Return to Korea!

Ever since I finished the CELTA course in May, I had been pondering what to do and where to go in the autumn. I was offered 2 jobs in Europe - one in Bratislava in Slovakia and one in the Czech Republic. Both jobs looked great and I would be teaching teenagers and adults rather than young learners, but sadly the salaries offered (and those throughout Europe) seemed close to subsistence level. I was really keen on the Bratislava job, but after spending a weekend there, it was clear that my net salary would barely see me through the month.

Soooooo, I decided to come back to Korea! I was hoping to get a job in Seoul, but the huge influx of young American grads due to the recession meant that jobs were not so easy to come by for a 30-something Brit! I had three phone interviews and was offered two jobs - one was with an English village in the middle of nowhere which had shorter hours and more vacation time, but was in the middle of nowhere and one with a hagwon in Daejeon. The woman I spoke to in Daejeon seemed really nice and friendly on the phone and they were willing to give me an extra 2 days vacation as they really wanted me, so I accepted and a few weeks later was on a flight to Seoul! I flew with Emirates - nice food, lots of legrooms and a widescreen video screen with tons to watch! I had a whole set of films I wanted to watch on the second leg of my flight from Dubai to Incheon, but fell asleep immediately after finishing my meal and didn't wake up until the next meal service came round, about an hour before landing! Nice to get such a good sleep on a plane though!