A Saturday off in Seoul

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I walk the streets and it feels surreal. Food is good and cheap. It's hard not to look for ways to just "treat myself". Walked around Hongdae, a really kitsch culture hub filled with good eats, street fairs, trendy dessert spots, wall murals, fashion, underground music and art festivals.  

 Met EunJin in Seoul for DakGalBi. 

Back home, I hardly ever take a Saturday off. Being on vacation, I have a valid excuse to take it all in. Still, it's starting to let a little old as I've been away from home 4 weeks now.

I am trying to keep my focus on personal study before I can get a phone and make service arrangements and then to get busy in field service. It should be my focus, anyway but not knowing whether I will be here for 3 months or 6 or a year can be quite anxiety inducing. When my working papers come through, I can support myself tutoring privately, unless I get that elementary school teaching job I interviewed for back in the States. If so, I would have a set income and a set list of expenses but if I don't get the job, I have no real reason to keep a one year commitment to staying here. In that case, I would have to find enough work to get by which wouldn't be so bad either. So as you can see, things are quite up in the air.