Soooooo.... I'm in Galveston at the moment. Yesterday, we went to Houston and dropped off all of my paperwork to get my student visa for Korea. Yay! It would be ready on Wednesday, but that happens to be a Korean holiday, so we have to wait until Thursday to go pick everything back up.
And when I get home, Jess'll be coming to see me on Saturday! Yay again! She's flying out the next day to Argentina, though, which is totally exciting. I'm glad I still have one more month before I leave, because I'm definitely not ready yet. Then again, if I were leaving next week, I'd probably have all of my stuff together already like she does.
After we pick up my visa, I still have to...
-inventory for packing.
-get a computer cord/power converter that works.
-secure a job for James.
-figure out where I'm staying the first night (since I'm arriving a day before the dorms open).
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Carrying Typhoid
Summer has officially begun, and I'm all vaccinated and ready to go! Our doctor said that I didn't really need most of the vaccinations recommended by the CDC (which, I admit, kind of makes me nervous. What if I get Japanese encephalitis?!). I have had my tetanus shot now, and I'm in the middle of taking typhoid pills which will keep me vaccinated until 2012. Woo!
While at the doctor, by the way, I also found out that I'm not anemic, but I have had mono at some point in my life. Who knew? Also, apparently I need to eat more sugar. Yeah, now everyone wishes they had a doctor like mine. Ha!
Anywho, I'm also in the process of deciding which classes to request at Keimyung. So far, I for sure want to take the Korean Language course, Korean History, Korean Culture (sensing a trend?), and Korean Government and Politics. I can take one more class with those, too, but I can't decide between Gender Issues in Contemporary Korean Society (which will hopefully count as a PoliSci/Ethics-based credit) or a course about the development of Korean economy (which may work as my last Economics credits). I emailed Dr. Walsh (my lovely advisor) about them both, so we'll see what she says soon.
Still to do:
-Buy a plane ticket
-Get my visa
-Get James a job =\
While at the doctor, by the way, I also found out that I'm not anemic, but I have had mono at some point in my life. Who knew? Also, apparently I need to eat more sugar. Yeah, now everyone wishes they had a doctor like mine. Ha!
Anywho, I'm also in the process of deciding which classes to request at Keimyung. So far, I for sure want to take the Korean Language course, Korean History, Korean Culture (sensing a trend?), and Korean Government and Politics. I can take one more class with those, too, but I can't decide between Gender Issues in Contemporary Korean Society (which will hopefully count as a PoliSci/Ethics-based credit) or a course about the development of Korean economy (which may work as my last Economics credits). I emailed Dr. Walsh (my lovely advisor) about them both, so we'll see what she says soon.
Still to do:
-Buy a plane ticket
-Get my visa
-Get James a job =\
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Papers, papers /everywhere/.
Considering that taking care of paperwork has been quite an adventure all on its own, I have decided that documenting my travels abroad should begin before I even leave the States.
Having been accepted by ISEP into a study abroad program which will send me to South Korea, I am utterly ecstatic. Not even the constant in- and out-flow of paperwork has brought down my anticipation, although it most definitely can be said that it tried. I'd just like to say that if they had told me before I started all of this just how much terrifying work was going to be involved in order to get everything ready to go abroad, I highly doubt I would have done it.
Now that I'm (probably) at least half way done with all of the hard stuff, though, I know that the trip is going to be worth all of this. Ironically enough, I'm not the only one from TLU who will be studying at Keimyung University in Daegu, which is interesting because Charla (the TLU study abroad director) was very excited when I told her it was one of the places I wanted to go; apparently no one from TLU has ever gone before, and now there's two of us going in the same year. Ridiculous.
Jonathan, his name is, and he's actually going for the entire year rather than just a semester. We've been in contact, though, since we didn't even know each other until we found out we were headed to the same school abroad, so it might work out that we're able to fly over there together and everything. He has family near the school, so I may even get to tag along with him to see some of the sights around Daegu.
But I have a few months yet. For now, I just need to sit back and relax until my information packet comes from Keimyung in June. Then the craziness will begin again as I have to apply for a visa, get the plane tickets, and start packing.
Wish me luck!
Having been accepted by ISEP into a study abroad program which will send me to South Korea, I am utterly ecstatic. Not even the constant in- and out-flow of paperwork has brought down my anticipation, although it most definitely can be said that it tried. I'd just like to say that if they had told me before I started all of this just how much terrifying work was going to be involved in order to get everything ready to go abroad, I highly doubt I would have done it.
Now that I'm (probably) at least half way done with all of the hard stuff, though, I know that the trip is going to be worth all of this. Ironically enough, I'm not the only one from TLU who will be studying at Keimyung University in Daegu, which is interesting because Charla (the TLU study abroad director) was very excited when I told her it was one of the places I wanted to go; apparently no one from TLU has ever gone before, and now there's two of us going in the same year. Ridiculous.
Jonathan, his name is, and he's actually going for the entire year rather than just a semester. We've been in contact, though, since we didn't even know each other until we found out we were headed to the same school abroad, so it might work out that we're able to fly over there together and everything. He has family near the school, so I may even get to tag along with him to see some of the sights around Daegu.
But I have a few months yet. For now, I just need to sit back and relax until my information packet comes from Keimyung in June. Then the craziness will begin again as I have to apply for a visa, get the plane tickets, and start packing.
Wish me luck!
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