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Dec 19, 2017
Day 22-23: Snow and Breathe
​Yesterday morning it was snowing. The snow was lying heavily on the window frames and bare trees. I walked to school under the shade of...
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Dec 18, 2017
Day 21: Resffect Concert
I know I'm a day behind, but I only finished working at 2am yesterday, and it's now nearing 3am, and I haven't started work yet, but I...
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Dec 16, 2017
Day 20: Subway Disaster
​Today proved to be a bit of a challenge. The first thing I probably need to explain is that the subway is super easy to figure out here...
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Dec 16, 2017
Day 17, 18, 19: Classes and Cinema
Some people hate Mondays, but for me, I feel like Friday is the saddest day of the week. Because Friday is the last day of school, and I...
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Dec 12, 2017
Day 16: Studying
At this point, every day life has taken over, and that's a good thing. For that reason my blogs may no longer be every day, simply...
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Dec 11, 2017
Day 15: Another Day
We've reached that point of the stay where there are easy days and tough days. Today was the latter, but thankfully there is another day...
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Dec 10, 2017
Day 14: DongDaeMun
​ ​Today the trip went to DongDaeMun, a place I used to go every Sunday with my old roommate six years ago. For old times sake I bought a...
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Dec 9, 2017
Day 13: Market
​​Today the day started with some 3000 won (roughly 2.5 Euro or 3 USD) Donkatsu. As I told you yesterday, life in Korea is all about...
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Dec 8, 2017
Day 12: Food Culture
​There is something else that I've come to realise is a cultural difference too and that's attitudes towards food. In South Korea...
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Dec 7, 2017
Day 11: Catching Up
I didn't name this blog post "catching up" because I caught with old friends again today, unfortunately. I named it so because I have...
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Dec 6, 2017
Day 10: Class Outing
There were no normal classes for me today. Instead, a little culture excursion was on the menu. Usually these excursions are done later...
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Dec 5, 2017
Day 9: School Tour
Today was the second day of classes, and like the first it was a great deal of fun and I learnt lots and also enjoyed myself. Tomorrow I...
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Dec 3, 2017
Day 7: New Roommate
So you know how I said that not a lot happened yesterday...? Well at the time of writing it, that was true, but then I posted my blog...
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Dec 2, 2017
Day 6: Culture Differences
Before I get further into today’s topic, which is a little different, I have news: the university has allowed me to move rooms on Monday...
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Nov 30, 2017
Day 5: Results and drinking
My test results are out. Last time I was in Korea I studied Korean level 1. It has been six years since then, but I hadn't really studied...
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Nov 30, 2017
Day 4: Making a Home
​ My friend’s roommate moved out early this morning, so I was all ready to pack up and move rooms, we just needed to check with the...
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Nov 29, 2017
Day 3: Culture Day in Korea
​Today is culture day. The last Wednesday of each month is culture day and on those days most museums and other such culture experiences...
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Nov 28, 2017
Day 2: Exams and Autumn
Before starting classes there are exams to take. I had already taken the first two before arriving in South Korea, and I scored so high...
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Nov 27, 2017
Day 1: Weary from Travel
After a good 22 hours total of travel, I finally walked out of the plane and was immediately greeted by a huge billboard. It was...
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Nov 25, 2017
The Art of Packing
​I count myself lucky that I am an expert packer. Some people think that packing is just a matter of throwing things into a suitcase....
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