons of grade 6 today!

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i had my medical on sat am. came back negative! i have type A blood
and don't have any defence against TB. so apparently i should get
some!

the urine test was odd i was complaining about having to pee in an
open plastic pot and when i handed it in i saw that everyone else
seemed to have a paper cup!
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we signed for an apartment in Jukjeon. with 3 bedrooms and a great river view!

i will try to expand on this later!

Arrived!

Arrived in Korea! tired sore throat can't sleep work tomorrow
sorted!!! more this weekend! after my first day!

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Tired!

The day of packing followed by cleaning, late into the night has left
me exhausted! Back to work today! The final stretch!

Due to stress and being busy i never posted about the house sale
falling through... We are now offering the house for rent at £699 per
month. This leaves us a bit short of funds to finance Korea but we
can do it! We have to do it... And we are doing it, NEXT WEEK!!!

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*Rob Oakley*

packing!

today's highlights!