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| 2015년 봄학기 103반! Classmates and teachers! |
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Since I already reviewed the concert, I would just tell you the drama behind the concert. I realized that Korean concert could start late and be longer than the promised schedule. But I had no choice since my weekend schedule was already filled with other events. I could not go for the Saturday or Sunday one. So I decided to take the risk, realizing that I might not reach my dorm in time (before the 12 AM curfew). I thought, if I arrived late then I would just go to 24hours cafe or something. I compeletely forgot that I should take Chinese HSK Exam in the morning and I should sleep properly before the test. Damn!
So what happened is, as you have read, I left the concert early. I thought I could arrive right before 12 by taking the subway until I realized that I read the wrong subway schedule while transferring to my university's station. Soooooo.... I decided to take a taxi. I never took taxi except when it comes to catch my midnight curfew (inget drama Cinderella gue setelah balik dari Busan?). Surprisingly, after I said my destination to the taxi driver, his question was, "Do you want me to go fast or slow?"
Feels like he read my mind.
I replied (with my best effort to say the sentence in Korean), "To be honest, I have to reach the dorm before 12. So yeah, please go fast."
The sentence worked and we reached Ewha's back gate 4 minutes before 12! But the dorm is still faraway from the gate and I had to try my best to direct him in Korean, which was not an easy thing to do. He was almost desperate and saying, "can you just walk from here?" I replied strongly "No! The dorm is still far!"
When we were on our way to the dorm, he kept saying, "Ah this is too far. Oh, too high."
Ya makanya saya minta anter sampe dorm pak....
We reached the dorm at 11:59 PM! OMG the security guard was already waiting to lock the door and I was like the second to last to enter the dorm. My luck!
I started my Saturday early for my HSK or 汉语水平考试 or Chinese Proficiency Test. I kinda regret my decision to take the test when I saw that there were many primary school students and only 3 foreigners in the test center. I was really worried about not understanding the test direction because obviously, it will be explained in Korean or Chinese and my proficiency of both languages are not that good yet.
I did it anywaaay~ I did make some stupid mistake but anyhow, if I pass this one, I will take HSK level 3 by the end of this year. I actually enjoy learning passive Chinese because it helps me a lot in studying Korean and singing Chinese songs muehehe.
Before proceeding to my next schedule, I went for lunch at a Korean restaurant. Because I went alone, my table was really small. By the time they served the side dishes, my table was already full. So when my main dish came, I told them in Korean that they can just take the side dishes because I don't want it and there is no space left for the main dish. But they did not understand my Korean! It was a very frustrating moment until the guy asked me in Chinese, "你要不要这个？"
So they mistaken me as Chinese from China... Then the conversation continued in Chinese smoothly. Damn. I felt really strange because I did not expect them to talk to me in Chinese, and it was even more sad because I just took a Chinese test. Although this was not my first encounter, I'm still not used with Korean speaking Chinese to me.
After lunch, I started my work at Lotus Lantern Festival! It was so nice that I was part of the global supporters instead of spectators - although I just arrived like 3 months ago. I did not expect Lotus Lantern Festival to be sooooo massive in scale and so pretty! I thought it was just a small festival but they even closed some main roads!
We spent days of trainings and hours of onsite preparation and it was worth it! Despite not being able to follow the full schedule, I am really happy for this opportunity!
There were probably around thousands of beautiful lanterns, lighting the roads from 5 PM to 8 PM. I did not take a lot of pictures tho huhu. I went back after walking for a few kilometers and rested really well for the following Sunday.
Unexpectedly, I beat my alarm on Sunday morning. I woke up before 6 AM! Haha my agenda for the day was Kamsahamnida Korea - Introducing Indonesia. It was basically an Indonesian cultural event and expo. Although I didn't take a big role, I felt really proud to be part of the team!
I saw how everyone worked to put the stage, booths and decorations together. It was really amazing!
My duty was to greet and count the number of visitors. Ridwan, fellow KGSP, was my workingmate for the day along with two other seniors. Unexpectedly, one of them was my high school senior too! Hahaha world is veryyyy small when you came from SMA Regina Pacis. Our alumni network is literally everywhere.
Although it sounds simple, due to the nature of the venue, we lost count of people in the middle of the event. But anyhow, the mass was larger than we expected and everyone was genuinely happy about that!
There were several Indonesian universities and cultural experience booths at the expo. We also had two photobooths corner. I just realized that all of my pictures at the photo corner were always taken with Ridwan. Hahaha it's okay, I enjoyed his story about living in Cheonan which seems to be tougher than what I imagined :P
I stayed until the whole even ended with Ci Melyn. We went for chicken in Sinchon right after that. Talking with fellow Indonesian is always free, relaxing and no barrier despite the huge age gap between us :))
My weekend adventure continued to Myongdong! No, I'm not shopping this time. I was meeting my mom's friend that I haven't met since middle school. She carried another package from home. This time it was bed sheet and boncabe and pronto spaghetti! Yeaaaay food! I actually asked for pasto macaroni but my mom seems to think that pronto is the one I wanted. Ok lah, Tante Princess. I also love pronto haha.
I got to talk for a while with the auntie. Sometimes it just feels weird that I've been meeting so many of my parent's friends here in Seoul yet they haven't got the chance to visit me. Well, I've only been here for 3 months but who could reject temptation unlimited food supply when they actually come here? Hahaha yes, that is actually my main motive. Beside, I do miss teasing my Tante Princess :P
A small reflection, I feel great about myself that I managed to survive so far with almost no hardship. I also feel reallyyyy grateful that I can depend on my stipend.
Now that you got a glimpse of my crazy weekend, I wanna tell you briefly about my weekday. I have nothing to do. I've been sleeping 14 hours a day, eating, eating and eating. Can't really afford to go out with no money and no plan. I feel so lifeless but it's a good thing somehow. Haha, ok I see no point in writing this. I need to come up with a cool plan this week!
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