Seoul National University

So I made it here. Just!!! Korea's number 1 university. After an extremely drunken night with Elizabeth I turned up to class hungover and not really knowing what i was doing. The idea of studying Korean never really entered my mind until i was cycling around Korea. I had always wanted to study abroad but felt another masters or a PHD wouldn't be worth my while and with getting through the stages of the civil service exams I thought a language course would help me.

My Korean was already reasonable for a foreigner and i know alot of random vocab but not much grammar. I would of donea course but living in Pocheon is difficult to study from. My class is small with 12 students from Russia, Mongolia, Burma, America, Kuwait, Australia and Indonesia. Everybody is at a pretty similar level, which is a bit above the level we're doing. The first few days were drilling on our Hanguel pronunication which is what i need most. I feel lucky that the class is nice and we go for lunch everyday. My classes are from 9-1 so i have the afternoons to chill.

I'm staying in a dormitory room which are similar to Penbryn in Aber. I share a room (this must be an american thing) with a 1st year Korean maths student, who although has the largest collection of shoes and toiletteries i've ever seen is a really nice guy. I get on with him well and he's not all 'i'm rooming with a foreigner'. I think we will get on well together. Plus in has a massive computer screen that is immense.

Ok back to study!!!!