Dear readers,
I will move out of my apartment at the end of this month, and I still have a lot to get rid of. If you're in Seoul, this is a unique opportunity to meet me by buying my stuff. Just go to this website and see if there's anything you want. If there is, follow the directions on the home page to email me.
Thanks in advance for your financial contributions (I'm broke) and your help in lifting my material burdens so I can leave with less stress!
Kristin
On March 26, 2009, I left my life in America and moved to South Korea. I put my worldly possessions into two suitcases and a backpack and got on a plane. On December 8, 2012, I returned not to my hometown of Detroit, but to Silicon Valley, California, where I married an Indian engineer. In 2020, I divorced and moved to southern California. In this blog are my successes, failures, and observations of life in different cultures.
Monday, November 19, 2012
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Choices and Failure
Preparing to go home is a lot of work.
I can't seem to find a new tenant for my apartment, and I'm having trouble selling my stuff (although I came up with an online auction idea and asked my friends to bid for items).
My plane ticket is for December 8th and I will leave my place probably on the last day of November to stay with a friend for a week. I will work until December 5th.
But the hardest part of preparing to go back is preparing emotionally.
I can't seem to find a new tenant for my apartment, and I'm having trouble selling my stuff (although I came up with an online auction idea and asked my friends to bid for items).
My plane ticket is for December 8th and I will leave my place probably on the last day of November to stay with a friend for a week. I will work until December 5th.
But the hardest part of preparing to go back is preparing emotionally.
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Korean Everydayness: Dental Hygiene
I can't believe I haven't written about this yet. Koreans and their love affair with toothbrushes: it's one of the strangest things about living here. That's not to say their teeth are any better-looking than Americans' on average, because they're about the same. It's just that Koreans spend so much TIME brushing their teeth... loudly. And in public. Often.
100% Sure I'm Going to CA
This blog will no longer be about my life in Korea after December this year because I won't be here anymore. I never heard from the company I had the interview with, and maybe it's for the best. If they had failed to get me a visa as well, I would be crushed and would end up going back to the US with less than what I have now- which is nothing.
Just thought you might like to know. Now back to blog titles... Kristin'sKorean Life?
Just thought you might like to know. Now back to blog titles... Kristin's
Sunday, October 28, 2012
70% Sure
I haven't heard from the company I interviewed with last Friday. I told the CEO I needed to know by the first of November so there's still a slim chance but he said he'd get in touch by the end of this past week. Hence the title: I'm 70% sure I'm going back to the US at the beginning of December. I will post again on or after November first.
Actually, I'm a bit relieved. The choice has, for all intents and purposes, been made. I have come up with a creative way to try to sell all my things at prices that can actually help me. I have started making a mental list of everything I have to do. Get a new tenant and notify the landlord and pay associated fees but get my security deposit back. Cancel my cell phone contract and pay the rest on my phone. Pay back my friend who used to be my landlord for back utilities and security fees. Etc.
I already have a headache.
Actually, I'm a bit relieved. The choice has, for all intents and purposes, been made. I have come up with a creative way to try to sell all my things at prices that can actually help me. I have started making a mental list of everything I have to do. Get a new tenant and notify the landlord and pay associated fees but get my security deposit back. Cancel my cell phone contract and pay the rest on my phone. Pay back my friend who used to be my landlord for back utilities and security fees. Etc.
I already have a headache.
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