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jeg ville foreslått Incheon, det er bare rundt 50 minutter med buss derfra til Sincheon-området. De har veldig gode flybuss-forbindelser direkte fra flyplassen, og bussene går ofte, så det skal ikke være noe problem i det hele tatt. ellers så kan du jo ta en taxi, er ikke så altfor dyrt i korea. Jeg vet ingenting om Gimpo, men vil jo tro at Gimpo ikke har like godt transporttilbud osv. Men hvis du skal bo veldig nærme Gimpo så kan du jo i grunn bare velge den. egentlig har det ikke så mye å si :)
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a single room at SK Global House is really nice, you should be happy with that! I've heard so many bad stories about people not getting along with their roommates, so in my opinion it's better to live in a single room and just meet people other ways. I met most of my friends through the classes, which is really the best way. Other than that you can always hang out in the shared TV-room or kitchen a lot, or sit in the coffee shop or cafeteria to find someone to talk to. I don't think it will be hard for you to make friends at all :)
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the classes in Yonsei KLI are 20 hours a week, which is the same as the intensive course at Ewha. You were probably looking at the regular course at Ehwa, which costs 600,000won and has only 7,5hours a week. The intensive course at Ewha costs 1,430,000won, which is only a small difference from the Yonsei KLI (I'm guessing the Yonsei KLI is a little more expensive because the school is more famous). I'd recommend Yonsei KLI though, I know Ewha's classroom rules are more strict and they focus more on speaking practice etc - while Yonsei KLI focus more on the basics and proper writing, doing assignments etc (feels like you learn a lot more that way, in my opinion)
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you need to go to their website (http://www.visitkoreayear.com) and find the free shuttle bus service there. I somehow can't seem to enter the site when I'm in Norway, maybe only korean IP-addresses has access to it... anyways if you sign up for the shuttle bus at least 10 days before the departure date, you'll get your free ticket by email. otherwise they'll do a lottery for the remaining seats (for those signing up later than 10 days before)
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alle som skal være i Korea i over 90 dager må skaffe seg Alien registration card - uansett om de har visum eller ikke. er ikke helt sikker på hvorfor, er vel bare for å registrere alle utlendingene som bor der. Alien registration card leverer man inn på flyplassen når man drar ut fra korea igjen (med mindre du skal tilbake til Korea rett etterpå).
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you could always ask me in here, or you could give me your email and I will send you a mail for you to know mine :)
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you can always come to Seoul on a tourist visa if you don't wanna study here. If not, then you can do like I did - attend a korean language class! it's definitely recommendable for you to stay at least 6 months, to properly get to know the country and culture. yes there are summer language class you can sign up for (at least there should be in schools like Yonsei, Ewha, Seoul Univ, Seogang etc), or just regular language class (the kind that I attended), which you can sign up for at any time of the year. in my school there were students as young as 16, so you shouldn't worry much about your age :)
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hi :) I know a lot of foreign students here in korea who are working part time in restaurants or coffee shops etc, but you can't live on just that income when you have to pay tuition as well as rent and food ++ all by yourself. You always have to pay tuition in advance, and usually it's quite expensive. It'd be best if you at least saved up for the tuition before coming to Korea, and then take care of your living cost while living here. I'd still say that would be quite difficult though, as part time workers in shops/restaurants only make about 4,5-5,000won per hour - and your rent would probably be around 4-500,000won, plus food/transportation/fun which you should have around 2-250,000won for.
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during my stay in China, I was mostly using my DSLR camera (Canon 450D), and other than that I sometimes use the camera on my phone, or the way better camera on my boyfriend's phone. Also I got my digital camera fixed, so recently I've been taking lots of pictures with that one :)
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jeg gikk på Yonsei Korean Language Institute, og var veldig fornøyd med opplegget der. søkemetoden står greit forklart på hjemmesiden til KLI (yskli.com). Husker jeg synes hele greien med søking og sånn virket veldig komplisert, men det var i grunn ganske enkelt og greit. lag en grei oversikt over det du trenger for å søke, da er det litt lettere :) og ikke glem å søke om Visa i god tid før du reiser!!
