This is what it's like to be an English professor at a university here in Korea. This single office is about the size of 3 or 4 double faculty offices at SJCC (here you only see the back end of it.) There's a sink in there. The professor's nameplate is on a plaque by the door. Those from SJCC would recognize the name- yes, it's Charles Montgomery! He's teaching English and writing literature reviews for Korean English-language magazines and doing all kinds of amazing things. I've already written about the first time I got together with Charles and his fiancee Yvonne here in Seoul - since then we've gotten together two more times. Through them, I've gotten introduced to...bookstores!! with books in English!! Why am I so excited about that? Didn't I come here to learn Korean?? But it feels really nice to hobnob with folks from home. And they have been so helpful with advice about living here, and things to read, and food to eat, and..... it all fits in, and I am very grateful for their friendship here.
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