Thursday, April 30, 2009

Sense of wonder is missing

The best part about going to a new country to live is the sense of wonder. For some reason, I never felt that sense of wonder when I came here. I expected it to be as intense as the first time I moved abroad but it wasn't. I have my theories as to why but I'll keep those to myself.

As far as Korea, why the heck do I keep changing my mind? Well, for a couple of reasons actually. First, if I'm really going to make this teaching thing a career I'm going to have to learn the local language and I just don't find anything particularly interesting about Chinese. As far as Japanese and Korean, heck yeah I find many things that interest me, anime, crazy Japanese/Korean game shows, pop culture etc. Second, I need to pick a country with a healthy supply of jobs. That eliminates Japan and Taiwan, and I've simply lost interested in China. So Korea is probably the best choice.

So I'm not just following my gut, I thought about it and picked the best choice.

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