Hello-haseo, one and all! I decided to take inspiration from Mel and Shawn's blog about all things ESL-related and copy... er... "imitate" their effort in keeping everyone informed about our adventures, not to mention help relieve some of the homesickness I will no doubt be experiencing soon.
So, here's the status: Hannah and I have driven for about 25 hours from Saint John, NB to Asheville, NC and have sent off our contracts to the visa office in Atlanta. So, we have our contracts, our flight tickets, and a (pending) work visa... and exactly 10 days until we leave for the Far East! We're both scared and excited, but are still very enthusiastic about how much we will learn about the world and ourselves during our big adventure. All that remains to do in the meantime is enjoy all that Asheville has to offer!
As long as I'm going through the effort of making this blog I'll make a pledge: after arriving in Korea I will update this blog weekly, save for mini-updates should something hilarious or informative happen, like having a classroom full of children in surgical masks or the activation of the North's earthquake ray, respectively.
As for the name of the blog, I really can't take credit for any originality. I had read a story on Dave's ESL Cafe (eslcafe.com) of an ESL teacher in a Seoul suburb who encountered one of his students- a little girl- in the corridor between classes. She greeted him with, "Anyeong haseo", but remembering that the teacher was the english teacher, corrected herself: "HELLO-HASEO!", before getting embarrassed, hiding her face, and running away. I REALLY hope that happens to me at some point! I will give that kid a shiny, gold star!
In the meantime, annyeong-hi gyeseyo (good bye, or "stay in peace")!
-Garrett
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