My Piece for the day

Often the best of my days cannot make it to the blog because they are also the most tiring ones. At the end of those days I really want to write and share but I just don't have any more energy left for a blog post. Rather than typing on the phone I grab my pillow and sleep. I think of writing the next day but then something else happens and it just slips away. But just not to lose it I try to take atleast all the notes in my diary.

You are hanging on a cliff holding on to a stone, firstly probably you will shout for help hoping for someone to be there. Desperately praying for someone to hear your voice and come there to help. I agree thats just natural human instinct. But what if there is no one, no one to hear your voice or to help you out. So what now.... There is a very simple choice you have. You can continue shouting until your body finally give up and you probably die. But there is another thing you can do, you gather all the strength you have got and carefully try climbing up yourself. I know its gonna be tough and I don't deny you may fail and that does mean you might die. But I still think its atleast worth trying. I didn't really imagined it just a small metaphor.

Yesterday I met and interacted with  Prof. Don Young Oh. He is a Journalism Professor in Gachon University. He was nice and also very fluent in English so thankfully communication was not a problem for me. He asked me about my plans and told me that I would need to learn Korean first to do masters in Journalism from Gachon. He also gave me some career tips and wished me to enjoy my stay in South Korea. We learned about numbers and how to ask for price and discounts in Korean. We also played Business later in the class and she ended the class around an hour earlier than usual. We enjoyed playing the game and teacher was also enjoying with us, so she just played with our group during most of the time. Avinash Bhaiya's and Sheetal Di's exams finished today. So all of us are dinner together after a week. We prepared 'Aaloo gobhi' with chapati for dinner. After dinner we played cards and then went for evening walk. After an entire week of exams it was great and just remi...

Today was my best exam so far here. Actually the only one that was nice. I was just happy that exams are over but guess what back to Korean, tests  are On again. Haha. But was really in a mood to watch a movie after dinner. I could not download Dear Zindagi. I really want to see that movie. But I watched Ishq in Paris it was nice. Thats it just going to sleep. Sorry had nothing interesting to share today. Just enjoying my good moods for now.

For a long time, I really wanted to sit for an exam without reading a single page the day before. So yes I did that for the Strategy Management exam. After the exam, I texted Kate and since both of us were free we planned to meet up. She brought cookies for me and I really liked the one I ate. It was yummy.  For around an hour we roamed around a bit and talked about a lot of stuff from career plans to hobbies, Korean language and Indian food and a couple more things too. She told me she really likes Indian food and she goes to eat at Diwali twice a week with her other friends. Then she went for lunch and I left for my class. After the lunch, I met another teacher in the Global Centre. She asked about my country and was so delighted to know I was from India. She gave me tea which smelled really good. I loved it. She also gave cookies to me and Akira. Akira is a Malaysian friend of mine. I also met Alik today after really long and I was so glad to see him again. I also was very ...

시험이 안좋아요 히지만 마음에 들어요. Today I had my Finance exam, I might get a bad score but I am still happy with my performance. I did better than I had expected from my own self. More importantly I got the confidence I can do it. What I had to remind myself once again was I just need to calm down and I should not take them so seriously. It proved to be a great day for me and I really have a great news another trip set in motion for the weekend. In the evening The Imitation game was the perfect movie to end my day. 아주 좋아요.

I was getting so stressed, was anxious and worried. Then Varsha Di came and just lighted up my mood. I am so glad she did. Finally I am feeling good. Its like I am sure I will atleast be able to pass this subject and thats more than enough. The slightest craze I ever had for finance is gone. I have no intentions of being an expert in finance or business so its ok. I know as an attitude this is not great but thats just how it is. I want to enjoy my stay here and want to cover up and quickly get on track when I return..... Cheers...☺☺☺☺😄

Tomorrow is my Finance Management Exam. In the afternoon I began to study but couldn't study much. I come from Journalism side and Finance has nothing to do with it. Initially, I thought I could do it but its harder than I thought. Actually I always had bren terrified of Accounting and related subjects. But when I took this class I got to know its not really that tough. The thing is I have never taken a single Accounting class in my life and here I am directly studying Financial Management. In the classroom I understand everything but when I sit down things on my own I am completely blank. I don't even have my business friends here who could explain stuff and help me out. There are days when I am so frustrated that I am on the verge of crying. I do feel like giving up. One day I was frustrated I had almost made my mind to ask the professor and if possible to drop the subject. But then I just don't want to give up. Its really hard but I really want to survive it. I can ...

I had been to library a couple of times before but didn't knew that we have to reserve seats if we want to use the study rooms. When I sat for studying, I wandered what those numbers are for. But then I just ignored it. I was studying when a girl came to me and showed me a slip. Seeing the number I could understand I was sitting at her seat. So, I nodded and left. But I still was clueless how to get that slip. So I simply went to the Library Desk, I asked him if I need any slip to use the studyroom on the groundfloor too. So he took me to the machines and taught me the entire thing. Its actually simple, we scan our library card, select the study room, select the seat no. according to our choice and convenience, decide the no. of hours we want to study and book one seat in any of the study rooms. In the study rooms they prefer and expect complete silence just like any other library but then they also have seperate sections for group studies. What I liked about it was that they h...

