October was a month to remember. The chills started kicking in, leaves began to change colors and it was my absolute first time experiencing autumn, you have no idea how excited I was!!! Here is how I fell in love with autumn, October and its funs... Ko-Yon Games The rivalry between Korea University and Yonsei University is the experience you cannot miss! It is a well-known tradition that has been celebrated annually for decades. The schools compete against one another in baseball, ice hockey, basketball, rugby, and soccer. Besides watching the players intensely battle it out on the field/court, the best part is cheering! The school spirit, energy, dance moves, catchy songs, efforts and so on are incredible. I got to experience it this year and I must say that it was a fun-yet-insane hot mess, as shown below, enjoy! (My apologies that it is messy and in LQ.. low quality video but high definition memories!) Tip: Attend the Cheer/Dance practice and be careful of injuries. Your head might feel detached from your neck but you will have so much fun! Reunited with HSBC Friends Annie and I reunited with Suzie and Senghee, our great friends who we met through the HSBC Case Competition. We enjoyed dinner and chocolate drinks together! These amazing ladies, alongside with the rest of their team, were the winners of the competition. It was great to catch up with them and we hope for many more reunions! FriendSheep I spent the rest of the month bonding with great friends and making new friends. I also visited Thanks Nature Cafe in Hongdae by pure chance, where I was able to interact with a sheep for the first time! Friends + sheep = FRIENDSHEEP :D 📍못난이닭강정 Operated by the sweetest elderly couple, the grandpa is in charge of inventory and frying the chicken the first time then the grandma skillfully takes over from there - second fry, stir in the sauce, add in the tteok, box it up and it's ready to go! Perfect for the chilly weather of autumn. Oh so crunchy! Such spice much wow ~ Direction: Dongdaemun Station, Line 1 or 4, Exit 9. Upon exiting, you will see the store right away to your left, pictured below! Thank you October for all the ups and downs. Be YOU!
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Just in case the title scared you, it's officially falling into autumn in Korea 🍂and it also means constant shivers from the cold weather, not the midterms! ^^ But time really flies when you are having fun, I already reached the midterms, both academically and my time abroad...
Academic Midterms Week 8 is known as "Midterms Week" and guess what? In usual case, there is no school during Midterms Week, except for the midterms and make-up classes. Yay! I had three midterms out of my four classes. All of my exams emphasized on concepts comprehension and important definitions. Without further ado, let's recap the horror! BUSS 311/MGT 341 Organizational Behavior: My midterm took place the week before the Midterms Week. The exam consisted of MCQs, True or False, fill-in-the-blank and short responses. Uniquely, the extra credit asked the students to formulate their own question and answer to a concept that we studied but was not mentioned in the exam. I actually really liked this idea! BUSS 313/MGT 342 International Business: The exam was the same format as my BUSS 311's exam, mentioned above. The short responses were based on the cases that we discussed during class. BUSS 407/MKT 372 New Product Development and Mgt: This was different from the previous two. We picked three out of four given prompts and provided elaborated short essays about the concepts that were asked, with examples and facts from textbook. Oh! Facilities at school do not stay opened late into the night/overnight, unlike Sinclair. However, there are fancy study rooms and lounges for naps, yes, naps aka best-brain-stimulations!!! Half-way through Time Abroad Autumn welcomed me with a cold so if you are reading this while packing for study abroad, grab some medicine! Tran and I are now regulars at the nearby coffee shop, supermarkets and convenience stores in our neighborhood. I finally received my student ID and Alien Registration Card. It feels somewhat strange to be so home but still a little unfamiliar and it is quite bittersweet that I am already half-way finished with my time abroad. Nevertheless, time to enjoy it even more while it lasts! Stay tuned for next post, end of month means monthly recaps! I will bombard the post with pictures and videos. There are only pictures of notes for this one so I will just end here and go catch up on my sleep. 잘자요~ Study hard, play harder! 📍Busan One of the countless adventures to do in Korea is hopping on a train (KTX) to Busan! It was a short yet sweet weekend getaway. Here is a list of places to visit and eat that I highly recommend in Busan:
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A much needed recharge of my beach and mountain doses, I had been quite Hawaii-deprived! Busan's majestic beauty and raw culture of festivities and cuisine were heartwarming to experience. Busan, see you later! |
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