{"id":1291,"date":"2019-06-13T16:35:20","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T16:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ambassadors.ucsiuniversity.edu.my\/?p=1291"},"modified":"2019-07-01T04:06:22","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T04:06:22","slug":"a-dream-come-true-visiting-korea-as-a-ucsi-university-exchange-student","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambassadors.ucsiuniversity.edu.my\/index.php\/2019\/06\/13\/a-dream-come-true-visiting-korea-as-a-ucsi-university-exchange-student\/","title":{"rendered":"A Dream Come True – Visiting Korea As A UCSI University Exchange Student!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Korea, a place that I have always wanted to visit, where its climate and seasons are so very different from Malaysia\u2019s. And so, here I was, gathering my courage and signing up for a student exchange programme in Korea in Spring, actualising two of goals with one stone! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weather was beautiful, the breeze was cold, and the flowers blossomed along the roads. It was everything I had imagined as when before I boarded the plane heading to Korea. Throughout my exchange programme, I made my way to different places of attraction around Seoul, just like a tourist on her vacation! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But of course, I still attended classes like I was supposed to and had fun during my off days. I always remember how I was taken back by the size of the university and the campus. I was not able to stop myself from taking photos of the school. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moreover, I visited Gyeongbukgong Palace, wore a Hanbok costume, and took tons of photos that I believe would be sufficient for me to post on my social media! Then, my Korean classmates invited me to a karaoke session – a totally different experience from the ones in Malaysia. We were even rated by the machine based on our singing performances – that ensured a thrilling competition between us all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Furthermore, I went on to experience the clubbing scene in Korea and visited the dream place of every girl, Lotte World. I remember spending more than half of my day in that place and ended up getting too exhausted to even do anything else after that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Of course, other than Lotte World, the official Line shop is a must visit place for every tourist that visits Korea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although I am not really a typical tourist, since I have come this far for my exchange programme, I had to make the best out of it! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, there I was, visiting the official Line shop, taking photos under the cherry blossoms along the road. I had Korean meals and made my way to the Namsan Tower in Seoul!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am glad I have made the decision to sign myself up for the student exchange programme, it has definitely changed me in a way or another. In a place where I had no family or friends that I could reach out to whenever I got into trouble, it has trained me to be independent and responsible for myself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I have found this student exchange programme a life-changing experience because where else would you be able to enjoy the life of a student with the opportunity to achieve your dream by travelling to a country that you had always wanted to visit? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Written by Wong Woan Yee & Yap Bee Ei from FOBIS at Kyung Hee University, South Korea. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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