I bought a new iPod touch! I know I shouldn't have but I've been wanting to update to the one that has the speakers! I was tempted... I'll find someone to buy the old one before I leave to recover my losses since I already don't have money... But I did get it for only $200 cause I got a discount for working at walmart... LOL!
Eek... I better find someone soon or eBay it! Lol
Still no word on my visa number but now it's the weekend and the start of a new week...
:)
**Update**
i just got an update that one of my sister's friends is going to buy the old one... yay! for $150 so that should help with my losses!! lol!
i should be in bed... lol nights!
*OH and HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY LIL SISTER... she's 13 today! (June 27th!)
Suitcase Issues...
Okay so i know i said i wouldn't write until I heard something about my Visa but this is important! lol sorta! i went shopping today with my lil sister and bought another suitcase to actually get the ball rolling... a little bit at least. we bought another suitcase and several other things that i needed... pretty much all i need now is work pants and winter boots/ rain boots and 2 books from Books-a-Million to get me through Seoul and south korea...lol!
anywhoo we're here for the suitcase... this is what it looks like after a wonderful idea from a friend named Dele! <-- (check out her blog!) she suggested I use this glue type stuff to make my suitcase stand out! ^_^. she will also be in Seoul in August! i'm making so many new friends on this blog! ^_^. here's a pic of both suitcases...lol!
I doubt anyone will try to steal suitcases with my name on them! hehe! and i'll also be able to pick it from the lot of suitcases in Seoul... i might also tie some ribbons on the handles...
i also went to work today and asked for some extra hours for this last week... i didn't think they'd actually give me any but they did and i'm so thankful! i was running low on money fast... and i got paid today! aah! i really was scared i wouldn't have money to survive on while in Korea... and I didn't want to ask my parents either... i already ask for too much...
anywhoo... here's some more pictures...i was transfering my "essentials" from the suitcase on the top (look at pics) that's 26" to the one on the bottom that's 25" lol... i'm hoping to use the one thats bigger for clothes... yes i'm segregating my stuff...lol
here's the result...
old suitcase on bottom...with stuff new from walmart... new suitcase in the middle that still has to get the stuff from the bottom stuffed into it... and then my books on the very top... those are on the "door" of my suitcase hoping they dont tear out of the mesh...lol!
it's only about 43lbs i believe... i'm not sure if the scale works properly but for now it does... hehe...
i tried working on the one for clothes by just putting my blankets (pretty thin... just till i can get one there) and my 1 fitted sheet... it also has my towels in it... well... i might need some extra help with my clothes cause it's getting crazy... thank goodness for space bags... (well unfortunately one space bag died... it got a tiny hole in it...) probably from when i was moving back in May and they were in the back of the truck...
anyway... things are sorta moving along and it makes it feel a bit more real... i still have my fears of my visa issuance number not coming in... i sit by my email box more than usual hoping it'll just have a red number in the corner... saying i have 1 new email... until then...
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anywhoo we're here for the suitcase... this is what it looks like after a wonderful idea from a friend named Dele! <-- (check out her blog!) she suggested I use this glue type stuff to make my suitcase stand out! ^_^. she will also be in Seoul in August! i'm making so many new friends on this blog! ^_^. here's a pic of both suitcases...lol!
I doubt anyone will try to steal suitcases with my name on them! hehe! and i'll also be able to pick it from the lot of suitcases in Seoul... i might also tie some ribbons on the handles...
i also went to work today and asked for some extra hours for this last week... i didn't think they'd actually give me any but they did and i'm so thankful! i was running low on money fast... and i got paid today! aah! i really was scared i wouldn't have money to survive on while in Korea... and I didn't want to ask my parents either... i already ask for too much...
anywhoo... here's some more pictures...i was transfering my "essentials" from the suitcase on the top (look at pics) that's 26" to the one on the bottom that's 25" lol... i'm hoping to use the one thats bigger for clothes... yes i'm segregating my stuff...lol
here's the result...
