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Chris on October 12th, 2009

Popping my OE cherry Okay, so I am a virgin to the whole OE (Overseas Experience) and therefore haven’t ever been on a flight longer than 6 hours.  I flew Asiana Airlines for 14 hours from Chicago to Seoul…and it was pretty flippin’ nice!  I mean, I did leave at 1am Chicago time, so I [...]

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Chris on October 6th, 2009

I am now packed for my year long contract to teach ESL in South Korea!  Here is a list of what I packed.  I researched a lot of other blogs and websites to find out what I can and cannot find while in Korea. Find out your baggage allowances I am flying Asiana Airlines.  Asiana [...]

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Chris on August 19th, 2009

Well, today, which is Wednesday I had an appointment at 10:30 at the NBC Tower in Chicago at the Korean Consulate. Allllll the way up on the 27th floor.  The view was pretty great actually, although I didn’t have a camera with me and my phone camera wouldn’t do the view justice. The preparation Well, [...]

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Chris on August 14th, 2009

E 2 Visa for South Korea 4. English Instructor status(E-2)   – US citizen who want to teach English at foreign language institutions or organizationsneed to apply for E-2 visa – The applicant is required to have a bachelor degree or equivalent degree – The necessary documents are as follows(i) If you have a the [...]

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Chris on July 20th, 2009

RTW trip My RTW adventure has officially been put on hold.  I know, every other travel blog says this is what 99% of the people do when trying to quit their jobs and leave everything.  I am part of that 1% which is actually going to do it though.  Instead of starting my RTW adventure [...]

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