My new roommates!

Late last night I got to meet my new Korean roommates as they moved in! They are both very nice but a little bit shy. I am sure we will be great friends! They are both from Seoul and they both asked me if I like Kpop so we began talking about B.A.P! They know of B.A.P which is awesome and one of them even said she would like to take me to a B.A.P concert sometime! They are big fans of Big Bang and B2st as well so we might go to concerts for them if we get the chance! One is an English major that is trying to study abroad at CMU, so hopefully I can help make her hopes of coming to CMU a reality! My other roommate is a business administration major. They both like to share stories with me about their culture which is amazing! I really like learning about their culture!

Korea University!

The name of the University I am attending is Korea University, Sejong campus in Jochiwon. My major is North Koreanology to go along side my studies at Central Michigan University as an International Relations major. I have not met my roommates yet, but they should be moved in by Thursday and I am very excited to meet them!! All of the Korean students that I have met so far have been so nice and incredibly helpful with my transition to being in another country and trying to find my way around campus and the city of Jochiwon! I have orientation for the next three days and am already learning a lot! I am even starting to learn a little bit of Korean! I can only imagine how much Korean I will be able to learn from my roommates! I am also here to help teach them English, so hopefully I will be able to help them a lot! I am very excited to meet them!! :)

1st day and night in Korea!

Yesterday was a big day! I left for my journey to Korea and it has been quite an adventure already!! I arrived at Incheon International Airport at about 3:30pm KST which was about 1:30am EST! After dropping everything off at the hotel, it was adventure time!! I went exploring around the hotel on the same island the airport was located on with my friend Lauren, which I am very thankful that we flew into Korea together! We had our first experience buying snacks at a little market! I accidentally bought steak flavored Cheetos...but it was cool looking at everything written in Korean! Now it is currently 11:00am KST which is about 9:00pm EST and we are at the airport again watching President Park Geun-Hye (the first female president of The Republic of Korea) take office today as we wait to meet up with our representative from the school!