12/16/2019 0 Comments EIGHTH BI-WEEKLY POSTMy mom flew in to Seoul to visit me! I was so excited to see her! We basically went on a long food tour. We are constantly eating different Korean dishes that would be hard to find in Hawaii since I will be leaving Korea soon. We ate one of my favorite soups, which has bean sprouts in it, which you mix your rice with. It is especially good with kimchi. I also ate fish and sea squirt sashimi. At the same restaurant they serve flower shrimp that is so fresh that it will move on your plate. One of my mom's favorite foods is cow intestine so we went to this gobchang restaurant near my house that is well known for it. We also went to a Korean barbecue place and ordered raw beef tartar that had a flower on it. Last Friday was my friend Michelle's birthday, so we went to a board game cafe because she wanted to play Catan. This is similar to PC bangs. They charge you hourly, per person and you can play any game they have there. We all had a great time and this is something I will miss.
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Pre-departureIn order to prepare for my upcoming semester in Seoul, I had gone to the embassy a month early from my departure date for my student visa, which was August 4. However, I could not obtain one even though I have been an American citizen my whole life because my father got his citizenship after I was born. I had to go through a very long and difficult process to acquire a Korean I.D. Please contact me if you have any questions about this process (especially if your ethnicity is Korean), as my other Korean American peers went through the same situation. My email is [email protected]. Other than preparing for documents to enter the country, I prioritized packing, making sure I had all my necessities packed a few days before my departure date. I went to the doctor to get refills for the medication I will be needing for the months ahead. I also called my bank to let them know I will be living in Korean until the end of December so I can freely use my cards without any foreign transaction fees. My number one tip would be to prepare for these types of things for the new semester as soon as the current semester ends! |