So, I am moving to Hong Kong.  Shortly after Christmas, making this my last six months in the United States.

With luck, and decent planning, A TESL/TEFL certificate will needed to be acquired, along with an international driving liscence.  I do not drive in the US, and really have no plans to drive in Hong Kong, with their world class public transportation system.  However, it costs over 500 US dollars to get a liscence there, and I at least want the option open of being able to drive, should the need for it arise.  Aside from that, I have to save up for a ticket, (about 1500 dollars), as well, as save enough to survive in the mean time.  Likewise, I need to find, apply for, and acquire a job, which will allow me to stay.  If not, there are certainly other ways.  Currently, I already have a bank account with the Bank of China, so, my banking in the mean time will be done through that, rather than a local bank, once the card arrives from SumSum.

SumSum, and I have been making plans for her to come to the US, to Michigan and New York, in September, for about a week.  We will stay in Michigan, then fly over to New York, to visit Niagra Falls, and she will fly out of there home, and I will fly back.  This, I am quite excited about, and cannot wait honestly!. 

You know, we took the test of time, we waited, patiently, we spent so much time apart, and we still remained loyal and loving to eachother.  I am very VERY pleased to say that our once cloudy, obscure future, is finally starting to clear up.  There is light at the end of this relationship tunnel, and I am happy that things are finally starting to work out. 

Eric.  Teaching.  Who would have thought?  Though it is not the plan in life, I had originally intended, it is something that I can easily see myself doing.  I always used to invision my life as someone who leads, though teaching is a very similar thing, and something I should have no problem in.  And though English teachers there generally do not shake sticks out of a can with the students names written on them, to select student for answering, I think I will do so, at least once, just to say I have!

This is all quite exciting, and something I think about a lot.  I chose to wait to announce this to the world until at least there was a clear, and precise plan in motion, one that is feasable, and within grasp.  This is my new challenge:  To move to Hong Kong, and turn a Long Distance Relationship into a normal, close one.

Godspeed