Same Place, Completely Different Reason

This is my second time coming to Seoul and navigating around is getting easier and easier. Getting on the right side of the platform to go in the right direction was a challenge once I arrived at Yongsan but once that was sorted out getting around was easy peasy. 

I was scheduled to work today but an opportunity arose that I couldn't pass up. Today, at 1:30pm, I will be going to an orphanage called Angel House along with two other Student Ambassadors, Eric and Brisbane. Angel House is not a regular orphanage. What makes this orphanage special is it caters specifically to children with physical disabilities of varying degrees. Every first Saturday of each month, 40 volunteers go up to this orphanage, located in the outskirts of Seoul. As volunteers we help out by cleaning, making food, feeding and interacting with the children.

Beginning in high school, my ideal job was to start and orphanage, or at least work at on, in either China or South Korea. At the moment this is as close to that dream I will get but I know that it will be an experience like no other. 

For the summer I am enrolled in a class. Each week we have to write a journal entry about any topic of our choosing that relates in some way to the assigned reading. For my first entry I will be writing about being disabled in Korea. From my personal experience through travelling via metro, Korea is not 100% accommodating to people of disabilities. I will elaborate on this late, but for now, it's time to head to Angel House. Of course I'll be writing a blog entry about Angel House and my experience there so wait for the update!

Annyeong~