old suitcase on bottom...with stuff new from walmart... new suitcase in the middle that still has to get the stuff from the bottom stuffed into it... and then my books on the very top... those are on the "door" of my suitcase hoping they dont tear out of the mesh...lol!
it's only about 43lbs i believe... i'm not sure if the scale works properly but for now it does... hehe...
i tried working on the one for clothes by just putting my blankets (pretty thin... just till i can get one there) and my 1 fitted sheet... it also has my towels in it... well... i might need some extra help with my clothes cause it's getting crazy... thank goodness for space bags... (well unfortunately one space bag died... it got a tiny hole in it...) probably from when i was moving back in May and they were in the back of the truck...
anyway... things are sorta moving along and it makes it feel a bit more real... i still have my fears of my visa issuance number not coming in... i sit by my email box more than usual hoping it'll just have a red number in the corner... saying i have 1 new email... until then...
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Signed. Sealed. Delivered!
As you all know... I've signed a contract to work in Sungbuk, Seoul, South Korea. My first day in the classroom by myself will be August 3rd... so i should be arriving a week and half before then. My "Academic Supervisor" has informed me that we're looking at a departure date of July 21st. :] this makes me very happy because I've been waiting a long time to get going...lol
i sent off my contract last friday... (well my mom did...hehe) via FedEx... it cost $60 for 1/2 a pound of papers to be sent Priority mail to Seoul, South Korea...wow! for some reason i thought $20 would cover it...lol thank goodness my mom loves me and allowed me to pay her back! haha! anywhoo... well as soon as i got that tracking number i e-mailed it off so they could track it...well then i realized it was Saturday early morning to the school...so they wouldn't receive my e-mail until the 22nd (which was when the package was set to arrive...lol)...well i was right and they received the package yesterday around 9:30pm my time...lol so like 11:30am in Seoul. I watched it go from Texas to Tennessee to Alaska to South Korea then to the school! lol even when i was with my family over the weekend camping I tracked it...from my dad's new iPhone...which he loves...I'm so jealous...lol!
with the package at the school, i emailed my 2 advisors to make sure they got it and sure enough i received an email after i got home tonight saying that my advisor had already received my package and even had submitted them to the immigration office in Korea to get my visa issuance # so i could get my visa a.s.a.p. as soon as i get that (in about 7-10 days) I will have to either go to Houston... or mail off my stuff and do an interview over web cam and then get my passport A.S.A.P. only problem with that is I'm scared it'll get lost or it'll take longer than normal. I have to send them my documents beforehand so we can set up an interview time...so as soon as i get the issuance number I'm sending my documents overnight! lol! it'll cost me some money but it'll eventually be reimbursed when i get to Korea.
my friend Rhonda officially arrived in Korea yesterday and I'm super happy for her! I know she's probably having a great time getting to know everyone...and getting over jet lag...that's for sure...lol! I can't wait to hang out with her in Korea when i finally get there!
I'm getting tired of ready other people's blogs that are having a good time in Korea... I'm reading to get my life on the road...lol!
i can't wait to finally be done with walmart too... which will be next Thursday as my last day! woohoo!
Schedule till then is: Tomorrow: Off Wednesday (24th) 9:00 am- 1:00 pm Thursday (25th) 7pm-11pm Friday (26th) Off Saturday (27th) 9:30am-6:30pm Sunday (28th) 5:30pm- 11pm Monday (29th) 5pm-9pm Tuesday (30th) 10:30am-7pm Wednesday (1st) Off Thursday (2nd)12:30pm-9pm then Friday was supposed to be my last day...but I'm off! lol!
These last 2 checks will help me get through my first month in Seoul... i just have to keep in mind that I'll be living there and i don't have to buy every little thing in fear that i wont see it again! haha!
