The Year 2013

It's the morning of January 1st 2014 and I will soon be getting ready for work (it's lunar New Years that counts here). Surprisingly though, I am in a great mood. 2013 was a fantastic year in a lot of ways, with a new relationship, grad school, new branch at work and some nice things that stayed the same.

I guess the highlights included:

-Yen
-Starting school with Birmingham
-Mom's visit, including Korea and Kyoto
-Philippines and Hong Kong/Macau
-Making a few new friends and reconnecting with older ones

It has been a fantastic 2013, and also one full of change. I feel that 2014 will be less dramatic in some ways, as it is continuing school and work to set for a major life change in 2015. Not that it won't be an amazing year, but I feel that 2013-2014 will be the Moonkkang/Sangin/gradschool stretch of my life.

I read my blog from the end of 2012 and it seems that my view that Korea is kind of the same as it is now. School is really dictating how long I will stay here. On this blog I have posted Feb 2015, Oct 2015 and Dec 2014 as exit dates. I'll be a bit less direct and say I will be out in that ten month span, but I may have another New Years blog from Daegu yet.

So to everyone from Daegu, Vancouver, Goyang, Australia, Seoul, California, Manila, and anywhere else out there, Happy New Year!