Gangnam

And then there was this... I went to a dog café. Ok before your brain goes too fast and judges me - I'm in Korea and I feel like I should try most of the things here. This probably goes against everything my mom believes in - Sorry mom. But I did. And I didn't know it was that popular here. Groups of friends were there, couples were there on their date and then there were people just solo chilling with the dogs. I actually liked going there, even though I don't feel the need to go every day. I can guess why people go here. It's kind of comforting to go there and pet all dogs. (Did I already mention "Don't judge me"?)

I ate a lot in the first weeks as well. Seoul has lots of restaurants and going out to eat is actually cheaper than doing groceries to make your own lunch/dinner. So this results in trying out a lot of food and seeing lots of cool places to eat.

So I know what you're thinking (mom, dad, family) .. "So what about school?". Well, apparently first week of school is the week that everybody drops in and out of courses. So for me it was the same thing. Finding out which courses were interesting, registering for courses and checking out the introductions and orientation. I was free to choose, as long as it adds up to thirty credits in total and the choice of subjects stays within certain areas (such as management, marketing, communication, law, finance and others).

Obviously I didn't came all the way to Seoul to commit educational (and social) suicide by choosing subjects within finance and law field - I'd like to live my life outside the study room for most of the time I spend here, please. So the subjects that I ended up choosing were: Human Resource Management, Business Communication, Advertising & PR, Marketing Strategy and International undestanding of manners and cultures. All interesting to me, which will make it a lot easier to work on as opposed to Finance (Note to self: remember that you have to do a re-sit for that course when you get back to Holland).

Second week of school meant no school, because there was a three day holiday called Chuseok. It's a national holiday where Koreans go back to their hometown and do a traditional bowing rituals towards their elders/ancestors. So it was up to us  (Jean and I) to decide to plan a "now or never" trip to one of the must see places of Korea. More on that, in the next blog.

Stick with me,

Nin