Week 23: Mental Expansion

So b-boying is a big thing in Korea. Go to any college-y area and you’ll be sure to see multiple street performers. We even saw breakers for a performance at the 민속촌. 전통 style! So like I was definitely going to try it at some…

Week 21: Rebranding the Program

Well, speaking up can help… … but it could also just make you feel like you wasted more time. The dissatisfaction that most of the KU Light Fellows and I endured came face-to-face with the office for once for a discussion. Now, it appeared to…

Week 20: Why Korea University?

20 weeks. That’s 140 days, which is 3,360 hours, otherwise known as 201,600 minutes. I cannot even count up to 140, let alone 201,600. The longest I have been away from home up to this point is 23 weeks for research last summer plus my…

Week 17: A Mountain of Personality

One thing I kept on looking forward to after moving into to my host family’s place was the climbing I would get to do with my host dad. With the whole retirement thing working out for him, he’s got plenty of time to chill with…

Week 15: Reboot

Unlike my first week of classes at Ewha, KU actually went through a full first week before the 추석 연후 (Korean Thanksgiving weekend). Essentially, I spent a bunch of time figuring out what I really needed in terms of school requirements and scheduling needs. What…

Week 14: The Return

Damn, I sure do know how to poop myself out. As soon as I returned, of course with a quick shower in the mix, I immediately shaved the travel beard off and started unpacking all my things I left at my homestay. Only a few…