School finally started today and i just moved in to the dorms yest noon..The dorm is alright..double decker bed with desk, cupboard and aircon even...condition of the building is overall not bad. Actually i have nothing much to complain about the dorm except that the pillow that i bought was just too high...couldnt sleep well last night as a result. Even my roommate was ok. Hongkong guy that is studying in Aussie...got slang and all but at least he speaks english..appears to be a cool dude..
Yest afternoon as i was unpacking my luggage and unfolding and hanging my clothes in the cupboard..i was thinking again...what am i doing here? Why am i putting mysef in an uncomfortable spot...far away from my family, my gf and my home? Sigh la. seems like the change of environment is getting to me. Maybe it'll be better after i made some good friends.
Soo..i just went for my first lesson in SNU...and it was quite horrid actually.
Firstly, it rained in the morning.(actually i like rain coz it's more cooling)
Then suppose to have breakdast with my roomate but i was too slow in preparing coz i wanted to check my email before gg out then in the end i had breakfast alone (some cheese toast with cold coffee...it tasted quite nice though)
After that i managed to find the class and reach on time..but horrors of horrors...the teacher was speaking in korean! Everybody was speaking in korean..even the handout was korean! i was like thinking: isnt this supposed to be a course taught in english??!
Thank God He provided this guy called Jeon to help me out with the language barrier...(he was a korean that could speak some english and was very helpful)
So in the end i found out that there was 2 classes each week. Both classes are conducted with relation to each other but one by a professor and the other by a vice-prof. The prof will conduct his class in english but the problem was that the vice-prof ( who is a girl and looks like a student) doesnt speak a single word of english! Which means her class will be in total korean!! Ahh..So after much chicken and duck talk...i found out that i have to go for both classes and she will help me out by providing me with a english textbook and a grp that is proficient in english.. hai so much for calling this course an english course...
I should really brush up on my korean..
Monday, September 1, 2008
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