Mommy I don't wanna go to the doctor!! Okay, so let's just bring the doctor to school ! Every freshman has to go through this, unfortunatly we international students are no exception... So let's check up our health in the best humiliating way possible!
You remember doing circle training in sport class in school, going from one station to the next in one room? Yea, just like that it was two days ago: Standing in one line you went to the first station (and unbelivable: boys and girls were doing it together!!!!) where you received a little cup and a paper strip and should head to the next station: Toilet! Yep exactly... Standing again in one row, and you know how long girls need in the rest room... Just that this time there was a lil bit awkward atmosphere in front. You mostly make this first check by yourself, by putting the paper strip into the cup, waiting a moment, and bring it back to the other room (emptying it before).
So lets move on to the next step most girls will hate: Standing on the weighing machine in front of all the other people around you! And messing your height. Guys, i shrunk in Korea!! When I checked my height last time with 16 years (korean age: 18 years) I was 1,61 m and now 5 years later there are just 159 centimeter left of me... Ohhh I can feel it, I'm getting old.
Move on, move on, let's check up your blood pressure and say hello to the needle which will steal some blood of you. Comment of an assitance: You guys have eaten good breakfast? Me: Nope, haven't eaten at all. Assistance: Ohhh you may get unconscious! Me: Don't worry, I will survive it. For my africain friends it was the first time to make a blood test, but with holding hands and a lot of Hwaiting! we succeded together.
Next up we were asked (in korean plus the nice english translation from one guy of the office, at least i could say 안녕하세요 to the man in white and answer all the questions in korean: 네,네, 네, yes, yes, yes) about our health background and could move on to the next room to get changed in the most sexy outfit ever (Kyung Hee Pinky Style!): A totally pink wide shirt under which you aren't allowed to wear ANYTHING. Yes girls, throw your bras away and walk out through all the people standing in the hall to a lil bus where the X-ray is waiting. Or better stand a long time in the cold freezing in your kind a bit pinky material and look at the boys inside sitting in front of a heater... At least that was the last step before letting us go in freedom and to get some lunch.
The afternoon was spent in our Department Building to register the courses for the first semester. I will tell you next week about it, cause it's still a matter to be changed. Let's see Let's see.
The best comment of the day was from a female worker of my major office, looking at my (absolutly normal, jessie-like-)behaviour and meant to another korean girl: Ohhh kyopdaaa! (english: Ohhh so cute!)
It's allways my pleassure to sweeten up your day :-)
Health check up survived, let's keep up Hwaiting!
Freitag, 1. März 2013
Montag, 25. Februar 2013
Let's get startet!
Welcome to my Blog and the first entry!
I will write here about my life as a student at Kyung Hee University in South Korea to keep my friends in Germany up to date and inform other people who may be interessted to come at my university as well.
I arrived just yesterday night after a long flight over Istanbul and like it seemed an even longer waiting to go through the immigration. No idea if the workers there just had not a good day or whatever.
So i was glad to finally be allowed to enter Korea officially, even if my student visa is not available yet and my flight back is after the tourist-visa-three-months. A few nice words with the lady and they let me inside their country. Gamsahamnida!
Outside my buddy was already waiting for me and took me to the university. Arriving at the dormitory they first didnt find my name on the list! Well, lets just sleep at the street.... But because I'm a regular student and not just for an exchage semester here, it has been a little bit confusing for them as it looked for me. A few phone calls, nervous looks from me, jokes from the young office workers later i finally got my room...and shock. Dirty.... black hairs on my bed.... floor in the bathroom as if somebody with dirty shoes went in...(shoes in a korean room!!)... and the toilet I don't even want to talk about.
Just a short stop in the convenience store besides the dormitory and hello to my bed, let's have a nice time together! Maybe it doesn't like me right from the start... It doesnt feel comfortable with me yet, but maybe we will get friends after some get-to-know-each-other-time.
By the way, my roommate will arrive today or tomorrow, I'm already curious about her! So curious that i asked in my first minutes in the dorm office where she is from. Lithuania. Okay European girls let's go! Hope we will get along well, there is not enough space in the room to hide from each other.
Well so far for today. I will load up some pictures of my dorm room and also the university in the next days, when my room looks livable.
Life in Korea, Take one, Hwaiting!
I will write here about my life as a student at Kyung Hee University in South Korea to keep my friends in Germany up to date and inform other people who may be interessted to come at my university as well.
I arrived just yesterday night after a long flight over Istanbul and like it seemed an even longer waiting to go through the immigration. No idea if the workers there just had not a good day or whatever.
So i was glad to finally be allowed to enter Korea officially, even if my student visa is not available yet and my flight back is after the tourist-visa-three-months. A few nice words with the lady and they let me inside their country. Gamsahamnida!
Outside my buddy was already waiting for me and took me to the university. Arriving at the dormitory they first didnt find my name on the list! Well, lets just sleep at the street.... But because I'm a regular student and not just for an exchage semester here, it has been a little bit confusing for them as it looked for me. A few phone calls, nervous looks from me, jokes from the young office workers later i finally got my room...and shock. Dirty.... black hairs on my bed.... floor in the bathroom as if somebody with dirty shoes went in...(shoes in a korean room!!)... and the toilet I don't even want to talk about.
Just a short stop in the convenience store besides the dormitory and hello to my bed, let's have a nice time together! Maybe it doesn't like me right from the start... It doesnt feel comfortable with me yet, but maybe we will get friends after some get-to-know-each-other-time.
By the way, my roommate will arrive today or tomorrow, I'm already curious about her! So curious that i asked in my first minutes in the dorm office where she is from. Lithuania. Okay European girls let's go! Hope we will get along well, there is not enough space in the room to hide from each other.
Well so far for today. I will load up some pictures of my dorm room and also the university in the next days, when my room looks livable.
Life in Korea, Take one, Hwaiting!
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