Yesterday my roommates and I went to the nearest food market to prepare the food for our own. To be honest, cooking by ourselves is not our own free will at first. It’s the high live expenses that force us to do this. It is common to hear students studying abroad should do everything themselves but when it turns to us, everything seems not easy.

There are only few kinds of food in Korea, which is a big contrast against those in China. Vegetables are relatively cheap while meats are beyond our affording. Hardly can I remember how long I haven’t eaten meats. It is said even Korean people cannot eat meats whenever they like because of the high price. I took many pictures of those meats, fishes and fruits in the market that we cannot afford but strongly long for, which may, to some extent, console ourselves with false hopes.

After we bought vegetables, the next problem is how we can cook them. It may not be a problem for those who always do housework at home but for us it really is! Only cooking noodles is not hard and what about others? Maybe in the near future we can get the answer. ^^

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On the begin of this week, I went to Yongsan Electronics Market to buy a digital camera. Yongsan is said one of the bigest electronics market in Asia, and you can find almost all kinds of products there. Prices are usually 20% lower than the normal sale price, but if a foreigner go there without a Korean friend, he or she will probably be faked by the seller. Fortunitely, I went there with a list of some details of Sony DSC-T9 which my Korean friend gave me and finally chose it at about 2600 RMB. Now I can use it to take pictures as I like and record my life here.

Then on March 2nd, the new semester began. I choose 6 courseswith 16 credits. Although the lectures are taught in English, professors’ poor pronunciation and many unfamiliar words also brought me lots of troubles. So I think it’s better to learn it myself as I did in SJTU, but much more hardworking should be done. The textbooks are too expensive here, but with regard to the high price of everything in Korea, it doesn’t seem to be largely beyond my expectation. I had to relieve myself that the high price maybe become strong impetus to my study.

This Friday I took a cheering orientation organized by KUBA(Korea University Buddy Association). Korea’s cheering is some kind of collective singing and dancing. We put our hands to the shoulders of our buddies and make a big circle to sing and dance. The enthusiastic performance influenced everyone present excited and finally bring the atomsphere crazy all around of stadium. No wonder that Korean football team can defeat many world-famous teams in such a surrounding. On the other hand, these kind of events also make Korean people intimate like one family and establish the respectable spirit of their race, I think.

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Our plane was 2 hours late to Seoul because of the frog in Inch’o Airport. Despite the tiring of dalay, exciting broke out the moment I stood on the Korean land.

Seoul is not as modern as I thought before, but it is more neat and tidy than Shanghai. It is based on the mountanious region which is also very different from Shanghai.

Regarding that we have no idea about Korean, Korea University had assigned buddies for each of us to help us in Korea. My buddy names Jeon Chang Gyum. He is now junior in KU majoring in Economics or something like that. Since he dosen’t know Chinese, we have to communicate with each other in English. It seems a big trouble for me because in most of time I cannot express myself clearly with my poor spoken English.

KU is said one of the most beautiful universities in Korea, and it really is. There are many grand European-style buildings around every corner of the campus, which leave me a very deep impression. The inner decoration of SAMSUNG building is so gallant that I cannot even describe it in words.

Everything in Korea seems more expensive than it in China. It is very hard to find things whose prices are lower than 2000 won(16 RMB). Regardless of the price, the food in Korea is very dilicious since its hot taste suits me well.

Yesterday we exchange students took a city tour around Seoul and watched Korea-famous performance — Nanta. Nanta is Korea’s smash-hit percussion musical performed at the theater all year round. It transforms the rhythms of Samulnori into creative music using knives, pots and pans, plates and other kitchen utensils as musical instruments. Of course, the pricepf ticket is very high.

Not knowing any Korean has brought me many troubles in daily life, but I’m sure it will be better after my learning of Korean.

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