The Dream.

Note: The below post was written (but not published) in early 2016. Today, I post it on the 2nd of September, 6 months into my stay.

My dear readers,

I have not written on this blog for over a year. Perhaps it was because I had nothing more to say, or perhaps it was because I didn't want to taint the fond and perfect memory that it was.

Alas, today, I AM BACK. Why?! BECAUSE I'M GOING BACK TO KOREA! WOOO!!

Yes, my dear friends. I, Kristin, have secured an English teaching job in Seoul, and will be moving there in precisely 21 days. I've worked flipping hard to get here, and finally it is happening. I get to live my dream!

I am SO keen for such an amazingly different journey in the country I have grown to love. For those of you who don't know, I did take a trip back to Korea in June of 2015 for 1 month, and it refreshed my love for the place. I got to do some travelling and saw all my lovely Korean friends again; as well as some of my foreign friends who were still there!

So, this will be take 3! Which, unfortunately, disproves the theory "You Only Korea Once" (YOKO), as coined by my cute little friendship group from our beloved Fall Semester '14.

And I haven't even told you the best part! Wait for it........... Tinika will also be there!! HOW GOOD IS LIFE?!?! That's right, my dearest Swede and past-roommate-of-four-months is currently in Korea studying the language for 1 year, and thus will be joining me for a full 9 months of my full year-long stay!

It has been over a year since I've seen the lovely Tinika, but frequent letters and daily Kakao chats have kept our friendship warm. We have formed such a strong, unique bond and I can't believe that I will be seeing her again in the flesh so soon!!! Will we be roommates this time? Unfortunately not. A cruel 20-minute subway ride will separate us... But it will never keep us apart!

And so, my lovely friends, let this be a testament to how great life is. If you compare this post with my last, you will see a stark contrast in tone, as a currently-way-too-excited-Kristin faces her heartbroken, shell-of-a-self from just over a year ago.

Time heals all wounds, my friends. And I thank God for that! ^^

To the days ahead, and whatever life throws our way!

Signed in Sydney,
Kristin