Being sick already sucks when you’re normally at home… and it sucks even more when you’re halfway across the world from your family.
Author Archives: sonia kwong
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Stef and I had wanted to go to the Taean Tulip Festival – or more like I had wanted to go since there are tulip festivals back at home, and my dad really likes flowers so I wanted to take some pictures for him. Unfortunately, not everything went as we planned…
happy birthday to me
This year I got to spend my birthday away from home – my first time doing that!
letters
Letters are kind of old school, but they’re one of my favourite ways of communication.
taking care of myself
things i don’t like about korea
South Korea has been really good to me so far. But nobody and nowhere is perfect so there has to be a few things that I wish could change about here!
course update
I’m supposed to be in Seoul to study but I haven’t even been talking about school much; I’ve been here for two months now so I thought it would be a good time to update on how I’m doing in school, and how it’s different from school back in Canada.
korea’s cherry blossom festival
Cherry blossoms are a huge thing here in Korea, as they are in Japan. I’m really glad that I came during cherry blossom season so I could really experience how pink and fluffy the streets get!
more paw steps out
You really learn to take more chances when you’re on exchange. Everyone stretches their limits in some way – whether it be big (like skydiving) or small (talking to someone new). But it’s not every day that you get to stretch your limit by trying live octopus!
not getting killed by your roommate in the four months that you’re on exchange
Living in such close proximity with someone is really hard, especially when you’re used to being an only child and having your own space.