It's early into summer yet and this will be my fourth full summer season in this country so I'm just about ready to dig myself a nice cave in the side of a mountain and hide there. I've been walking to work pretty much every day since the beginning of spring and it's been fantastic. I got to watch the cherry blossoms emerge on the trees along the way and then change slowly to green. It's a pretty relaxing way to start the day, and one of the few things about my job for which I remain thankful is that it affords me the time to do this every day. Plus all the extra walking and biking has caused me to slim down a bit in the past few months, so that's a nice bonus.
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| Early Springtime |
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| Mid-transition |
As soon as I get back from Italy the new term will begin, so not a whole lot of transition time there. Probably still gonna be pretty jet-lagged when I teach my first couple classes, which will be more or less indistinguishable from how I usually teach so no worries there.
Actually, speaking of the next term, that reminds me of another reason I wanted to do an update. I just realized that this blog will actually be coming to an end within the next few posts, because the next term will be my last as a teacher in Korea. I'll be wrapping up the next term just before the end of August, and around mid to late September, I'll be flying back to Canada to start the next chapter of my life. It'll be a lot similar to the chapters before I moved to Korea except I have a wife and a tattoo now so things are definitely looking up.
I honestly can't believe it's been almost four years since I first moved here. I can't believe I've been gone so long, yet it's gone by so quickly. Just a fair warning in advance, a lot of the next few posts will probably be crammed with nostalgia and bittersweet reflection, so if that sounds like a roller coaster of laughs to you I happily invite you along for the ride.
Until then, I'll leave you with today's title, which is definitely my all-time favourite song from this country:
