When I read the weather report saying we were due for a cold weekend as ‘the Siberian cold front is moving south toward the Korean peninsula’. I couldn't help but think that the weather report sounded like something out of the Will Jaeger series (one of my favourite book trilogies). I imagined I was sitting…
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Korea’s Third Wave of Corona & My Experience With Offline Classes
In the last few weeks, the number of daily infections has spiked in South Korea reaching similar values to the first wave which was in February. Last week the country introduced higher levels of social distancing which meant that various establishments are now under strict health and safety requirements or have even been shut down.…
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The Change of Seasons
When studying literature the changing of seasons are often used to symbolize different ideas such as the passing of time or age. For example, Spring tends to symbolize new life and happiness whereas winter will often symbolize death or illness. Autumn, on the other hand, tends to symbolise maturity and sadness or preparation for change.…
Finding Fiji in the Middle of Seoul
HAPPY FIJI DAY!!! A Special post to celebrate 50 years of independence!!!Fiji is a small country so it’s not every day that you meet someone else who is also from Fiji. However, I was lucky enough to find a small community of Fijians while on holiday in Seoul. HAPPY FIJI DAY! From Gwangalli Beach, Busan…
Happenings in Hongdae
Once I left Wendy in Paju, I was on my way to meet the Seomyeon Squad in Hongdae. FYI Seomyeon Squad is what I call my group of friends from the dorms, this consists of Kami, Alan and Zaya who I go everywhere with. Seomyeon is the main shopping district here in Busan where we…
Busan Skyline Vlog
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsKT6gmk8iw Happy Friday everyone!! I hope you all had a great week. Here is the YouTube video that goes along with the Busan Skyline Blog that I wrote a few weeks back. Check it out and give it a like and subscribe to my channel for more videos on my travels!
Exploring My korean neighbourhood
In Fiji, at the end of a busy week of exams, we would often go to Chatime and enjoy some bubble tea or coffee smoothies and if we were hungry we would get a meal and share. In Korea, it's not that different. After this week’s mock exam my friends and I went to a…
my first boardgame cafe
View from the Restaurant After a long week of doing mock tests and vocabulary tests, we decided to go to Seomyeon and get some dinner. We were planning to go to a buffet place that served Western food. However, when we arrived at the restaurant there was an 18 table queue and we were really…
Samgwangsa Lantern Festival (삼광사 연등축제 )
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,…
Vlog: First Week in Korea
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…