Before I begin to explain the title...I'll go into a little detail as to how I even got here in the first place. I've always loved to travel and this love has flourished immensely in the past 3 years. I graduated university with a degree in health in june 2008. Not really knowing what I wanted to do career wise I decided I would teach abroad for a year. I knew a few people who had gone to South Korea to teach and tehy loved it so I decided this would be the best option for me.
Ok so a few months, a ton of applications and some slight anxiety later I was boaring flight on it's way to south korea. We had a stop over in Tokyo, which surprisingly had a very unimpressive airport, and this was when I began to feel sick! Once we boarded the plane in Tokyo I fell asleep and I soon as I woke up I started to Puke. Luckily my family friend Puja is travelling with me and she took care of me. But it was a 4 hour plane ride which was pretty much hell all the way to Seoul. To make matters worse once we got off the plane I had to take a 3 hr bus ride to Dankook University in Cheonan, and of course I was puking the entire way. By the time we arrived I had lost so many electrolytes I thought I was going to faint.
On a positive note, the university is very nice. The dorm rooms are very clean and we have internet in our rooms. So yesterday I was still nausous but the puking had stopped and I am happy to say today I am feeling back to 100%. I would have to say my favourite thing so far is how friendly everyone from around the world is. It's a wonderful experience to be in South Korea and yet get to meet people from all corners of the world. Also, EPIK has been very helpful in getting us all set up and started. They have helped us set up bank accounts as well as cell phones, which we will recieve on Thursday next week. As much as I am enjoying Dankook University, I am excited to head to Busan. Even better is that we have met so many other people who are heading to Busan as well! Ok I guess that's good for now. I'll blog once more when I'm in Busan! Hopefull I can keep up the blogging!
O and here is a video of some Korean drummers that performed at the opening ceremony:
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