"Korea is one of the four seasons of mountain topography, and one of the most northerly countries to be affected by the great seasonal wind reversal."
Earlier this year, I was given a great opportunity by my university to do an exchange program in Seattle, USA. It was an amazing five months that was only successful because of the months of hard work and preparation beforehand. I met so many amazing people, whom I'm glad to call my close friends for life. While I was in the US, I was able to tour all the places I had wanted to go to, which includes San Francisco, New York City, Washington DC, Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon. To experience seeing all these amazing cities and the act of travelling has kicked off my thirst for more travelling opportunities.
This December, I will be venturing on a whole new exciting journey to the beautiful land of South Korea. For many years, I have only dreamed of going to this beautiful country. Now, I have a beautiful purpose. Not only will I be able to go to a new country, I will be able to visit my lovely boyfriend. While I was doing my exchange, I had the opportunity to meet many fellow exchange students from various places in South Korea. Living, studying and doing almost everything together with them was a fascinating experience. I was able to observe their mannerisms, listen to them speaking their language, and observing their culture. With four months to go, I will be doing many things to prepare myself for this trip. First, I will be taking a Korean language class for beginners, which will start from October and end in December. Although classes are only once a week, it will be very, very helpful. Second, I'm currently taking part in an NPO called Language Connection, which conducts language exchange sessions to bring togher international students from Japan, China and Korea to socialise with local English-speaking students. I've only attended a total of two events, but it has been going good so far. Session are usually every Thursday night. Third, since I am taking semester 2 off to take a break, I've enrolled in two online courses provided by a university in Queensland. The units I've decided to take are Asia-pacific courses, an introduction to Asia and China from the 1900s to 1945. I hope they will be very interesting and stimulating subjects. The downside to taking these units is that the study period will be during when I will be overseas. I am unsure on how I will be able submit my assessments, i.e. essays. However, I think it is too early to worry about that.
In the meantime, I hope these activities will keep me somewhat busy and entertained until December comes.
Snow covering the roofs of buildings and houses in Seoul.
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