Fabulous Fall Semester in South Korea by Isna Armawati

Overall my experience in South Korea was fabulous and amazing. I feel thankful because I can attend student exchange program in Kangwon National University for fall semester. I have got many knowledge not only about formal education that I learned in campus itself but also from people around me. My major in KNU was Tourism Administration but I also attended class from different major. Subjects that I have learned include International Trade, English for Business, Tourism English and Korean Language Level 2. Besides that, I also joined  “Spring Stream” which is an English conversation club in KNU. Within this club I can increase my speaking ability using English and Korea at the same time because I practice my conversation with Korean friends in this club. Furthermore I also attended training program that conducted by Korean Government which called Saemaul Undong and International Student Festival by KNU in Aplensia Resort which is famous for ski. In addition, I also joined Indonesian Student Associaton in South Korea called PERPIKA. Within this association I can made a link with Indonesian students that pursue their studies in South Korea. They often held a meeting once per month. Another fabulous things was I can have many good friends there because I am an outgoing person and I love to make many friends. I promoted about Indonesian culture and some interesting place in my homeland and most of my friends consider to visit Indonesia in near future. Besides my Korean friends, I also  made a bestfriends relationdship with another exchange students from Vietnam, Japan, Thailand, and Kazakhstan. I often playing around and visit many places with them. They also taught me about life lessons which is about tolerance, culture understanding and how to adapt well in different nations. We also exchange our opinion and thought about our culture and education in our country. KNU also provided me with buddy program and once again luckily I have a super responsible buddy. He always helped me and take care of me whenever I have some difficulties in Chuncheon. We often had a quality time together with another exchange student for cooking a dinner. Last time I cooked nasi goreng and mie goreng because one of my Korean friend requested it and the others said that it was delicious. Some tourism place that I have visited are Gyeongbokgung palace, Changdeokgung palace, Namsan Tower, Nami Island, Busan, Hongdae, SKY University, Suwon, and many more. As an exchange student, I think it is not complete if we didn’t try to have a part time job. When I was in Chuncheon, I seek an opportunities to have a part time job near my campus but I can’t find it, but finally I got a chance to do my part time job in Ansan which is located three hours from Chuncheon. Even though it was tiring but I feel glad because I can have many experience and meet lots of people there. I was so glad that they accepted my presence and they treat me very nice. Some other fabulous things was I can experience fall and snow for the very first time in my whole life. I was so excited and until now I can’t foget all of my precious experience there. I hope someday I can go to South Korea again.