New Contract

So a third and final year at Moonkkang is a go. I'll get a raise, and everything else is the same.

I was debating a third year, but with dissertation coming and the opportunity to save for that and work for the year it just makes sense. As far as cram schools go it really is the best one out there.

With this done, I am thinking ahead to October 2015 with anticipation, sometimes too much anticipation.

I have a habit of looking at jobs that I will be ready for by 2016. University of Macau. British Council in Malaysia, Rangoon and Taipei. Chiba University in Tokyo. Athabasca College in Edmonton. Chulalongkorn University Bangkok. Joongbu University in Daejeon, Korea. I need to stop, mostly because it has stopped being motivational and become a series of missed opportunities. They'll be there in 2016.

I want to think more about this year, which I think this blog will help me do. Christmas is coming quickly. I'll be home for two weeks in February. Yen and I want to get down to the Philippines soon. Will is now living in Saigon. School will come to dominate my life this year. Yen and I have some adult decisions to make in 2015, and I can state right now that I'll be looking to extend my contract with her as well :P Probably for a while.

It will also be my last year in Daegu, a city that has, for better or worse, been my home for five years. I'll miss it when I am gone, I am sure. Better to enjoy as much of it as I can before I go.

But for the rest of 2014, fall is here, and while October will be great, November and December will be cold. Brace yourself.