I'm excited...scared...thrilled...anxious... ready...lol i think...at least mentally... i still have to buy another suitcase and actually start packing...haha... i can't believe that i only have like 3 weeks...lol! (that's right right? i was trying to count them... obviously I'm doubting myself but i think that's right! haha!) i obviously wont really start packing till I have like 1-2 weeks left but I need to have things cleaned out of my little closet so they're ready! haha! (which I'll probably do tomorrow!) and then I'll have to repack a few times...
i need to remind myself to call the airport and ask about space bags... like if they'll search them if i have them cause I'm scared they wont have a vacuum on hand to repack them... that would be really bad!!
I've made several friends through the blogs and it makes me anxious to meet them! hehe!
kamsamnida! for reading my blogs...lol some of you have no choice!
i know these are boring now but i know they'll get more interesting soon! at least i'm not like filling you in on my boring days anymore... i'm trying to only blog when there's something to tell! my next one will probably be when i get my visa number and i get ready for my trip to Houston! lol!
i sent off my contract last friday... (well my mom did...hehe) via FedEx... it cost $60 for 1/2 a pound of papers to be sent Priority mail to Seoul, South Korea...wow! for some reason i thought $20 would cover it...lol thank goodness my mom loves me and allowed me to pay her back! haha! anywhoo... well as soon as i got that tracking number i e-mailed it off so they could track it...well then i realized it was Saturday early morning to the school...so they wouldn't receive my e-mail until the 22nd (which was when the package was set to arrive...lol)...well i was right and they received the package yesterday around 9:30pm my time...lol so like 11:30am in Seoul. I watched it go from Texas to Tennessee to Alaska to South Korea then to the school! lol even when i was with my family over the weekend camping I tracked it...from my dad's new iPhone...which he loves...I'm so jealous...lol!
with the package at the school, i emailed my 2 advisors to make sure they got it and sure enough i received an email after i got home tonight saying that my advisor had already received my package and even had submitted them to the immigration office in Korea to get my visa issuance # so i could get my visa a.s.a.p. as soon as i get that (in about 7-10 days) I will have to either go to Houston... or mail off my stuff and do an interview over web cam and then get my passport A.S.A.P. only problem with that is I'm scared it'll get lost or it'll take longer than normal. I have to send them my documents beforehand so we can set up an interview time...so as soon as i get the issuance number I'm sending my documents overnight! lol! it'll cost me some money but it'll eventually be reimbursed when i get to Korea.
my friend Rhonda officially arrived in Korea yesterday and I'm super happy for her! I know she's probably having a great time getting to know everyone...and getting over jet lag...that's for sure...lol! I can't wait to hang out with her in Korea when i finally get there!
I'm getting tired of ready other people's blogs that are having a good time in Korea... I'm reading to get my life on the road...lol!
i can't wait to finally be done with walmart too... which will be next Thursday as my last day! woohoo!
Schedule till then is: Tomorrow: Off Wednesday (24th) 9:00 am- 1:00 pm Thursday (25th) 7pm-11pm Friday (26th) Off Saturday (27th) 9:30am-6:30pm Sunday (28th) 5:30pm- 11pm Monday (29th) 5pm-9pm Tuesday (30th) 10:30am-7pm Wednesday (1st) Off Thursday (2nd)12:30pm-9pm then Friday was supposed to be my last day...but I'm off! lol!
These last 2 checks will help me get through my first month in Seoul... i just have to keep in mind that I'll be living there and i don't have to buy every little thing in fear that i wont see it again! haha!
I'm excited...scared...thrilled...anxious... ready...lol i think...at least mentally... i still have to buy another suitcase and actually start packing...haha... i can't believe that i only have like 3 weeks...lol! (that's right right? i was trying to count them... obviously I'm doubting myself but i think that's right! haha!) i obviously wont really start packing till I have like 1-2 weeks left but I need to have things cleaned out of my little closet so they're ready! haha! (which I'll probably do tomorrow!) and then I'll have to repack a few times...
i need to remind myself to call the airport and ask about space bags... like if they'll search them if i have them cause I'm scared they wont have a vacuum on hand to repack them... that would be really bad!!
