These past few days have been non stop. Not only am I juggling school work, I've been quite involved with Emmaus (Christian campus ministry) and as a result, I have been putting a lot of time into year end projects related to this ministry. On top of these things, I've been filling every empty space I have meeting up with friends, exploring new places, and planning ahead.

The last May weekend was a long weekend as it was buddha's birthday.  It was a very busy weekend, but one that was joyously (well) spent with my friends.

Friday May 25

Korea University (Yonsei's competition you could say), had their equivalent of Akaraka (you can read about it here), so my friend Jia (Jee-ah) and I went to check out the campus and compare their celebration to ours. Turns out, it was incomparable. Korea University's architecture is really pretty with a heavy European vibe going on, but the area was unfortunately boring. Campus itself may have been quieter than usual maybe because their celebration lasted all week whereas Yonsei's was only 3 days. All the food tents were taken down and it was oddly quiet for a school day (our theory was that everyone must've skipped or were too wiped out from the party scene the night before to go to school). Jia has a friend that attends this Uni so he gave us a tour and was nice enough to be our photographer that day.

After our Korea Uni exploration, Jia and I headed towards Sungshin Women's University not far off to browse their selection of cafes and boutiques. 

That night a bunch of us Emmaus students hung out after Friday Fire prayer meeting at New Philly. Some of us went for an amazing Korean bbq dinner and then headed to play pool afterwards. It was my first time playing pool in Korea at a pool club you could say and it was actually really fun despite my lack of skills.

Saturday May 26

I had joined the Company Tour club organized by Yonsei Global earlier this term. However, all the company tours planned were unsuccessful except for this one-CJ (Cheil Jedang). CJ is a lifestyle, food and entertainment company under Samsung, one of the three biggest businesses in Korea. It was a great day of touring their main office building in Dongdaemoon and getting to know more about their company. They were also recruiting exchange students for possible internships for the near future as they are a company that has expanded into other countries. I was really interested in their online shopping department, so I'm keeping in mind this option when I look into my practicuum component for next year. It was so enjoyable to be there, from getting freebies, a shoe box size full of CJ manufactured snacks, having a bulgogi cooking demo, to checking out what their company had to offer.

That night, as it was the birthday of two Emmaus students, a bunch of us met up at Cheongyechon, a man made stream near Gwangwhamun for a night of sightseeing and chilling. It was my first time coming here and it was so beautiful, especially because various lanterns were displayed for buddha's birthday. Usually there is a light show that goes on here at night (every 15minutes from 8-10pm I believe), but since the lantern display was held, it was showing that night.

Sunday May 27

 Day of Sabbath, church, and membership class at New Philly.

Monday May 28

This day was just fabulous despite starting it off by waiting close to an hour and a half to eat all you can eat sushi in Hongdae. The place was called Sushi in Sushi and it is quite a popular restaurant among the locals, hence the willingless of people to wait. They had a great selection of sushi, japanese cooked dishes, maki rolls, salad bar, fruits, and desserts. My sushi cravings were definitely satisfied.

Afterwards we checked out the long awaited Trick Eye Museum on our list of to dos.  It was 13000 won to get in, but so worth it and so much fun! Its basically a museum filled with artistic and creative paintings that look realistic when you take a photo with it/as a part of it. It was like optical illusions come alive and it was so interesting how the artists could portray that to the eye.

Shopped Hongdae for a while after our trick eye adventure, but most of us weren't satisfied as we left empty handed, so we headed to our beloved Edae to find some good deals and indeed we did! Got a semi-formal dress for 10000won, how could I not?!

Weekend Success