On Saturday afternoon my mum messages me because she hadn't heard from me all day. ‘Hey Bua, what’s the plan today?’ She was probably expecting that I went to a café with my friends or I went to the beach or something touristy and fun like I do most weekends. ‘I’m at a Buddhist Temple,…
While I was cleaning up my computer I found a lot of footage from my first week here in Korea. So this vlog is a short compilation of videos from my first week and what I got up to. I'm pretty sure this isn't the ideal first week in Korea for a GKS student but…
This weekend was a really jam-packed weekend full of fun activities. As the Corona situation in Korea is improving, places are starting to open up and people are starting to move around again. Which means that we’ve become more anxious to explore the city. For foreign students like me and my classmates, it’s the perfect…
This weekend was one of my GKS friend’s birthday. Since it was his 18th birthday which is quite a big celebration, a group of us decided we would surprise him by going to the famous Haeundae beach and having a picnic as the weather was warm and the sun was out. We managed to set…
Last week when my friends and I went to see the cherry blossoms we had so much fun we decided to plan another fun trip to go and see more cherry blossoms, but more importantly the night view of Busan. My friend tends to spend a lot of time looking for fun activities or places…
Last week, while the whole world was going through nation-wide lockdowns; those of us living in the northern hemisphere were reminded that at the end of a long cold winter, nature rewards us with the blooming of flowers. Here in Korea, the beginning of spring is mostly signified by the Cherry blossoms and as someone…
This time last year, if you asked me to imagine my first week of university I would’ve described your typical orientation at an Australian University most likely at UTS or UNSW going to different information events, meeting lots of new people and making new friends. I would spend my lunchtimes probably sitting in a park…
For the last three months, I’ve been mentally preparing myself to move to Korea; and before my departure, I felt quite ready. I had watched all the YouTube videos there were about moving into Korean university dorms, I had asked enough questions to know what I was getting myself into. HOWEVER, I was not prepared…
For the last few months, I’ve read many blogs and watched lots of YouTube videos about the GKS scholarship and application process. I found that the blogs were more informative when it came to the application process. From reading them it seemed that most of the applicants experienced similar things during the application stage. Most…
Continue reading ➞ My GKS Application Process Part 1: The physical application and the Interview
Since September 1st every second thought has been about Korea. Life in Korea, cuisine in Korea, weather in Korea and the Korean language. Even though I had exams and graduation to think about, every time I found myself sitting idle my thoughts would direct towards student life in Korea. In early September 2019, I started…