I've made several friends through the blogs and it makes me anxious to meet them! hehe!
kamsamnida! for reading my blogs...lol some of you have no choice!
i know these are boring now but i know they'll get more interesting soon! at least i'm not like filling you in on my boring days anymore... i'm trying to only blog when there's something to tell! my next one will probably be when i get my visa number and i get ready for my trip to Houston! lol!
go with god!
-gabi ^_^.
-gabi ^_^.
Sungbuk, South Korea... ^_^
So within the last 24 hours... a ton has happened! i'm super excited!! okay recap... yesterday i e-mailed the recruiter i've been talking to from YBM . i let him know that i received my diploma and so he then called me last night around 9:30pm my time...11:30am his time. he let me know there are positions available and he kinda asked questions and i guess what getting a feel for who i am. anyway it worked out well and we hung up letting me know that he'd be talking to schools and looking for one for me. he said he would let me know as early as today and as late as sunday or monday night.
well today i received my diploma (.....) lol and proceeded to wait and anticipate a call... which i received at 8:02 (unfortunately the phone line was not good...but i tried my best)...
he informed me that a school wanted me and wanted him to ask me if i would be able to live apart from my family and come work at their school? as well as if i have the personality to work with young children...kindergarten age (5-7 years of age (i think...lol)) and I answered Yes of course and just tried to let him know that's what i really was looking for and i think ended up showing my "bubbly" personality cause he was like as i can tell you are bubbly and have a good personality and that is why they have been drawn to you. i guess a picture tells a thousand words since they've seen a picture of me and my resume...
he asked if i wanted the position and i said ABSOLUTELY YES! lol!
I have a position in Sungbuk, South Korea...in Seoul... hehe! I'm super excited and he told me I would start teaching August 3rd after my week of training...
when we talked last night he asked me if I would be able to have a departure date of July 21- 23rd...so of course I said yes! so i think around there I should be leaving! that's about 4 1/2 weeks away! (my last day at walmart is July 3rd...2 weeks from tomorrow!! yay!)
I'm sending off my pack of documents tomorrow by Fedex and once they get them we'll be working on my Visa and what-not and I think what will end up happening to make things easier for me is I'll send my passport and stuff for my Visa ahead of me to Houston and when they assign my interview time...i'll make sure it's on the day of my departure so i can leave from Houston... it's a 1-way trip from Houston to South Korea if i do that... plus i wouldn't have to drive to houston and back and then to dallas... lol
well today i received my diploma (.....) lol and proceeded to wait and anticipate a call... which i received at 8:02 (unfortunately the phone line was not good...but i tried my best)...
he informed me that a school wanted me and wanted him to ask me if i would be able to live apart from my family and come work at their school? as well as if i have the personality to work with young children...kindergarten age (5-7 years of age (i think...lol)) and I answered Yes of course and just tried to let him know that's what i really was looking for and i think ended up showing my "bubbly" personality cause he was like as i can tell you are bubbly and have a good personality and that is why they have been drawn to you. i guess a picture tells a thousand words since they've seen a picture of me and my resume...
he asked if i wanted the position and i said ABSOLUTELY YES! lol!
I have a position in Sungbuk, South Korea...in Seoul... hehe! I'm super excited and he told me I would start teaching August 3rd after my week of training...
when we talked last night he asked me if I would be able to have a departure date of July 21- 23rd...so of course I said yes! so i think around there I should be leaving! that's about 4 1/2 weeks away! (my last day at walmart is July 3rd...2 weeks from tomorrow!! yay!)
I'm sending off my pack of documents tomorrow by Fedex and once they get them we'll be working on my Visa and what-not and I think what will end up happening to make things easier for me is I'll send my passport and stuff for my Visa ahead of me to Houston and when they assign my interview time...i'll make sure it's on the day of my departure so i can leave from Houston... it's a 1-way trip from Houston to South Korea if i do that... plus i wouldn't have to drive to houston and back and then to dallas... lol
I'm super excited if you can't tell and love how this is all falling into place...
^_^.
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