Quote from: HaLo3 on December 15, 2016, 08:55:25 amI am so glad I have no camp. Today I have my little toasty seat warmer and I'm pretty sure my bf and I are going to the new One Piece cafe tonight. Though I am a little worried some of my students will be there.First, SO FREAKING JEALOUS!!! NO CAMP?! You are living the dream. Second, what is this One Piece cafe?? Is it just a new cafe or is there something more??
I am so glad I have no camp. Today I have my little toasty seat warmer and I'm pretty sure my bf and I are going to the new One Piece cafe tonight. Though I am a little worried some of my students will be there.
One Piece cafe???? please give deets!! I'm a total One Piece freak and I've been so happy with how popular it is here. I need to visit Seoul at some point anyways so...
Quote from: moonbrie on December 15, 2016, 10:45:39 amOne Piece cafe???? please give deets!! I'm a total One Piece freak and I've been so happy with how popular it is here. I need to visit Seoul at some point anyways so...Oh yeah, me too. It's been my favorite since I was a freshman in high school and I have gotten my bf relatively into it. He even went to see the OP Gold movie last weekend, haha. I will update tomorrow!
Fun fact: I only started watching One Piece two years ago, and it was my boyfriend who made me start it. I was on a big anime kick and was binge-watching a series a week (normal one-season anime) but he wouldn't watch any with me. So I whined until he chose one he'd want to watch with me and he chose One Piece. I thought it was lame but agreed because I wanted him to watch something with me.Eventually he got annoyed with how often I wanted to watch it lmao. We were almost caught up before I came to Korea, and we watch an episode together while skyping every once in a while, but we're a couple months behind now.
Quote from: moonbrie on December 15, 2016, 01:57:53 pmFun fact: I only started watching One Piece two years ago, and it was my boyfriend who made me start it. I was on a big anime kick and was binge-watching a series a week (normal one-season anime) but he wouldn't watch any with me. So I whined until he chose one he'd want to watch with me and he chose One Piece. I thought it was lame but agreed because I wanted him to watch something with me.Eventually he got annoyed with how often I wanted to watch it lmao. We were almost caught up before I came to Korea, and we watch an episode together while skyping every once in a while, but we're a couple months behind now.I used to watch that series with my brother but stopped watching it for a while, then when I tried to pick it back up again I found out I was something like 400 episodes behind. So I gave up. xP
I applied for my F-6 visa on August 31 with my E-2 set to expire on September 30. I expected it might take a month at most (based on what I read on this forum ), but here I am nearly three months later and the sucker still hasn't come through and apparently my school is having trouble paying my pension contributions. Whenever I call immigration they can't say much but that the process sometimes takes up to 6 months! This is nuts. I was told I shouldn't leave the country until it comes through, as well. Feeling a bit in limbo and worried about being able to claim those pension contributions later once the visa does finally come through.
Quote from: donovan on December 15, 2016, 02:10:28 pmQuote from: donovan on November 28, 2016, 12:28:27 pmI applied for my F-6 visa on August 31 with my E-2 set to expire on September 30. I expected it might take a month at most (based on what I read on this forum ), but here I am nearly three months later and the sucker still hasn't come through and apparently my school is having trouble paying my pension contributions. Whenever I call immigration they can't say much but that the process sometimes takes up to 6 months! This is nuts. I was told I shouldn't leave the country until it comes through, as well. Feeling a bit in limbo and worried about being able to claim those pension contributions later once the visa does finally come through. My wife just got word from immigration yesterday that my F-6 visa has finally come through, but for some reason they say I can't pick it up until the 28th. Anyway, it's nearly four months later, but it's finally here!Congrats! You now have that F-6 swagger. Oh what can I do now? Become a Korean pilot, or get a job in the local convenience store? All those options! No wait, are you talking to yourself?
Quote from: donovan on November 28, 2016, 12:28:27 pmI applied for my F-6 visa on August 31 with my E-2 set to expire on September 30. I expected it might take a month at most (based on what I read on this forum ), but here I am nearly three months later and the sucker still hasn't come through and apparently my school is having trouble paying my pension contributions. Whenever I call immigration they can't say much but that the process sometimes takes up to 6 months! This is nuts. I was told I shouldn't leave the country until it comes through, as well. Feeling a bit in limbo and worried about being able to claim those pension contributions later once the visa does finally come through. My wife just got word from immigration yesterday that my F-6 visa has finally come through, but for some reason they say I can't pick it up until the 28th. Anyway, it's nearly four months later, but it's finally here!
Quote from: donovan on December 15, 2016, 02:16:13 pmQuote from: donovan on December 15, 2016, 02:10:28 pmQuote from: donovan on November 28, 2016, 12:28:27 pmI applied for my F-6 visa on August 31 with my E-2 set to expire on September 30. I expected it might take a month at most (based on what I read on this forum ), but here I am nearly three months later and the sucker still hasn't come through and apparently my school is having trouble paying my pension contributions. Whenever I call immigration they can't say much but that the process sometimes takes up to 6 months! This is nuts. I was told I shouldn't leave the country until it comes through, as well. Feeling a bit in limbo and worried about being able to claim those pension contributions later once the visa does finally come through. My wife just got word from immigration yesterday that my F-6 visa has finally come through, but for some reason they say I can't pick it up until the 28th. Anyway, it's nearly four months later, but it's finally here!Congrats! You now have that F-6 swagger. Oh what can I do now? Become a Korean pilot, or get a job in the local convenience store? All those options! No wait, are you talking to yourself?Who else would I be talking to?I'm happy for the visa less for the employment opportunities and more for the fact that I don't have to have weird conversations with my school anymore about why they're having trouble depositing my monthly pension payments. (But I'd like to think this swagger would at least get me a call back from Asiana )
Quote from: HaLo3 on December 15, 2016, 12:25:54 pmQuote from: moonbrie on December 15, 2016, 10:45:39 amOne Piece cafe???? please give deets!! I'm a total One Piece freak and I've been so happy with how popular it is here. I need to visit Seoul at some point anyways so...Oh yeah, me too. It's been my favorite since I was a freshman in high school and I have gotten my bf relatively into it. He even went to see the OP Gold movie last weekend, haha. I will update tomorrow!Fun fact: I only started watching One Piece two years ago, and it was my boyfriend who made me start it. I was on a big anime kick and was binge-watching a series a week (normal one-season anime) but he wouldn't watch any with me. So I whined until he chose one he'd want to watch with me and he chose One Piece. I thought it was lame but agreed because I wanted him to watch something with me.Eventually he got annoyed with how often I wanted to watch it lmao. We were almost caught up before I came to Korea, and we watch an episode together while skyping every once in a while, but we're a couple months behind now.
