Spent my first three nights in a motel, SURPRISE factor for sure but Tanya (the teacher I was replacing) was still at the apartment for the next 4 days which makes sense since everyone was waiting for my visa to come in and it arrived a week later than everyone thought!
Motel Milano =D aka Love Motel
That first night was memorable in my mind because I got to experience the low of accommodations in Korea (which made my apartment seem much nicer in comparison) and after checking me in and loading my luggage into my room we went around the neighborhood to familiarize me with my surroundings. I could have probably ate at the rest stop on the bus ride or at this point but my mind was in locked up mode (as in can't eat because I'm too busy being in denial) and I just couldn't stomach a meal. We went into a super market where I picked up Vitamin water, never had this stuff in Canada but thought it would help with me not eating and all... and my boss starts picking up three ice cream bars (red bean) he pays for them and we start eating and walking back to the motel, it was just a very nice experience that soften this Korean Man I was afraid to meet, made him human with a great family. He claimed in somewhat broken English that he absolutely LOVE ice cream, and that's when I knew we would get along fine =D
The next 2 days were a blur with the hospital health test (they check literally everything, any and all liquids that can dispense from your body will be tested and my heart, hearing and eye sight were all stops along the way. Then there was a short training day where I felt overwhelmed with the information and found out for the first time that the all "girl" school I had heard the director say was actually NOT, he meant all girl teachers... BOOM I didn't expect to have to deal with little boys, from mischievous elementary to nasty middle schoolers... first bump in the road. (This opinion has changed since the first day, there are definitely mischievous/nasty children from both genders, but the cute and eager ones outshine the negative.
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