After having been in Seoul for a couple months now I feel quite settled. I’ve worked out routine, I’ve made solid friends and continue to build new relationships. I think that the environment that we have found ourselves in is quite fascinating. I’m meeting so many different people from around the world, and learning about…Continue Reading When in Seoul…
Mid-semester exams and seeing more of Seoul!
The past couple of weeks have passed me by in a blur โ hence my absence from writing these blog posts! Our sixth week of classes brought with it the first somewhat serious part of the course: the mid-semester examinations! Our courseโs assessment is almost entirely composed of two exam periods โ the mid-semester exam…Continue Reading Mid-semester exams and seeing more of Seoul!
New Year, New Friends, New Things to Experience!
With all my schoolwork, I haven’t had time to update the blog; somehow, it has become the new year, and so many weeks of school have already passed! I was very nervous about my first school day in a new country. After the first week passed, I was surprised at how enjoyable the teachers and…Continue Reading New Year, New Friends, New Things to Experience!
Happy New Year! ๐
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Hope everyone is enjoying their holiday season wherever you are. By the time this blog post goes up, it will have officially been 4 weeks in Korea! Out of 12 weeks, thatโs already one-third! Time is going by so fast. For us in Korea, there were no breaks over…Continue Reading Happy New Year! ๐
Update
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 I had an amazing opportunity to be able to go to these two concerts in the last month. Hoppipolla has been my…Continue Reading Update
Making friends
Perhaps the most pressing concern I had on my mind before I left for South Korea was the need to make friends while on the trip. Prior to leaving New Zealand, I was already incredibly close with many of the other UoA students on the trip as we were in the same 2022 Korean classes…Continue Reading Making friends
Middle-Ditto
Walk in this ๋ฏธ๋ก ๋ค ์๋ ๊ฑด ์๋์ด๋ ๋ฐ๋ผ๋ ๋๋ก ๋งํด์ค say it back /Walk in this maze Not that I know everything but Just as I want it Say it say it back/ -NewJeans, <Ditto> Firstly, happy new year! I canโt say I was 100% looking forward to it, but like most things in…Continue Reading Middle-Ditto
Dorm life and settling into a daily routine
As our first week of freedom drew to a close and our impending classes loomed on the horizon, I began to settle into a more regular routine. The reality of classes beginning daily at 9am and my insistence on receiving a nightly eight hours of sleep meant I began to closely watch my bedtime in…Continue Reading Dorm life and settling into a daily routine
Evelyn: ์๋ค์~~ ๊ณ ์ ๋ง์ดย ํ๋ค!
KUโs main building in September vs December Here we are, my final blog post. Hard to believe itโs already been four months since I came to Korea. My semester is officially doneย ๐ญ Deciding to come on exchange has been one of the best decisions I think I have made so far. The experience really is…Continue Reading Evelyn: ์๋ค์~~ ๊ณ ์ ๋ง์ดย ํ๋ค!
First week in Seoul
I took on the advice we received at the Prime Minister’s Scholars orientation day and journaled almost every single day since we arrived, so here is a little wrap-up of the first week in Seoul, presented through excerpts from my journal: Tuesday 6 December Itโs 10:56 pm here at Frontier House on the Korea University…Continue Reading First week in Seoul