So I thought I should update this thing one more time with the conclusion of all my ramblings and frustrations with governmental red tape.  My laptop has been in the shop for a week so I wasn’t able to update while this was all going on.

When I last left you I was waiting for my visa to come back and it did!  Exactly a week to the day that I sent it off I got my passport back with my nifty visa attached to one of the pages.  With that in hand I went ahead and booked my flight.  Since there are two orientation sites and two different days that they start I was a little paranoid about getting to the right airport on the right day and before the EPIK shuttles stopped running.  I went back and checked my email from The C about four times before I booked my flight.  Hour flight to Atlanta and then 14 hours to Seoul.  Oh, joy.

The flight was brutal.  Weird meals at weird times, simulated night and simulated day.  Weird.  Jet lag is my best friend right now but I just had a traditional korean breakfast with rice, spam eggs, kimchi and optional pickles and hardboiled eggs.  Good fun.  The kimchi was not what I expected.  When people said it was spicy I was expecting Thai or Mexican chilli spicy, but it’s more of a vinegar spicy with a little bite to it like a really dry wine.  It makes your tongue curl up a bit.  I did feel like I was back in Hawaii though, having rice for breakfast…NAOMI I miss you!

As I write I’m now in my comfy dorm room at Eulgi University which is the orientation site for my group.  At 11am we have a campus tour so we know where we’re supposed to go for all the classes.  Till then I’m going to chill, maybe take a nap and see if anyone is online to chat with me.

Just a side note: this is the last post I will make on this blog.  I really don’t like wordpress so I’m starting a brand new blog that will detail me life here so I’m ending this one as simply the chronicles of my application process.  If you want to keep up with my life my new address is…

http://emmyinkorea.blogspot.com/

Join me on my adventures in the Republic of Korea!

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