Orientation

Today was orientation! This was our schedule for the day:

The building orientation was held in (Inchon Memorial Hall)

The orientation wasn't particularly interesting. The KU cheering squad performance was to teach us how to do the school cheers. The audience is expected to be very involved, and there are several songs to learn... they are much more active than the chant we have at our school. Here's one of them ahaha:

For lunch I tagged along with a student from my home university and a group of people I just met outside the hall orientation was held in. We went to a ramen place near KU, then later found a bar lounge which was really cozy inside. They serve alcohol and coffee. :) 

                        

During the campus tour I met another linguistics student from Canada. I don't meet any ling majors often, so I was surprised! After the campus tour we had a chicken and beer party, and I spent time with a few girls from Singapore and some KU buddies (student volunteers). One of the buddies took me to get vegetable kimbap so that I could eat too. ^^

After the party I went with the girls and a few others from Singapore to the Hongdae area near Hongik University. Some of them wanted haircuts and styling so we went to Juno Hair.

From what I saw, the haircuts are a little expensive here, maybe $100 with styling. But they offer a free drink with a snack, even to those of us who are just waiting. The haircuts turned out really nice. Two of us did not get our hair styled, so we went shopping on the streets. All the vendors pretty much had the same things outside the shop on sale.

Then we went to get cold noodles for a snack/dinner. I had 비빔 냉면 (bibim naengmyeon) which was spicy but good!

By this time the haircuts were finished and we left to return to the dorms....