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Final Days: Last Farewell
It's been about a week since I've written. Life has been busy, but I have time now. I am back in Europe, after 25 hours of traveling....
Feb 18, 2018
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Days 72-74: Exams and Awesome Roommates
Yes, you read that correctly. Awesome roommateS. As in more than one. But first things first. My final exams are finished! Wednesday and...
Feb 8, 2018
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Days 69-71: Traditional Korean Archery
It’s still dark outside. I’m writing this on the Monday morning after waking up at 4am and being unable to fall back asleep. It seemed...
Feb 4, 2018
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Days 60-68: Completing the bucket list
It has been a week since I last wrote... I know, I said I would write every few days and a week is a little longer than that, but there...
Feb 1, 2018
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Days 58-59: Ice cold Namsan
​The weather these past two days has been very cold. And I mean very cold. But, on the bright side, there is no pollution whatsoever, and...
Jan 24, 2018
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Day 57: My Roommate's Amazing Idea
​Everyone was sort of dozing off in class today. Not to mention that the people who usually arrive early arrived just before class...
Jan 22, 2018
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Days 52-53: Exploring
You'd think that having been here over 50 days, I would already have explored everything there is to explore, but there is always more to...
Jan 18, 2018
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Days 48-51: Teacher for an Hour
It has been a few days since I posted because I've been pretty stressed this weekend. "But why?" You may ask. "Aren't the midterms over?"...
Jan 15, 2018
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Day 46-47: Exam Results and Tattoo
This week has been a long week. Not only did I have exams on Monday and Tuesday. I also had homework due for the day after my exam and...
Jan 11, 2018
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Day 45: Freedom after exams!
Finally my midterms are finished. My midterms account for half of my total grade at the end of the semester. I think I did well on...
Jan 9, 2018
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Days 41-44: Studying
I have midterms today and tomorrow, so these past few days, since Friday, have all been studying focused. But hey, at this point I feel...
Jan 8, 2018
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Days 38, 39, 40: Gimmicks
My last few days have mostly been spent doing nothing special other than weird gimmicks with my roommate, which in itself it pretty...
Jan 4, 2018
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Day 36-37: New Year in Seoul
Happy New Year, everyone. Wherever you may be, I hope that the upcoming year will be kind to you and that it will be a year that you will...
Jan 1, 2018
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Day 34: Talent Show
I feel like a lot has happened today. It was a special day at school. All high level students (levels 3-6) gathered in the assembly room...
Dec 29, 2017
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Day 31, 32, 33: New Teacher
As I sat down to write, I thought: nothing much has happened, but actually a lot has happened. First off, I've now had two days with my...
Dec 28, 2017
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Day 27-28: Air Pollution
​There is one thing, I have to talk about, especially since it's winter. Air pollution. Some days, the sky looks dark and grey, and the...
Dec 23, 2017
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Day 22-23: Snow and Breathe
​Yesterday morning it was snowing. The snow was lying heavily on the window frames and bare trees. I walked to school under the shade of...
Dec 19, 2017
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Day 17, 18, 19: Classes and Cinema
Some people hate Mondays, but for me, I feel like Friday is the saddest day of the week. Because Friday is the last day of school, and I...
Dec 16, 2017
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Day 16: Studying
At this point, every day life has taken over, and that's a good thing. For that reason my blogs may no longer be every day, simply...
Dec 12, 2017
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Day 12: Food Culture
​There is something else that I've come to realise is a cultural difference too and that's attitudes towards food. In South Korea...
Dec 8, 2017
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THILDE KOLD HOLDT
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