Quote from: donovan on December 15, 2016, 02:41:14 pmQuote from: donovan on December 15, 2016, 02:16:13 pmQuote from: donovan on December 15, 2016, 02:10:28 pmQuote from: donovan on November 28, 2016, 12:28:27 pmI applied for my F-6 visa on August 31 with my E-2 set to expire on September 30. I expected it might take a month at most (based on what I read on this forum ), but here I am nearly three months later and the sucker still hasn't come through and apparently my school is having trouble paying my pension contributions. Whenever I call immigration they can't say much but that the process sometimes takes up to 6 months! This is nuts. I was told I shouldn't leave the country until it comes through, as well. Feeling a bit in limbo and worried about being able to claim those pension contributions later once the visa does finally come through. My wife just got word from immigration yesterday that my F-6 visa has finally come through, but for some reason they say I can't pick it up until the 28th. Anyway, it's nearly four months later, but it's finally here!Congrats! You now have that F-6 swagger. Oh what can I do now? Become a Korean pilot, or get a job in the local convenience store? All those options! No wait, are you talking to yourself?Who else would I be talking to?I'm happy for the visa less for the employment opportunities and more for the fact that I don't have to have weird conversations with my school anymore about why they're having trouble depositing my monthly pension payments. (But I'd like to think this swagger would at least get me a call back from Asiana )I never said that
Quote from: donovan on December 15, 2016, 03:01:42 pmQuote from: donovan on December 15, 2016, 02:41:14 pmQuote from: donovan on December 15, 2016, 02:16:13 pmQuote from: donovan on December 15, 2016, 02:10:28 pmQuote from: donovan on November 28, 2016, 12:28:27 pmI applied for my F-6 visa on August 31 with my E-2 set to expire on September 30. I expected it might take a month at most (based on what I read on this forum ), but here I am nearly three months later and the sucker still hasn't come through and apparently my school is having trouble paying my pension contributions. Whenever I call immigration they can't say much but that the process sometimes takes up to 6 months! This is nuts. I was told I shouldn't leave the country until it comes through, as well. Feeling a bit in limbo and worried about being able to claim those pension contributions later once the visa does finally come through. My wife just got word from immigration yesterday that my F-6 visa has finally come through, but for some reason they say I can't pick it up until the 28th. Anyway, it's nearly four months later, but it's finally here!Congrats! You now have that F-6 swagger. Oh what can I do now? Become a Korean pilot, or get a job in the local convenience store? All those options! No wait, are you talking to yourself?Who else would I be talking to?I'm happy for the visa less for the employment opportunities and more for the fact that I don't have to have weird conversations with my school anymore about why they're having trouble depositing my monthly pension payments. (But I'd like to think this swagger would at least get me a call back from Asiana )I never said that.yes you did~
Quote from: donovan on December 15, 2016, 02:41:14 pmQuote from: donovan on December 15, 2016, 02:16:13 pmQuote from: donovan on December 15, 2016, 02:10:28 pmQuote from: donovan on November 28, 2016, 12:28:27 pmI applied for my F-6 visa on August 31 with my E-2 set to expire on September 30. I expected it might take a month at most (based on what I read on this forum ), but here I am nearly three months later and the sucker still hasn't come through and apparently my school is having trouble paying my pension contributions. Whenever I call immigration they can't say much but that the process sometimes takes up to 6 months! This is nuts. I was told I shouldn't leave the country until it comes through, as well. Feeling a bit in limbo and worried about being able to claim those pension contributions later once the visa does finally come through. My wife just got word from immigration yesterday that my F-6 visa has finally come through, but for some reason they say I can't pick it up until the 28th. Anyway, it's nearly four months later, but it's finally here!Congrats! You now have that F-6 swagger. Oh what can I do now? Become a Korean pilot, or get a job in the local convenience store? All those options! No wait, are you talking to yourself?Who else would I be talking to?I'm happy for the visa less for the employment opportunities and more for the fact that I don't have to have weird conversations with my school anymore about why they're having trouble depositing my monthly pension payments. (But I'd like to think this swagger would at least get me a call back from Asiana )I never said that.
^there's probably a word in a different language if not in English. Middle grade 2 students are my favorite. They asked if I was going on next week's field trip (I'm not, but it was nice they wanted to know if I was going). They've also invited me to a cooking class before. For the Christmas lesson I opened by telling them "No books today!" All of the kids went "Yay!!!" and one kid was so enthused he threw his book on the floor and his hands up in the air. Me: All the students stare at him. Student: ...Just kidding!!