Quick Update

This program in Korea is keeping us busy busy. I just got the chance to upload my pictures from the recent excursions. There's certainly more to come. I'll write up the past few days tomorrow, probably. Here's the pictures!

Two weeks left and...

So if we look back at the list I made early in the summer, I have done this much

• Visa (pending return flight, to be booked same day this year as departure from Seoul, ie mid-June) Still pending, but sent off
  
• macbook (hopefully) how about... NOT!
  
• Get a little more in shape, just to make my life easier in Korea hah...
  
• Obtain a phone with SIM card (for calling card use) Thank you, Antonius! ♥♥
• Bulk up on wardrobe (I hear clothes are expensive there) $300 shopping spree at Kohls
  
• Immunizations... Tessa won't be getting any Hepatitis A~~

Getting a plane ticket was the bane of my summer. What was the problem? You can't book a flight more than 330 days in advance. I could change the date, but that costs an arm and a leg. Yes, There are student travel agencies, but guess which country they decided to cut back on this year?? So I had to wait til last Saturday to book. Don't worry, I FedExed it asap.

The next catch: the Korean embassy wants me to show that I (i.e. my family) have enough money to stay in Korea for an extended period of time. How? Give them a bank statement showing $3k. Ooooooookay. I got my mom to print of a statement and stuck it in with my visa app. I got a call on Monday that said I needed to show $10k... you know, since I'm staying so long. -___- That made life a mess for about 3 hours of scrambling and scanning documents into pdf. Let's hope they don't show any more inconsistencies.

So other than being soooooper nervous about getting my passport with a pretty little Korean Embassy stamp of approval back in time, I still have to figure out what to pack and begggg my mother to buy me a new lens (est. cost: $250). Please, oh please.

How's everyone else doing? More relaxed than I, I would hope.

[edit] By the way, look at where I will be staying this next year!
DMC Ville