Saturday, December 13, 2008

End of Autumn Semester, Beginning of Winter Semester, Christmas & New Year 2009~

wah...almost 2 months didn't post anything in here d...been busy with exam and lots of events...
First of all, let me cap all the important and interesting occasions one by one..hehe

21-24 Oct 2008 - Jeju-do Trip
4 days 3 nights trip to Jeju-do was marred by constant rain throughout the duration of the course.
Nonetheless , it was a trip full of fun and learned lots of interesting facts about korea and it's traditional customs. I was especially amazed by the beautiful and mind-inspiring nature and scenery. One of the reason of the magnificient landscape Jejudo has is because many many many many many many years ago , Jejudo is actually a volcanic island, and due to the ashes and lava spewed, the earth is very fertilised and the earth is actually black...the sand and stones are BLACK! and also the stones have lotsa HOLES in it...lmao...
























































And then on 18th of Nov..in a dreamy gloomy late afternoon..the first snowfall of 2008....



















































22nd Nov 2008: Kimchi Making Charity Event
Made some nice kimchis~~~ hehe
let u seee gian..hehe..don't know why Jian said look like beef...lmao, is it beef?






































27 Nov - Speech & Talent Contest
Woohoo...one of the interesting events of the school...started in the morning at 9am and ended at 5pm. First, the morning session was the Speech Contest..the 17 finalists were choosen from 37 class representatives.

I was the 14th speaker, and by then lots of good speakers have already went up the stage.In front 500 students and teachers, so, kin cheong~~~~~~ At some point i think i had a slip of a tongue and look for 1-2 seconds at my speech script..lol, because of that , i missed important points and dropped from the rankings, so i got 3rd~ actually there are also a few others who tied the same score as me , so like a few of the competitors got 3rd as well -.-

And then in the afternoon session, the interesting Talent Contest. All sorts of performance also got lor...dancing- modern dance, crazy dance, hip hop dance, traditional korean and japanese dance , and then singing, and then some short theatrical plays and parody..etc.
For this i collaborated with my mongolian roommate, Bilguun and sang a korean song titled 'Only you'.
Of course, we didn't win but we got some money as participation.hehe


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my class teacher and my 2 friends














7 & 8th Dec - School Intermediate Exam


On 7th had Speaking test comprising of speech test, Interview Test and Reading+Answering test.
Went well..and i got 96 marks~
On 8th, was the listening , Comprehension and Writing Test
Got a 96 for listening , 100 for Comprehension and 92 for writing.
So i got an average of 94.5 and thus FIRST in class~~ woohoo^^


10th December - Intermediate class 27 Final Reunion Outing

This is damn sad mia event....i studied with them in the same class from 1st September till mid October. They all were so fun, but because after the mid-term exam we had to split and go to other courses, to give way to other classes'donkey students who didn't do well in the mid term so they have to restay in the same level and use our class as retainer class. So sadly, we all splitted and go to different class...
But after our final exam, we decided to get together again for the last time, since all my classmates are going back to their own country, china and japan mostly , and next year's new sem, i won't be here to study with those guys anymore..T.T
I just uploaded a video my FACEBOOK, you might wanna check out each of my old classmates.












































































12th December - Final Day of Autumn Semester + Class 22

Final day of school ended with the completion course ceremony. Everyone gathered at the main hall. Awards were given to those who got best overall in studies and some speech by the principal of school and a song dedication sang by teachers. I uploaded that too in Facebook already.

And finally my class which i completed my course with had a small party in class.
Classmates all mostly gonna go back to their home for the rest for the school holidays, but as for me and my other scholarship friends, we're just gonna stay here and study till early 2009 for our university entrance exam.
























































Next week, my Winter Semester Class is to proceed without any holidays.
Gonna go up 1 level and study in Advance class d...omo~ omo~~ susah~~ ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

after that also christmas sampai d...on Christmas..what are u guys gonna do??

Friday, October 17, 2008

Brighter Days....