Today on Govardhan Pooja my Mid Terms began with Development of Goods and Marketing Exam. I had studied once before sleeping yesterday. I wasn't very confident about it but I am glad it went well. Then we completed our homework before the Korean class. Today we also learnt how to wish Happy Birthday in Korean. In the evening, Savitri also came to our room in the evening. She is from Nepal and is pursing her Masters in Computer Engineering from Gachon. It just had been a month for her in Korea. She doesn't have a lot of friends here and even her roommate is Chinese and even don't speak English. She feels very lonely here so she asked if she could come to our room for some time. We were very eager and glad to welcome her. We chatted for a while and then she had to go to cook dinner. Then after many days I went for an evening walk. Now I am just planning to watch a hindi movie before sleeping.

Today students from all the Korean Language classes went to a Field Trip to the 19th Rice Festival, Incheon. In our teacher's group we were around a dozen people from India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Singapore, Uzbekistan and Vietnam. It was a perfect place to have a glimpse of the Korean folk and get an idea about its countryside. The Korean folk culture was beautifully depicted throughout the place. Rice cakes and Korean traditional food, display of Korean village farms and handmade art, traditional games, puppet play and street performances are a few of the many things you can enjoy in the Incheon Rice festival. Finally I also got to put on the Hanbok i.e. the Korean traditional dress. I was really eager to try on first. It is so pretty, I just love it especially the one for the girls. Our Korean teacher also took special care so that I could have something Vegetarian food for lunch. I also tasted Rice Wine for the first time today. We also tried making small brooms from  ha...

Today I got to know something about Korea that I thought was really strange. Gambling is generally prohibted for Koreans. Hailey told us that there is a huge Cassino in Korea where Koreans are not allowed to enter. It is only for the Foreigners or Koreans that have an American citizenship. In case of many clubs the situation is completely opposite. Lawrence told us that there are a lot of clubs which are meant for Koreans only and Foreigners are not allowed there. I found it really weird because I don't think there is any such similiar thing in India.

After the morning class, I was left with another three hours at my leisure. So rather than procrastinating it any further, I decided to visit the Journalism Department and make an attempt to meet one of the Journalism Professors. I thought fourth floor In the College of Law was for Media and Mass Communication as it had boards for Broadcasting Studio. So, I wished a Professor and asked him if he could understand English. I showed him the slip which read my name and introduction in Korean. It told that I am a Journalism student and wish to see the department and interact with any of the Journalism Professors.  Since he was a bit clueless about how to help me, he took me to another Professor who teaches German and can speak fluent English. She connected me to a Kate in the Journalism department. Kate is a Korean student who has graduated in Journalism from Gachon University and now also works in the Mass Communication department. She showed me their studios and would try to fix an ap...

Today I decided to wear a Suit after many days. After our class, Laylo asked if it was an Indian dress and said it was beautiful. I was a little late for my Korean class, when I entered the classroom our teacher asked if it is an Indian dress and when I said yes she was really amazed. She said in Korean that it was beautiful and I was looking pretty. It felt so good when she praised. But a strange thing was I was wearing just a simple suit and nothing special. Sometimes when I do wear Suit, many people find it really beautiful and thats good to know. Even when I wore Suit for the first time in Korea Aizhan Appa thought it was really beautiful but none of us had brought a saree since we don't know to wear it. She said she really likes it and thinks its really beautiful. I really like the fact that a lot of people I meet knows so much about India, like something or the other about our country.  Its really a feeling of Pride and joy for me when so many of my friends actually wish ...

Kuddos for the half century. Today was our 50th day in South Korea. Coincidentally it was a day of halves for me. Half done assignment, half attendance and a half done preperation for Korean test. Today was something that I have began to refer as normal days. Not really good nor too bad, just another ordinary regular day added to my life. I attended two classes in the afternoon. In the evening, we just played cards after dinner and shared a couple of chocolates and  thats it.

Was just missing the process of capturing moments in the camera and preserving all my memories in words. So yes I do plan to write another post this weekend. But what I decided finally was to just write when I want to rather than sticking to the golden rule of atleast one post a day because I am not sure if I can do that write now. I think I am gonna make this one just like my other blog completely random and then write on both the blogs at different times depending on what my moods are like.

Honestly if I ever analyze there is always so much to do that I find it hard to cope up with everything. There is only a few thingsI can do. But what I decided was to do as much as I can and leave the other things. There is so much of our time that we waste and then complain we don't have enough time. I have tried to improve and be better at Time Management and have miserably failed too. What I ended up concluding is that you just don't learn major Life skills in a day. It takes time and constant effort. There is so much to learn and so many areas where I can improve and I am just trying to do the best I can. But even when I am not at my best, commit mistakes or fail I do react but I have began to learn that its ok. I try to learn my lessons and move on. As a Buddhist quote goes "You are already perfect but you can still be better". I read it in one of Mark's articles on www.markmanson.net but thought it was a good place to share the quote. I am not really su...

Gachon University Festival in South Korea is a popular campus event featuring K-pop performances, student activities, and cultural celebrations. Originally experienced in September 2017, Gachon Festival was one of my most memorable experiences during my student exchange programme in South Korea. When people think of South Korea, they often imagine K-pop, K-dramas, street food and bustling cities. I too got a glimpse of that culture and celebration at the Gachon University Festival. It wasn't just about music and performances; it was about seeing thousands of students come together to celebrate, make memories and enjoy a brief break from their demanding academic schedules. I had attended college festivals back home in India, yet I was curious to see how a Korean university festival would compare. What Is the Gachon University Festival? Like many universities in South Korea, Gachon University organises an annual festival where students showcase their talents through music, dance, per...