Ok, so this is going
to be my blog for my year-long exchange in Seoul, South Korea. I am not leaving
my home here in the US until the second week in August. But I am just going to
be creating this post, and maybe a few others just to get into the habit of updating
and posting on this blog and not just on my personal Tumblr.
Alright, first off
let's highlight my main goals for this blog:
- Give my friends, family, and professors a way to see what I am doing while abroad
- A digital compiling of my experiences to go along with the personal journal that I will be using
- Sharing my experiences and advice with others who may be interested in Global Studies, Traveling, Study Abroad, South Korea, or those who just want to follow me along my journey.
I have been out of the
country before. I have spent a summer in southern France for an exchange and
have traveled around Europe for a few weeks the following summer. Back in 2007,
my family took a two week trip to China and that was what got me in to my
traveling kick. Beijing was amazing and a complete eye opener to how other
people live and interact with the world. Ever since then, I wanted to travel all
over and see and experience the world as much as I can. I created a list of all
the languages that I wanted to learn and all the places that I wanted to visit.
When I want off to
college, I knew right away that I wanted to study languages and cultures. Thus I
committed myself to the International and Global studies track with a minor in
French and Politics. But when I heard about the trip to South Korea, then I
knew that would be a great opportunity for me to break into the Asian side of
my language plan, plus it would be a good way to get back to the Asia that I fell
in love with back in 2007; and the fact that I am slightly obsessed with k-pop and
k-dramas might have also had some sway in my decision as well…
I am two months away
from flying out for the whole year and I have most of the things I need to get
done finished with. So now all I have to do is get my plane ticket, send in my
visa application, and apply for classes. But even still I feel like there is
still so much that I need to get done in the limited amount of time that I am
still here in the states.
Well, until next update!