Since my last published blog, countless events had happened and most of which brings great memories and shall be a great experience for my further education-pursuing life here in Korea. in particular,자세히..some events had been so far the best ever which happened since my arrival in Korea till now, approximately 3 months and 3 weeks had passed.

22nd September 2008:
SunMoon University Sports Competition~
Took part in the badminton competition and WON!! yeeehaa..^-^v



































24th September 2008:
The Global Lounge was officially opened in SunMoon Uni. On that day I performed a song with 3 of my friends whom i got really closed since we're in the same program and go to school everyday together, and we stay in the same room~^&^ roommates~^^ we sang a song entitled 'Life is Good' , lyrics and song composed ourselves and it was performed well~~ besides that, was just normal...lol
















































26 September 2008:
3-month of Coming-to-Korea Celebration. Had a dinner with my friends under the same program in our uni for being in Korea for 3 months since our first meeting and arrival in Korea. Since then ties were forged and got closer, partly family partly friends..Will be one of those memorable days after we finish our 8 months together in SunMoon Uni....Bravo~



















































30 September 2008:
성화학숙 Festival - University Open-House Festival
More of a welcoming party for old and freshie students. Mini-concert held, with various performances by uni's own singers , dancers , etc. Even a magic show and a singing competition, one of my friend Zahid and Sergey got 2nd for putting up a good show^^ and later got my Prize for winning the Badminton Competition^^~





















































3-5 October 2008:
One of the best experience yet. Global Friendship Camp. Held in Paju-Si , Gyeonggi-do which is near the north-south korean border. It's not just a camp. It was a camp of youths from all over the world, 100 korean students from all over korea and 100 international students , gathering for a camp of unity,teamwork-building, the power of youth to change the world , especially on tackling world issues such as oppression and human rights as well as environmental problems, global warming etc and filled with fun activities, games AND importantly shows how Great unity is and with it new friends were made and Friendship was formed. Also it gave us insight on how precious independence is to a country and how war could destruct a country and burn the desire and future of the young and old alike from the visit of the North-South Korean border,군사 분계선 DMZ(demilitarised Zone or military demarcation zone), where historical sites with memories of those war-days still lurking, it seems like a visit back to history~ Went to an under-tunnel build by the North in 1970s when they tried to invade the South called the 3rd Undertunnel of Aggression. Pictures was forbidden so..~_~ . However the thing i could tell is that the feeling was overwhelming and it makes me realised how important Peace is to a
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Hyeon-Jong leader , Jeong-Seok and I~ before returning home..


the 2 Nunas, elder sisters , the left is Su-Yeon and the right is Hyeon-Ah, both studying at Hanyang University^^


Yu Xin Gu, from China. knows no korean and english is kinda fluent?? anyway his okay~
studying nuclear engineering at seoul university? why the heck ppl study nuclear engineering? hmmmm.....



Lee Ju-Hyeon , the best english speaker of all koreans~ studied in hong kong and now in korea. might go to US. same age as me. Had some nice chats with him during the night while everyone was asleep~



Baek Ju-Yeol..the oldest among the guys, just came back from the compulsory 2-year military service~ and he taught me some taekwando~ heeya~~



Hyeon-Jong the 7thGroup Team leader. Fun and funny leader~ laughs like 'wahhahahahaha' typically in a guy's tone..guy's tone o.0'






having snacks after performance night~ had loads of fun~~




WeiChih from Taiwan
Speaks chinese and korean fluently...english ,some here and there
friendly and the bravest girl around~ she tried the bungee thingy and also the high level obstacle, imagine i was that freaking out with her~ ^^




Yeon-Ju aka Minimi^^
the youngest in the group~ among the koreans, she speaks one of the best english~
cute right??~













































































































































































And Today or rather yesterday~ Friday 17.10.08
Level 3 Test done , more of a mid semester test, but still very important~
And well, did good~ ^^ hoping to get good results and continue with Level 4 soon~ ^^

Tomorrow is my visit to Daejeon City , to meet up with my korean friend jeong-seok who just finished high school, whom i knew from the camp , overnight at his home, and gonna have some fun there^^