Bring on The Spring!

I don't know if I ever posted pictures of Soonchunhyang University campus. If I have not, then this is the opportunity to see some. Why? Spring has finally come!
Actually, it came a few weeks ago, I have just been pretty lax about my blogging.

So, random news-Apparently, SCH is a big hot spot for cherry blossom viewing. There are SO many cherry blossom trees, its insane. And beautiful.

I got a lot of pictures of the cherry blossoms, and of the mini festival that sprung up around the campus. There were lots of food vendors, stalls of small trinkets, and booze. It was kind of really awesome.It is also the hip happening place to be for the families that live in the area, and for little day trips for the elementary schools. The children wore matching outfits, being lead around by a teacher, all holding hands. It was adorable!

It only lasedt about a week, before the petals came down in a snowfall of pale pink, but it was so beautiful. I love that we have cherry blossoms in Vancouver-otherwise they might be what I miss the most about Korea.

The week of a million midterms

Alright, so I don't actually have a million midterms, but it sure feels like it. I have 6, maybe 7. I'm not entirely sure, since each of my teachers gave me 2 midterm dates, but I only have 6 classes, so, I have no idea.
Not good.
But whatever. Luckily, they are all the same topic, just different facets of the Korean language, so as long as I can read, write, spell, and do proper pronunciation, I'll be fine.

저는 한국어를 공부해요. 한국어는 아주 어렵어요
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So, besides that, this weekend I am going to my first Korean rockabilly concert! It will be a lot of fun, and I am looking forward to it.
Speaking of concerts, through the help of my awesome suite-mate Cha Hee, I am going to the Dream Concert in May! It has just about all the BIG Korean K-pop stars there-20 in all-and I am super excited.
I don't like K-pop as much as a lot of people, but I DO listen to it in the gym everyday, so I know a lot of the popular songs and artists. I actually don't even mind it, I just prefer my metal and hardcore the majority of the time.
Regardless though, I think it will be a lot of fun!

I have started to plan out my last remaining weekends here in Korea. I am going to miss a lot of things, but I think I should experience everything this country has to offer before I mope around about the things I will miss.

Like, Sticker pictures!

Cherry Blossom Festival, Concerts and Towers, Oh my!

This past weekend was one of those amazing weekends that I wish could happen all the time. It also reminded my of why I am here in Korea, and why I love this country, which I haven't been lately. I have had a hate-hate relationship with Korea, and all that, but I won't get into it. It's going well now, and whats past is past, right?

So, back to this weekend!

Originally, a group of us had planned on going to a Strawberry festival in a town about an hour south. Unfortunately, we were unable to get bus/train tickets to get there, so we decided to go to the Yeouido Cherry Blossom Festival in Seoul. Which was a fantastic idea. Spring (봄) is a little late this year, so there wasn't TOO many cherry blossoms in full bloom, but we DID manage to catch a free K-pop concert with some BIG names!
Like, Sistar

And SHINee

And Shinhwa

It was pretty awesome. I am not a huge fan of K-pop, but I will admit that some of these guys have some major talent. And those songs are catchy as hell. I listen to them a lot when I am at the gym, as they play K-pop ALL the time.

After that, we made the treck up to Namsan Mountain-AKA Seoul Tower! It was my first time up the tower and, let me assure you, the view was totally worth it! It was fantastic! Sometimes I forget that I am in the third biggest city in the world.
And now that I have seen the night view, I want to go back to see the day view!

The next day was devoted to the shopping and the Hello Kitty cafe. We actually wanted to go to a dog cafe, but we had the hardest time finding one, that we decided to wait until next trip to Seoul.
It was a great weekend, with great food, great events, great conversation and amazing friends. I hope to have a few more of these memories before I leave here.

xox