It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything, mainly because there is not much going on. We’ve finished final testing for the semester, so now it’s just the matter, somewhat tedious, of calculating final grades and entering them into the official grade books and onto the university website. In the meantime, I’ve still not received any invitations to interview for jobs here in Korea, nor have I heard from SIT for the Indonesian teaching positions. I continue to hold out hope for something to turn up. In the event that nothing pans out along those lines, I might pursue the possibility of remaining in Andong another year or two. I’ll see how the administration is doing as far as getting enough qualified applicants. Maybe they’ll let me change my mind if they’re having problems hiring the 6 or 7 new teachers they are going to need.

However, vacation begins on June 24th and I’m off to Laos and Thailand. I might pursue job opportunities in those two countries while I’m there, though almost all the positions are very low-paying ones. As a final resort, I can always get some kind of good-paying job in Korea when I return from vacation. Someone is always hiring over here, albeit the institutions don’t offer much in the way of vacation time or they work you to death or the admin is crappy or . . .

Well, things will pan out, one way or the other. But, I’m going to enjoy the trip to Laos and Thailand and put job worries aside for a month. More later.