Geting Here - Part 3 of 3

Part 3 of an entry written more than a month ago...wow...

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So anyways...Asia...it was an old idea of mine, maybe a dream even, to one day visit some part of East-Asia. This was, of course, before university. Before I studied Asian History and before I gave up on doing anything that cost me more than $400.

Riding along in this bus from Incheon to Seoul I sat and stared out the window. Taking in the new landscape, the soil with it's reddish tint, the grass with a different shade of green, trees at odd angles, and mountains everywhere, it finally hit me. I remembered that I was deep into something that I had always wanted to do. Something that I'd forgotten about but something that had stayed deep in my brain. I started to think back to the job fair months ago...maybe talking to that recruiter was more than just an impulse. Maybe it was a sub-conscious desire managing to break through my jaded exterior. Then again, there's an equal chance that it wasn't. Speculation aside, all that I can really confirm is that I am in East-Asia. And it is good.



So...as I write this entry, sitting in A Twosome Place Cafe in Gangnam while sipping a 2500 Won espresso, I'm overjoyed that I came to Korea and I'm hopeful that I can quickly acculturate to a functional degree. Funny to think that only one day after stepping off the plane I'm realising that I'm actually here fulfilling a long-held dream. I'm not just coming to a foreign country to make a decent wage. On top of that, I'm very glad that I'm not just taking a 'trip' here. Instead of being here to do stuff and sightsee I actually feel a lot of pressure to do more than just 'experience' new things. I feel pressure not just to live, but to live in a way that is almost completely new to me. But, then again...right now it's hard to say what I think. It's not hard to forget that this is just day one...only five hours into day one. But even in that short time I already feel like I've fulfilled a dream. Because of that, I really need to give thanks to today. I need to thank the short walk I took for reminding me of the importance of a single hour...just one single hour of walking to clear my mind and realign my thoughts.


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It took that long to just recap a bit of writing from day one....woops