Orientation day

Today we had an orientation day for international students in Pukyong National University of Busan. I received many guide books, but they were all in Korean. I also issued an alien registration card, bought a subway card and signed some official paper that was fully in Korean. Thankfully someone had an English version of the text and I could check what I had just signed. Finally I was given a small guide booklet in English, and there was some spaghetti with a strange but good sauce for lunch, not a bad day. And I'm slowly learning to use chopsticks.

There is a very strange habit here spending the whole day sitting in the lab. You can practically do whatever you want, but you should stay in the lab with your laptop. Days can be quite long, from 9.30am to 20.00pm, but as an exchange student I don't have to do that everyday. What is really bugging me, are the unnotified inspections at the dormitory. Basically someone can walk into your room anytime and look around. Usually they look for cooking devices like water heaters, since they are prohibited and considered dangerous.

Oh, and most of the courses I was supposed to take are cancelled for this semester. Well, more time to write my Master's Thesis. At the moment I'm on two courses.

The first week is behind, and the weekend is finally here. Jeh