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[daveeslcafe888]

Hi Everyone,

I'm leaving for Korea in about two weeks. While I know that I won't know anything until I try it out for myself, I am still worried about feeling trapped and homesick.

Do you guys have any potential remedies?

(I'm guessing merely going out and meeting as many people as possible can help).

Thanks

[CarolinaTHeels]

keep urself busy!

workout

play a sport

go out 3 nights a week

take salsa lessons

tons of stuff to do!

[cragesmure]

No worries for the first few months. Everything is new and different, which serves as enough of a distraction. If you feel a little down after the honeymoon period has worn off, travel a bunch and ignore the neg-heads. Get out of the shoebox apartment as much as possible. Vacation time permitting, get out of the country. You will almost certainly get homesick at times, but it passes. Look at the positives of where you are and what you are doing, and remember that you can leave at any time if things get too bad.

[Zackback]

1. Log on to, post and read a lot on Dave's. It helps me keep what little if any sanity I have left.
2. Get involved with any hobby/hobbies you have...and/or pick up new ones here.
3. Get a girlfriend. It makes life so much better here.
4. Try to really do well with your teaching...planning etc.
5. Watch television programs/movies from home.

[joeteacher]

Just to add to others:

Get/bring a computer. Get skype and call family and friends often.

I think listening to podcasts keeps me from getting homesick. I've always enjoyed talk radio so I download some from my country to kind of "keep in touch" with home.

[Yaya]

Grow a pair or go home.

[isitts]

[lithium]

[Setaro]

I've found hating your own country and countrymen to be a great immunization against home sickness.

[eamo]

[Jane]

Food for me is the big thing. Bring with you to Korea certain snacks or spices, etc. you like from back home, because Korea is still a highly protective market, and any import stuff is still a delicacy.

[D-Man]

Whisky.

[Yaya]

[SoylaMBPolymath]

I came to Korea because I was tired of home. And I'm not even the type of "foreigner" who goes out every night, or seeks out other foreigners.

My favorite things to do in Korea, thus far?

Hit the batting cage, take walks, watch baseball (on TV), see some of my students, and...come home and read/watch movies/Skype/surf the net.

Maybe you should wait to see if you'll even feel "homesick?"

I'm an Earthling, not just a U.S. citizen. Sounds dumb, but this type of attitude has served me well, and I intend to use it until the day I die.

[Hokie21]