The First Tentative Steps To Seoul

This morning at approximately 9:00 U.K. time (17:00 South Korea time) I was interviewed for the first time over Skype. Choosing to use my home internet's connection is never the most wonderful experience as it is slower than Louis Van Gaal's start as Manchester United manager and the constant connection drops make it more unpredictable than Mario Balotelli.

I signed into Skype at around 8:50, turning up just a tad early for my appointment. I waited for around 9minutes and then realised my connection had inevitably dropped. Fortunately, it came back rather swiftly and I was then left with a decision as the clock swung to 9:00. Do I make the call or does he? The drama is bigger than a Jim White-fueled, last minute, transfer Deadline Day saga!

Also very much like a Jim White-fueled, last minute, transfer Deadline Day saga the drama produced at 9am this morning was superficial and insignificant. The interview, I believe, went fine. I was asked about what my preferences were in terms of the type of school I was working in, the type of students I am to teach and how central into Seoul do I want the school to be? He also asked me, why I wanted to come to S Korea and he gave me further information on the documents I need.

As of today, I have the following document checklist:

• Criminal Background Check (Apostilled) - currently in the process of obtaining.
• My degree certificate needs to be Apostilled - I will have to contact Brunel University to ask them about this.
• Get a reference from my current work place - to do when I am next in work.

These shouldn't be too difficult to get and I have a few months to sort it out anyway - although I will try and do it as soon as possible.

In other news Chelsea are bossing the Premier League. It's only been three games into the new season but there's a special feeling this year. We have stability, a successful transfer window behind us and such a good quality squad with depth in every position. There's a motivation to win the title after a gap of four years and we feel this year could be ours. One game at a time, keep our feet on the floor and battle through every second of this season, and who knows!? Maybe we can start dreaming again.

A special shout out to my main man, I know you read this buddy! Diego Costa. Four goals in three league games. The last man to do that for Chelsea was a certain Adrian Mutu. Adrian Mutu was a cocaine user. Costa looks like he sells it.