Korea: best and worst experience of my life

So, I'm sitting at the Incheon International Airport where I just ate my last dumplings while watching K-pop videos. I can't believe this day is actually here, I have dreamt about it since seeing my work conditions the first day. I wonder how much I could hate a place and love it so much at the same time. My job was basically an English sweatshop (with a literal sweatshop in the basement). I was overworked, until the point of actual panic attacks. My housing was substandard. Yet in the midst of all that there were moments that made it worthwhile.

I will never forget my kindergarten students. Their smiles and hugs were the only thing that got me through some days. They were so sneaky sometimes ... I will miss how they pronounce peach like "peach-ee".

I will never forget how much fun Seoul was. I will remember dancing to my favorite Salsa and Bachata songs with Koreans. I will never forget all my Latino friends in Korea. I will miss shuffling while being surrounded by hundreds of k-pop koreans. I will never forget all the people that supported me. It was the adventure of a lifetime! So many random moments that could only happen here.

In order for it to be a true adventure, there must be adversity; an enemy - problems. I am no longer naive about the world. I had to escape my job in the middle of the night (they call it a midnight run) sneak out of my house, and get out with no one seeing me. I literally felt like a fugitive ^^.... I have always said I have a passion for helping people in unethical situations, like sweatshops, human trafficking etc. I guess now I really know what its like. I can say I saw a bad side of this country, and I still love it.
Goodbye for now Korea. Maybe I will come back, but of course with a different situation.


Here's some pictures of last week. My camera broke after that so I was unable to capture some novel-worthy moments.

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