With the last few weeks being intensely busy, I haven’t been able to update what I have been doing in Korea! So here are some highlights from the last couple of weeks.
Concerts
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I had an amazing opportunity to be able to go to these two concerts in the last month. Hoppipolla has been my favourite band with my favourite music for a long time, so it was a life-changing experience to see each of the members perform their solo songs at the Someday Festival.
I was also invited by some friends to go to the CIX concert, which was surprisingly incredible! I have always liked their group and kept up with their releases, but didn’t think I would enjoy it as much as I did!
Christmas
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Christmas was a day I wasn’t necessarily looking forward to, it being the first Christmas away from my family and friends. However, it was surprisingly enjoyable. It didn’t necessarily feel like Christmas (since I wasn’t doing what I usually do), but it was a day full of fun with new friends. We decided to go to Lotte World (a theme park in Korea) with a couple of the people from our scholarship group. We rented out uniforms before going in (this is a popular activity to do at Lotte world with your friends/partner), then spent the whole day at the park taking photos and riding rides.
New Years
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For New Year’s, a couple of friends from class and our group went out for dinner and later to a bar for the countdown. This was the first year doing New Year’s in a different country, not watching the Sky Tower countdown or the fireworks… so it felt different. Not bad, just different in a new town with new friends.
This photo was taken on the way back home from New Year’s, and although it isn’t a good photo, I took it because I wanted to remember this moment. It was the first time I managed to pluck up the courage to hail a taxi and tell him where to go all in Korean, by myself. It was terrifying, and probably didn’t entirely make sense, but I was proud of myself for doing it.
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So that was all the highlights from the last couple of weeks! It has been an amazing ride of new experiences and challenges, but all well worth it.