Almost the end of semester.

Again. It's amazing how things can happen within just a short period of 3 weeks.

I was pretty disappointed 3 weeks ago because of something that happened. Since then 3 weeks passed, things changed so quickly. I feel better now because I know I'm not the problem. Afterall, I realised it's better to take things in my stride. It's good now.

This week is the last week of the semester. There was a "graduation" and farewell party last friday. We were given certificates of completion for our exchange in Ewha. Also, we had pizzas! It was so awesome. The pizzas here are much better than Pizza hut ones and Canadian pizza. I haven't tried the Pizza Hut here though.

Last Saturday, we had a see-you-again party at the rooftop followed by barfly. The music suck pretty much so everyone was outside with their beers and hanging out with people. I met some guys from Yonsei. One of them is really hot and yes, he's not korean. I don't know why but the korean guys I see at Sinchon are really not attractive. It's so different from what we see on TV in Singapore. I was pretty disappointed when I reached here. Well, Ayaka told me the guys at Gangnam are much better looking so.. I should go to Gangnam soon.

My exams just ended. I really didn't study a lot. I know I would have done better if I had spent 2 more days studying instead of starting on my studies 2 days before the exam. But well, I'm satisfied anyway. I got one of my grades back already. It's freaking good for my kind of attendance and my kind of attitude towards the subject. I would have to put in 20x the effort in SMU to fare the same grade. I just hope for a pass for the rest of my modules...

Many international friends here are leaving soon. Some have left already. It's really kind of sad to say goodbye. It will be less happening here.. Now we have to wait for the summer students to come before there can be more happening things here once again.
Basti and me :))) one of my soulmates here. we're so similar :)

My korean teachers, 이성생님 and 박성생님, and my classmates on the last day of classss :))) Ayu, Tadayoshi, Yuzhong, Chen Si, Siera, Valerie, Benjamin, Victoria, and Mika. Akari wasn't there.


Alex goh came to seoul last week. Met him for samgeopsal and cocktail soju at Sinchon


Oni, Ayaka and me with our certificates :))

Ayaka and me at i-house rooftop :)

Picking up bits and pieces

Almost coming to an end of my exchange semester here in Korea. I'll be having my finals end of this week and the beginning of next week. After which, probably would travel more frequently around Korea before going back to Singapore.

Just as I said things were finally in place, it's on rocks again. I was chatting with a friend in Singapore who had been on exchange and he was telling me that I may be making decisions based on the current situation, which is true. I would have done things differently if I were in Singapore. Anyways, I should embrace whatever I did and will do here regardless of whether they were stupid or smart. Been there, done that and no regrets.

Last week was a lazy week. We partied from thurs to sat. Other than that, we basically did nothing. Nico left to Jejudo with his family and will only be coming back a week later... and Martin's dad is here so he would be spending lesser time with us. Meanwhile, I'm closer with my roommate now and would most likely be travelling to Busan and Gyeongju with her after my exams. I remember on the first night I checked in to dorm, she was not around in the room and she came back in the wee hours so I only met her the next morning. My impression of her was that she was such a neat person and maybe a party animal at the same time. As time passed, I saw that she was not as fond of tidiness as her bed got more and more crowded with laptop, food and books. She could practically live on her bed. Haha. And also, I became the party animal instead of her. I'm always out especially on weekends and she's home most of the time. As she's not really fluent in English, I did not communicate with her that often and I didn't see her in the room most of the time. And I guessed we began to be close friends as we started partying together. We shared problems with each other and she's now my lovely roommate. We're kind of labelled as the lovely roommates by the others. I think I'm really lucky to bunk in with her. She's such a traditional conservative japanese. We're so different from each other that sometimes I am convinced that upbringing and cultural beliefs and values have such a great influence on individuals that we grew up with different personalities, principles and attitudes.

I have to start packing the things I want to post back to Singapore since it's impossible for me to bring everything back with me.

I had dinner with Rio and Ayaka yesterday. We had fish, aka "Saba fish", more commonly known to Singaporeans. Apparently, the Japanese girls told me that "saba fish" is the name of the fish in Japanese and it is a kind of Japanese dish. The one we ordered yesterday was __galbi. Anyway, it was awesome. It tastes much better than those in Singapore.

Korean grilled fish and sundobu jjigae (spicy tofu soup)