MaiHer on July 6th, 2009

So I got home about two weeks ago and didn’t have time to blog yet…so here it is… I guess not much has changed since I’ve been gone. I’ve been gone for about four months and the only change is that the weather is no longer cold. My family is still the same and so [...]

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MaiHer on June 17th, 2009

So time is winding down…and I’ll be back in America in less than 2 weeks…sounds crazy because when I get back, I have to do a blog on the “retuning” portion of studying abroad…So I wanted to introduce some food and a few little interesting things (kind of looking back) that I found in Korea…LET’S [...]

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MaiHer on June 11th, 2009

Results for the competition:Turns out we didn’t get 1st, but we did end up in the Top 10. Which I’m really happy about! We ended up getting 8th place, which is really good because there were some really good blogs out there! I just wanted to share the results with everyone!! Good Job!!

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So I got an email saying that my writing got noticed by this Web site and they want to nominate it for TOP 100 INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE AND EXPERIENCE BLOG. But actually I wanted to say it’s not just me but it’s WE…YES EVERYONE WHO WRITES FOR BADGERS ABROAD. So you guys should go vote and [...]

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MaiHer on May 26th, 2009

I’m not sure if everyone knows, but former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun commited suicide yesterday morning and it was all over the news. Since I don’t have a TV to watch the news and I don’t read the Korean newspapers (because even if I can read it, I don’t fully understand it), I didn’t [...]

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MaiHer on May 4th, 2009

So every year they do a “Hi Seoul Festival” and I believe they do two each year because they do one in the spring and one in the fall. So this is the spring one that I attended. It goes on for a whole week (Saturday to next Saturday) and every night they do some [...]

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MaiHer on April 27th, 2009

I’m always looking for a new place to go on the weekends…even weekdays, but mostly weekends due to school. My friend wanted to find a really cool place to hang out and just enjoy the atmosphere. She kept telling me about this cocktail bar that her and a friend of hers went to that was [...]

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So my friend and I were wondering around to find a place to just sit and talk. We both already had dinner elsewhere separately and were just meeting because we hadn’t seen each other for a while. So the only thing that was on our minds was dessert…usually people in Korea do coffee, but we [...]

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MaiHer on April 22nd, 2009

OK…so I keep getting comments from everyone, so I’ve finally decided. If you need help from me, or have a question, please just email me. I love reading the comments from everyone, but I don’t check my blog everyday, so I can’t comment back right away. I also don’t know if you guys check back [...]

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MaiHer on April 17th, 2009

So every spring, usually around mid-April, there is a Cherry blossom Festival in Seoul. It’s trees full of blooming flowers that are all over Seoul (other places as well). It’s very beautiful and the Festival is usually in a place called 여의도 (Yeo-eui-do). I didn’t get a chance to go because I was so busy, [...]

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MaiHer on April 16th, 2009

So I’m at my halfway point of my study abroad right now. Midterms are next week, which marks the halfway point. Luckily all my professors handed out all their papers and info. for midterms this week, which makes everything so much easier. Turns out in one of my classes, my professor isn’t giving a midterm [...]

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MaiHer on April 6th, 2009

So I recently took a mini-vacation over the weekend to a city in South Korea called Busan (but pronounced Pusan). For some reason they write it as Busan, but I read somewhere that it got changed to Pusan (because of the way it’s pronounced). Anyways, Pusan is the second biggest city in South Korea (Seoul [...]

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MaiHer on March 31st, 2009

Just like every big city, there are always a few ways to get around. Not everyone owns a car, especially in a big crowded city. There’s barely anywhere to park your car, if you had one, and most places that you want to park, are either really crowded or you have to pay to park [...]

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MaiHer on March 25th, 2009

I remembered during orientation (before coming to Korea) they were talking about a roller coaster of feelings. It was about all the excitement and being all happy to go to another country, but once you hit culture shock, your might not feel as happy. Then once you get used to everything, your feelings will shoot [...]

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MaiHer on March 23rd, 2009

It’s weird because in Korea, there’s so many celebrities who live in Seoul. So far I’ve seen none… UNTIL TODAY. My friends and I were shopping in Myeong-dong and it’s famous for shopping. It’s always crowded with people, up and down the streets. As we were walking down the streets, I noticed this really tan [...]

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