Stress from Korea...

Just a quick update on things…

I’ve applied for two positions, so far. Both are for writing/copy editing positions, one with the Seoul Tourism Organization and the other with Arirang TV, which is an English news/entertainment channel produced in Korea. Both advertised part-time positions, but the pay wasn’t too too bad. If I get one of them, I may have to stay part-time at Apple Tree (really don’t want to, but it would make things less complicated visa-wise) or take on some more tutoring jobs during my free time. (I still have my current one on Saturday which will help.) If I get the Arirang job, it’s from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. during the week, so I could take a 10-week course at a language institute during the day (10 a.m. to 1 p.m.) and try to improve my Korean. I’m starting to put some money aside for that. I remember that it wasn’t nearly as expensive as I thought it would be.

I have a list of about six other places to apply. One is another Korean PR company that has an open position for basically the same thing that I do at Apple Tree (yes, I know it’s a death wish, but I seriously need to find a job). The rest are global PR companies and some international hotels that currently aren’t advertising, but I’m hoping will at least take a look at my resume. I give it month. If I still haven’t found anything office-wise, then I’m going back to teaching English and writing on the side for foreign magazines. Luckily, I found a job listing website for expats and foreigners in Korea, so that’s helping a bit.

In other news, my friend Jung Shin and I are looking into possibly starting our own business, but it’ll probably take us about two or so years to come up with the financing (sucks being poor, young people…though we could probably sweet talk some investors…) and another year after that to get it opened. We’re in the research stage (which is proving to be fun ^^). We’re keeping quite hush-hush about it because we’re not sure how things will work out. If things start falling into place, I’ll keep you updated. Right now, we’re just wondering how to get our hands on $50,000 without selling weed, robbing a bank or any other sort of devious, illegal means…

And in the relationship department…I’d rather not discuss that… I’m under a lot of pressure with work and finding a new job and it’s not helping that my boyfriend is currently being a butthead. Oh well. If things start falling in place for the business, I won’t have time for a boyfriend anyway…

And that’s about it. Keep praying that I find a job soon. It’s getting more and more difficult to stay in this company. Now that I know I’m leaving, my motivation is gone and I have no patience for my co-worker who has morphed into an even larger bitch now that we’re in the middle of our big event. (*see my personal blogger for that account) I guess I just need to work harder at staying positive and hope for the best. ^_^