Back in Seoul

Im now back in Seoul. Been here an week allready!Crazy or what? time goes so fast its scary. So these days Ive been busy with hanging with friends, shopping,just walking around etc. But now Im just relaxing in my bed at the guesthouse Im staying at.

Let me just tell you...My flight to Korea was damn boring! I had to wait for my transfer flight at Frankfurt airport for around 8 hours. And it was sooo boring. But hey, I got myself a new friend at the airport. A guy saw me at the check in line to Korea Air and asked me where I was from, why I was going to Korea and stuff like that. So we decided to sit together at the airport and talk for a while, so we did. So time went a little faster at the airport when having someone to talk with. The worst part was at the flight. I could not sleep.

So when I arrived in Korea I had allready been awake for 30 hours, and had plans to meet up with friends later for drinking and having fun. So I did...When I finally could sleep I had been awake for more than 40 hours. So on my way back to my guesthouse on the subway I was walking like an drunk person, but I was just really sleepy.

 

The day after we went out again. ( I swear, Im gonna become an alcoholic while Im here). So before going clubbing we went to an bar to just chill out waiting for clock to become enought to go to the club we were going to. So we went to HO-Bar.. I always thought that it was Ho bar, like in the english word HO. So I got very sad when I found out that the bar was actually Chinese, and had nothing to do with ho's at all..But wellwell, its still a great bar, it was alot of good cocktails. I tried out The green frog cocktail, that was also great! 

I have been drinking like, almost everyday, not like heavy drinking. But here in korea its normal to drink when meeting friends. So I have been drinking coctails, soju etc often now. When I have not been drinking I have done some shopping. As you maybe know, Seoul is a shoppers paradise, and has alot of great cheap clothes. So I have bought many nice clothes, mostly dresses because its easy to use when its so humid everday as here. 

Two days ago. I meet up with an friend of mine. And we didnt only drink! Belive it or not! We started with going to the 63 buildning. Koreas tallest buildning with 63 floors. Inside the 63buildning its alot of fun stuff. So we went to see the aquarium, got to see my favourite animal, penguins! and we went to wax museum. 

 

Look at this sexy waxdoll loool. Was this "horror" hallway in the wax museum with dark hallways with "scary" dolls...The scariest part was. One of the dolls really looked like an doll..So I tried to touch its nose, and it was a real man!!!! I touched someones nose hahah so stupid

Good looking couple or what????

     

Pictures taken from the top of the 63buildning. It was quite high to the top. And the elevator was so cool, like ourside of the buildning, so could watch the view while going to the top. So pretty. Too bad the pictures don't show how far down it was..But it was quite cool!

After the 63buildning we went to.......(Those who can guess will get an cookie) drink! ha ha 

well, it was super fun.. Drink, sing karaoke then we went to dvdroom and watch an Jim Carry movie. But at that time it was around 6 in the morning, so we both fell asleep while watching the movie.. So woke up at around 7, went outside and the sun was up! So it was time to go home to get some sleep! 

This will be an awefully long blog entry...I still have more pictures to show, maybe I should make a new entry tomorrow loool 

Why and how I went to Korea.

I have gotten alot of requests to write about what school I went too. And now its a perfect time, because today I'm not so busy, and at the moment im lying outside in the sun with my laptop, Relaxing or what?

Where to start....

I found out I wanted to try something new and exciting, something that not every norwegian has done before me.

I really love languages, and learning about different cultures. And for many years I've been very fascinated by asian cultures, both China, Japan and Korea. 

So I thought, well...everyone else is going to places like The US, and England to study. Why do the same? 

So I decided to go to Asia. 

Why Korea?

Well, the reason why I choose Korea was because, here in norway,you can study both japanese and chinese langauge at university. But there is no place to study korean.So I though that learning a language that not many else know in norway, can someday become useful. So my choice was in the end to go to Korea.

What did I do after deciding to go to Korea?

To be honest, before going to Korea i didn't know so much about Korea. Didn't know about good schools etc. So I used what Im sooo good at using, Google!! So I started to google trying to find out what was the best universities in Korea. So my choice was either Korea Univ. or Yonsei Univ. But after alot of reading about both schools, and looking at forums where foreigners had written about them. My choice was Yonsei Univ. Because i found only good things written about their langauge school. And ofcourse the pictures of the school, just made me fall in love with the thought of studying there.

How did I apply?

I don't remember clearly how I did it. But its not hard, even I managed to apply without any help. But to apply for university you have to send them your high school diploma with grades in English. So first I applied over their internet page. Where I had to write an essay why I wanted to study korean, and what my goal in life was, and what I will do with my korean when Im finished with my studies. So I wrote an long essay, and called my high school to make them send my diploma in english and I also had to pay for application fee. After maybe 1 month I got an big letter in the mail from Yonsei where it said they had accepted my application and wished me welcome as their student. I almost thought I was going to die of happiness that day. So my advice for everyone is just to use alot of time to google, find out about schools, and what you want. And Im sure the schools have english speaking staff to help you with applying if you have any problems! 

How did I get money to go to Korea?

What is so hard about studying in Korea is money. Getting good scholarships for foreigners = almost impossible. And getting scholarship from norway is impossible also for study langauge. I had to use 150 000 NOK on one year in korea, and thats alot. My parents gave me a loan from them, so they paid for everything. And someday in the furture I will pay them back. When it comes to taking a major in korea, if you are norwegian you can get scholarship from norway after one year, so that means you have to find a way to get enough money for one year. So now Im working hard to get money for my major in Korea. 

How to get an korean visa?

Its very simple! All you have to do is sending you acceptance letter from the school to the korean embassy in your country along with application form, application fee,and passport. For me it took only one week to get my passport back with my korea visa in it.     

After getting your visa you are all set to go to Korea! The whole process from applying to getting a visa is actually a lot more simple than it looks like. For me the hardest part was finding out what school I wanted to apply too. And I cant really help you with that. But its easy to find school in Seoul if you just google it :)

But I must say that Yonsei is a great school, and it beautiful, and so many fun things to do around the campus. So check Yonsei out if you are looking for a school. I can gladly write more about Yonsei later. But now its time to tan my stomach in the sun a little!