free
I'm done.
I am now officially unemployed.
On my way to becoming a full-time student.
Congratulations to me!
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May 30, 2006
May 26, 2006
icing
I found out today that we are in fact getting a day off* for election day here, which is May 31, which was my last day of work. This means my last day is now the 30th.
3 days.
15 classes.
600 minutes.
That's the icing on the cake.
*In the past nearly 4 years here, my employers have not once closed the school for election day. So this comes as a bit of a surprise. In fact, children don't go to school, and most workers will also not go to work.
May 23, 2006
great, amazing, wonderful news
It's done.
It's here.
The visa.
Jackie's passport with immigrant visa and Confirmation of Permanent Residence document arrived today by courier. Now all she needs to do is land in Canada by November 14, 2006.
At the moment, we are booked for June 26 departure and arrival, but it may change as we haven't actually finalized the payment of the tickets.
I have seven working days, or 35 classes, or 1400 minutes remaining at my current job.
It's a good day.
May 19, 2006
new photos
There are some new photos from our One Year Anniversary trip to Busan. Check them out here: http://www.magnetonic.org/gallery/.
May 3, 2006
Doh!
Looks like I spoke too soon:
Ah well.
May 2, 2006
good news
Jackie has gotten provisional approval for permanent residency! As far as I know, we have to send her passport to get the visa and that's it. Then she just needs to get to Canada.
Needless to say, we're both very happy today. Especially considering it took the visa office in Seoul only about three weeks to come to this point in the process whereas the Canadian immigration office spent nearly three months doing my application.
congratulations... to me! [again!]
For the last, oh, six years, I've been seeing the following—without fail—in my bank statement: CIBC STUDENT LN MSP. The amount for a long time was about $250. After the big chunk I took out of it last year, it's been about $100.
Today, it did not appear. This can only mean to me that my student loans are finally paid off. Yay! Debt free!
Factoid: Originally, the loan was to be paid off slowly over the next 14½ (!) years, but with my $12,000 payment, I'd cut it down to six.