Classes Day 1

Wow, it was crazy today. Half of my day was spent being lost!

This afternoon, I took my Korean placement exam. They said my writing is really good but my speaking is not (unsurprising :P), so they put me in BegIII to improve it. I am happy about this, because I can focus on speaking now instead of memorizing the grammar and vocabulary.
Korean language is the only class in which we have to buy our textbooks from the campus bookstore, so I went looking for the store. I had no idea what the store was called or anything, so it took me forever to find someone who could point me in the right direction. The black line below was pretty much my path to finding the bookstore, a journey in the pouring rain and high winds...

I finally found out that the shop is in Central Plaza (the purple box) and is called Uni Store. But even once I got inside of Central Plaza, there were so many shops that I had to walk back and forth a few times before I saw it. I didn't know which textbook I needed since I didn't have the syllabus with me, so I tried to open the syllabus on my phone... But of course, it needed a Korean viewer to read, so I just made an educational guess about which to buy (the level down needed text 1 and the level up needed text 3, so naturally I assumed text 2!). Well... I bought the wrong one. I hope they accept exchanges.

On another note, I saw their linguistics section in the bookstore! We use some of the same books. :)

Syntax by Carnie is up there too (in the dictionary section?)

Finally I tried to return to the dorms, but it was still raining really hard and I struggled to keep my umbrella from turning inside out. I ended up missing my turn and walking up a hill to the medical center before finding the way. I was soaking, and my phone was reacting to the moisture for a few hours after I got back. I guess it just wasn't my day. I hope tomorrow brings better luck!