korea adventures
Weekly updates about the things I'm up to. Mainly so my grandma doesn't worry too much about me.
It is time for midterms here in Korea! I have a midterm for three out of the five classes I'm taking this semester. The class that I don't have a midterm for has a group research proposal due. This week, I only had one midterm for my Korean History class, and the other three midterms are happening within the next two weeks. I don't know if it's a good or bad thing that all of my midterms are spaced out over the next three weeks.
On Monday, I went to the Uniqlo at Sadang Station, which is only 2 train stations away from me. This was my first time actually getting off at Sadang Station, and there were so many shops and restaurants at the station. One of the jackets I really wanted went on sale and was only on sale for the next few days. Apparently you needed the Uniqlo app to get the discount, so I went through the trouble of changing my Apple ID location (so I could download the Korean app) and creating an account. This was quite a struggle because everything was in Korean, but luckily, the worker was super helpful. Yes, it was worth going through the hassle of downloading the app to save 10,000 won because this jacket will keep me warm throughout the winter. On Tuesday, I had my Digital Marketing class. That days class was probably the most difficult class I went to since taking AP physics. We had to use excel and the professor introduced python that day. The worst part about following along with excel is that his screen is all in Korean, making it even harder to follow along! To relax my brain after that class, I went for a walk outside, and the weather was quite nice. I also ordered an avocado and egg toast with grapefruit juice from Egg Drop down the road. I had my Korean History midterm on Thursday. It was a lot easier than I expected since it was open note and open everything. The test had terms straight from the notes, and our only instructions were to explain that term in a few words/sentences. For dinner, I went down near SNU station to this place called Moda Moda. I had a cream curry with a cheese filled cutlet. The cutlet was crispy and filled with a lot of cheese! I also found a little boba place tucked away on the main road. Although I don't have class on Fridays, it was surprisingly my busiest day this week, mainly filled with things back at home. I went to an advising meeting, interview, and had a professional event for IBO. After hours of sitting at my computer, I went to Costco and had a salad and pizza from the food court. In walking distance, there was a bingsu place, and this was the largest bingsu I had yet. The quality of the shaved ice itself wasn't the best, but the toppings on this bingsu were the best I've had so far. It had watermelon, melon, kiwi, mango, and blueberries! It probably had more fruits than I've had the entire 2.5 months I've been here. I think this is Bingsu #10. On Saturday, I went with my SNU buddy to Seongsu. We ate at a cafe called Onion, and it was quite popular. I had a vanilla powder dessert called pandoro and a mushroom bread. After a nice lunch on the rooftop, we walked to Seoul Forest, and it was beautiful! The leaves are slowly starting to change color, and we even saw deer and bunnies. We kind of just roamed around the park and somehow ended up at the Han River, where the sky and scenery was beautiful. There were also a lot of (what seemed to be) professional bikers biking along the river. For dinner, we headed back to SNU station and had pho at a Vietnamese restaurant. On Sunday, I went to the World Cup Stadium area in hopes to find the pink muhly grass at Haneul Park. I had fried rice and an iced sweet potato latte at a restaurant in the World Cup Park. After eating lunch, we walked around the park a bit and then headed to Haneul Park, which is one of the parks within the World Cup Park. I learned that Haneul translates to sky in Korean, so this specific park is located at the top of the hill. We climbed the stairs to get to the top, but there is an electric bus, which had a really long line. To be honest, the pink grass was quite underwhelming, but being up in the sky meant a nice view of Seoul. After the park, we headed to Seongsu to find the BTS pop-up store. I'm not a crazy BTS fan, but when I found out there was the McDonald's collab merch, I had to go. It was definitely overpriced, but worth it for me, since I love McDonald's! After spending quite some time in the store, we went a few blocks away to a newly opened bakery called Aurora, where I had a mozzarella cheese croissant. I headed back to my goshiwon after a long day. I actually traveled around the entire green line 2!
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