See you in Korea

Mad rush time fellas. So here's the game plan. Today, I'll go to Lubbock, TX (a 6 hour drive) to help my older sister move in to Texas Tech Medical School, then tomorrow at 7pm leave Lubbock (5.9 hour drive thanks to wind resistance) get home around 2-3am Saturday morning, then I'll get some shuteye, for 5 hours, then leave for the airport at about 9am, then leave for Korea at 11am, and get there around 3pm... the next day.

Sound good?

What are you supposed to do?

I guess I didn't think of that part.

Nothing I suppose... You could always go to Austin... and help my roommates clean the place so that we will actually get some sort of a deposit back

Btw, I really do wish to see you in Korea. If at all possible, make some plans to visit. I have two friends that are making their way there for winter break, and I feel an almost childish pleasure thinking of all the exciting things that we will be doing together in such a foreign place (like making snowmen... ASIAN snowmen). But if not, webcams are pretty wonderful as well.

With that being said, this is the last post I will be posting here in the States. Wish me luck, I hope you enjoy the ride as much as I do.

Cure for the common homesickness

I'm not sure if I can pack anything that is a "cure" for homesickness, but I am definitely trying to find things to pack that will help me cope with the distance. I am failing miserably.

Things that I am assuming will be missed once I am in Korea (not in any significant order):

• family
• friends
• steak (since I hear that red meat is rare and expensive)
• my guitars (I'm not sure if I will be able to bring it on the plane)
• being in a reasonable similar time zone
• mexican food
• my car
• TEXAS FOOTBALL (it gets caps, just deal)
• IM football

While I'm at it, here is a list of things that I am looking forward too about Korea:

• Authentic Korean food
• Cheap Korean food
• Buying a pair of glasses
• Buying a nice coat
• Taking pictures
• Making new friends
• Getting a clean slate
• Teaching little kids
• Improving my Korean
• Running
• Hiking
• Learning more about myself, in the context of a new country

I'm making this list, so that as I look back, I will see what I really did miss, if I missed anything at all, and if the things that I looked forward too were really worthwhile. I just printed my itinerary, and am getting more and more antsy about this whole thing. I'm leaving in 2days:23hours:48min. Insane.

Boy meets ____________

This is a story of boy meets country.

The boy, Jeremy Roh, always knew that one day he would have to face his fears and experience what the world had to offer, but the numerous encounters with other countries for short two weeks vacations and mission trips had sufficed up to this point, quenching the thirst for experiencing something new. Now was the time that he was going to experience a new country, not as a tourist, but as a resident.

The country, South Korea, had not been waiting for Jeremy. In fact, Korea, had been doing just fine without Jeremy.

Jeremy had gone to see his counselor at the University of Texas and was pleasantly surprised to find that it would be very simple for him to finish his college career a semester early. Excited as he was, Jeremy talked to his roommate Tae, who eventually led him to TaLK, a Korean Government sponsered English teaching program. Jeremy subsequently applied with his friend Grace, and three months later, was accepted.

Jeremy had no idea what to expect of Korea. He had heard stories from close friends, from friend of friends, from family members, of what Korea would be like, but Jeremy would have to find out what Korea was like on his own. He would first have to find a way to communicate with Korea.

This is a story of boy meets country, but I am not able to tell you if this will end as a love story, I suppose you will have to wait and see how it unfolds.

Let the story unfold before your own eyes.