Charmed Life

The long awaited day has finally arrived, and I'm feeling less exultant than I would have imagined 5 months ago. My tour of duty as an ESL teacher in Korea officially ended yesterday, and I'm spending my last full day puttering around the USO station in central Seoul.
I've been meaning to embrace the blog life for some measure of time now, and seeing as how adventure is beaaring down hard on me this seems to be the right time. I'll be in the south of India tomorrow night, Chennai to be exact. What awaits me in the technicolor, pullating subcontinent? I wouldn't be able to hazard a guess, other than it will be hard to explain once outside of India.
Leaving Korea has me feeling a bit of wist, kim-chi serving sized wist, certainly not enough to leave me feeling full though. I've met lots of other great migrant workers here, from my co-workers Loren & Aerin to the guys and gals at the ILC Sunday meetups to friendly Koreans of all stripes. My job here was EASY, and I leave with a pocketful of do-re-mi, but the real burden for me was adjusting to a lifestyle which at turns can be isolating, uninspiring and drab. Having said that, coming to Korea allowed me to experience life in an Asian metropolis, a weeklong vacation in China pre-Olympics, borrowed time with a certain lass with burnished gold hair who holds the key to my heart and now, now, happening in a day!!! an open-ended trip to India. In my tenure here, I learned to feel at greater peace with myself and less anxious about the future and the pressures of the future than I ever have before. Plus I'm a non-smoker!
Well, I'll try to keep this blog active once I hit the ground in India. I'll let you know how the far-reaching smoking ban is working there.