Hello!
Welcome to my blog ^^
If you’re moving or considering moving to Pohang, great! If just interested in Korea, that’s fantastic too.
This is a blog about life in general and living in Korea, with a focus on Pohang, as this is where my husband and I are living. We moved to Pohang in 2012 from Sydney, Australia. Before coming here, I’d never heard of the place. So I hope this could be useful for someone, one day.
* This is my third blog attempt by the way. Each time i start a blog i stick at it for about a month and then i just.. Get bored? Or lazy. So please forgive me if i do the same with this. I’ll try my best not to.
Happy you reading!
Alice in The Land of Morning Calm 
hey hi! my name is aaron and i’d love to ask you more about korea! do you have an email i can contact you at? thank you! =)
Hi Aaron, I don’t usually give out my personal email – was there something in specific you wanted to know about? Your questions could be helpful for others too :]
hey! thanks for the reply! i wanted to ask you about the KLI course in yonsei. i actually registered for the summer regular course starting this june and would like to ask you so much more about it! my email is dxnoraa@hotmail.com you can find me on facebook with that email as well. feel free to contact me there!
Hey Aaron! Did you enroll to the Summer Regular Course – Morning or Afternoon session? : D
Hello misstotori! : D Just finished reading your Yonsei KLC blog posts. They were so helpful! But I’m a little freaked out over here after I read about the teachers that you had for your courses. Hope I’ll bump into some really good teachers and classmates. Fingercrossed. And is it true that all the students have to show their Tuberculosis X-ray results to get into their dorms?
For the semesters that I was there, yes. A chest x-ray was a must. I wanted to argue the fact that TB pretty much doesn’t exist in Australia, but it’s a rule at the dorm and they see it as you as being difficult if you refuse. You can do the X-ray once you’re in Korea though, it’s very cheap and the dorm will give you information about which clinic to go to. Pope that helps!
hello . nice to meet you. i’m Flora live in Pohang city. i am korean also i met your blog accidently.
and most of all i was interested in your writing about korea and some places. i ‘m learning English to speak . Sometimes it ‘ s hard to study English like you to learn Korean .
but i’m still try and try to study . anyway coz i have been living in Pohang in 1988. i can help anyone to travel aroud Pohang city and East Beach . sometimes we have big mistakes on the sign we are not sure. sorry .
but i am so proud of Pohang city and i am English teacher in Young heung village at Samsung English. ..
i will be so happy to help any foreigner can visit in Pohang anyway.
life is good news.
Happy new year !!!
Hi Flora, thanks for leaving a note, great to hear from you 🙂
I’m not that familiar with areas in Pohang by their suburb names, but I’m down south near Ocheon. Maybe we can organize a chance to meet up some time, but I am pretty busy with work this year. Facebook?
Hello, I am Tanja (17) from Germany. I would like to attend KLI in a few years. My questions: How long can I stay in SK House, and how much is it for 4 semesters?
Thank you! :))
Hey Tanja, to be honest, I can’t remember the cost exactly. But it was around $1400 for one terms tuition. I’m sure it will change by the time you attend KLI, so please contact KLI directly for up to date info. Usually foreigners can stay in SK for two semesters as far as I know. It’s a first come first serve system, with preference to foreigners over Korean students. Hope that helps!
Hey there!! I was wondering how and why you ended up choosing Yonsei for the Language program? I’m looking into the SNU, KU, Ewha korean language programs, and right now I’m trying to decide which would be best for me. Hopefully you can give me some insight on your choice 🙂
Hi Lusi, I chose Yonsei because I had done summer programs at SNU and Kyunghee University, so I wanted to try out the famous Yonsei. SNU was a bit boring, Kyunghee was pretty good and I thought well, Yonsei is next. I also wanted to stay around that particular area of Seoul. I have friends who did a year exchange at Ewha. From what I heard Ewha wasn’t my style either, really early start, lots of focus on writing.. And are you sure about attending an all girls university??? I never considered Korea or Sogang but I’ve heard there both good too. I guess it depends on why you’re studying Korean, how long you’ll be in Korea, what lifestyle and experiences you want etc. If you’ve got more questions, feel free to ask!
Hi again!!
Thanks for responding!! In what ways did you find SNU boring?
I’ll check out Kyugnhee as well then. I don’t mind attending an all girls uni, but I think I’m looking for a program that focuses more on speaking and reading. As far as time goes, I can only spend between 5-10 weeks in Korea during the summer. So far I really like the KU summer program, but I haven’t been able to find a lot of reviews about it. It seems everybody is going to Yonsei these days, atleast judging from the Internet forums and blogs 🙂
Yes, it does seem Yonsei has grown in popularity. I definitely would consider other schools because not all of my Yonsei classes were that great; terrible teachers with monotonous voices and very routine teaching methods in some. I found SNU a bit boring because we always did the same routine in class.. then again, I was in a class full of diplomats during a summer course. So I guess my experience was very different to the regular. The may have changed a lot. SNU is just as famous as Yonsei, so in terms of name you can’t go wrong. If you’d like to focus on speaking, then Sogang has always been known for having an emphasis on speaking. They of course do writing, too. So maybe they’re the right choice for you. From what I’ve heard about Ewha, they have more focus on writing and grammar. Decisions, decisions! Just keep in mind, it isn’t all about study. I had friends who failed because they never turned up to class, but could speak better than all of us because they went out everyday/night, met friends and spoke in Korean.
When you went to SNU, did you find it difficult transportation wise? I heard that it is kind of in the middle of nowhere. 😦 After researching about the programs, I think at this point I’m down to KU or SNU.
Hi, I lived on campus, so getting to school wasn’t too bad. Had to get a bus to/from the closest train station to the dorm when I went out, which took about 5 minutes, but definitely manageable. I guess it’s cos SNU is in the middle of mountains and the campus is massive. I’m pretty sure theres school shuttle buses that take you throughout campus and probably to close by destinations though. Those make things a lot easier.