January can be a chilly time of year. Despite my best efforts to kick start 2010 off with a positive "bang", it has unfortunately been anything but positive. I have lived through what some would call an EXTREME Winter every single year of my life in Canada. But for some reson this comparatively mild and easy Winter in Seoul has been slowly reducing me to a state of shell shocked debris.
I have been finding rather than becoming more settled in Korea, the longer that I am here the more UN-settled I seem to be becoming. I have not had the easiest time adjusting to the culture and my particular situation. I have really tried to find the best out of my living situation, my school and also my increasingly poor state of health, but recently I've come to a point where it's just no good. Things have to change or else I feel that my time in Korea may soon be coming to an end. I did a lot of thinking about the positives in my life and I do feel that there are many. I have made several good friends at work and around town. I am making money and paying back my student loans. I have had the opportunity to live in and experience this foreign culture. i find that every month, things are getting easier. I have also had the opportunity to work on my artwork and make some good contacts. I feel that there are many good things that could develop out of my life in Korea, but before this can happen I have some major problems that have to be resolved. The biggest and baddest one of all is my stinking apartment situation. So due to a number of circumstances (mostly bad construction and poor maintenance) my apartment is full of mould. The colder wheather this winter has only increased the growth and it's in the walls and ceilings which are not possibl to scrub. The point is that it has been making me increasingly sicker and sicker. Now I have bronchitus and also other related health problems that are serious enough to be worried about and to make it a serious point of discussion. basically I have to reduce the stress in my life so that I can get healthy. in order to reduce the stress I have to move.
And so, the past weeks have been consumed with the complicated and frustrating business of trying to convince the people that can help me (mainly my school) that i need to move and that they should help me and pay for the expenses. Many letters, emails, phon calls, meetings and Dr.s appointments later it has been concluded that my school WILL help me move. YAY! and yet a resounding NAY. The entire moving process here is extremely complicated. It's doubly complicated because it is the end of the school year and the school has no cash to pull out and make things happen quickly. The school has told me that I must be patient, make the best out of my situation and trust that this matter will be eventually resolved in good time and due course. Do I really have a choice, no not really. And so, now i sit, wait to be called and do my best to scrub the mould off of my ceiling and not get sicker. The only problem is that the situation is as they call it delicate and volatile, so that means it's entirely open to change, fate, luck and cosmic timing to decide when they find someone to take over my apartment and a place that I can move into at the same time within their price range and in my area. OHHH MYYYY GOOOOOOOD!!!!!! So complicated. But there we go. Well at least I have a lot of experience moving. HAHA! This move will be a downright breeze in comparison. I have people helping me, I have movers and I have almost no clothes or furniture or people to notify of a change of address. EASY PEAZY! NO WOORIES! IT'LL BE A BREEZE! That's the way to think. So here's to figuring shit out and beginning to live a happy, healthy and balanced life in Seoul, South Korea.
Down to positive business! Winter camp is done! YAYAYAYAYAY!
I do not have cancer! YAYAYAAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAAAAAAAAAAAAY!
I have some very awsome friends! YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAWWWWW!
I have the opportunity to turn things around here and make things better! YARR!
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