The fun in remittances. When I moved to Korea in August I was buying won at a near 1:1,000won ratio… The won was much stronger than my dollar, now that I’m sending part or my earnings home to pay off that lovely student debt I’ve acquired the dollar shot up and is way more expensive. Exchange rates have clearly not been in my favor! My advice to anyone moving abroad for work: unless you need to send money home to pay bills like I do, hold on to it and keep an eye on those exchange rates. I feel bad concerning these hard economic times, but I can’t say I wouldn’t be pleased to see the dollar tank.