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hei! ja, jeg er utrolig fornøyd med studieopplegget på KLI. Lærerne er ikke bare dyktige, men også veldig hyggelige og hjelpsomme. Vi hadde som oftest mye gøy i timene, og jeg pleide å glede meg til å gå på skolen så og si hver dag. Tempoet er litt fort, så det er masse å lære på ganske kort tid, men det gikk veldig greit for meg ihvertfall. Etter et år vil du være ferdig med level 4, og vil som regel kunne snakke koreansk noenlunde flytende (hvertfall nesten uten kommunikasjonsproblemer). Jeg fullførte level 5, og føler det var mer enn nok for meg. føler i grunn at jeg har kunnet snakke koreansk veldig bra siden level 4 :) husker at koreanskkunnskapene mine fra level 3 til level 4 forbedret seg veldig mye, så råder deg til å minst fullføre level 4!!
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I was probably 14 when I gained interest for Korea, and from then on I studied a little by myself, but learned mostly from watching korean movies and dramas. I was 18 when I started studying korean full time here in Korea!
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Typically, the Edae and Hongdae area has lots of interesting shops/cafés, so you should definitely try wandering around in those areas! try finding cute little korean coffee shops, they're really the best. If you have a lot of time, you could go to Busan (specifically Haeundae beach), or take a trip to Kyeongju and bike around there. other than that I don't really have any specific places to recommend. I've answered a similar question as yours before which I wrote a long reply to, you could try reading that one if you'd like :)
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what fee?? if you're talking about the school fee, you can easily find it out on the KLI homepage :)
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I speak to my friends mostly in korean, and sometimes use a few english words if I forgot the korean one. my closest friends aren't fluent in english, and I'm obviously not fluent in chinese, so korean is the easiest language to communicate through for all of us. I'm not taking level 6 because I need to save money for going to university, and also I don't see the point of going any further than level 5, as my korean level is high enough already (even if I did have the opportunity to take level 6, I'd feel like it'd be a waste of both time and money, studying there is not exactly cheap haha). I wish there was a graduation ceremony for level 5 students as well though..
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jeg ble også interessert i korea gjennom Kpop, og hørte mye på det i noen år. etter at jeg faktisk kom til korea, sluttet jeg nesten helt å høre på Kpop (du hører det ufrivillig hvor enn du går uansett, så fikk liksom den daglige dosen min på den måten), og begynte å finne ut av koreansk indie musikk (som i min mening er mye mye bedre). Når jeg hørte på Kpop, hørte jeg en del på Super Junior, DBSK, Big Bang, Epik High, og Alex (er ikke helt sikker på om han går under kategorien Kpop da men). nå for tiden er det litt forskjellig, for eksempel 10cm, Standing Egg, Zitten, Mate, Yozoh, Taru, Humming Urban Stereo, og Clazziquai. Jeg ville nok ha gått og sett enten 10cm eller Standing Egg på konsert :)
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hi, thank you!! hmm I haven't really read that many blogs about living in korea, but I know a few that are quite good. Firstly Simon and Martina's blog (www.eatyourkimchi.com). www.noonablog.com, www.aliensdayout.com, and also www.seoulgirl015.tumblr.com (she's not in korea anymore, so look at her older posts from when she was living in korea) and
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hi! I'm glad you enjoy reading my blog! the profile picture thing is by an artist named Audrey Kawasaki. if you google her name you'll find her website, she makes so many nice pictures!! :)
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Hi :) yes, I did take out a health/travel insurance before going to Korea. I wasn't planning to, but my mom said it's important to have it, and so she did it for me. It's good to have an insurance just in case something happens, lets say you get seriously ill and need to be hospitalized, or your suitcase gets stolen etc. at least you should get the health insurance, but a travel insurance in addition would be good, just in case.
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hi :) I just had a lot of interest in Korea in general, and after watching lots of korean dramas and movies I really wanted to go to Korea myself. I thought the language sounded so interesting, so I started learning it a little by myself.. and then I decided to actually go there and learn the language properly :) I'm really glad I made the decision to go there!
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norwegian girl studying korean in Seoul ~
