Aka Aurora's Tales : Mar 31, 2013

Sunday, March 31, 2013

Welcome To Korea!

0 comments Posted by Aka Kobo at 11:38 AM

Finally after my 'dramatic' acceptance, I went to Korea by myself. I booked a return ticket Jakarta - Seoul - Jakarta by Korean Air. I departed from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta, Indonesia at 22:05 PM ( GMT +7 ). My family came along to say goodbye to me. Well, it was so sad, but I have made my decision to study in Korea.

I arrived at Incheon International Airport, South Korea at 07:04 AM ( GMT +9 ). It was 1 Celsius degree !

Yay I was sooooo excited ! Since it was my first time to visit Korea, I couldn't imagine that it happened. My campus, Geumgang University, is located in Nonsan, Cheonchungnam-do. So from Incheon, I should take a limousine bus to Daejeon and from Daejeon, the school bus picked us up.The bus fare from Incheon to Daejeon was quite expensive. I paid 22.100 Won for it. But it was really comfortable. During our way to Daejeon, we stopped at 2 rest areas. One of them was Cheonan Service Area.

We arrived at Daejeon Bus Terminal at 3 PM where my friend from Indonesia, Astrid, waited for me and other scholars . The school bus came at 17:30 PM. Since we were starving, so we had Korean food there. The bus terminal was a fancy thing! There's a mall inside.

So the bus finally came. Our lovely teacher, Kwon Yoo Hwa sonsaengnim, picked us up. We got kimbab for our dinner. Nice !

Our way to Nonsan from Daejeon took an hour. Since me and my friends were too tired we didn't talk a lot in the bus. Most of us slept. Hahahahaha but it was such a fun time together. Hope you enjoy this post! If you have a question, please do comment :D

SCHOLASHIP TO STUDY IN KOREA !

0 comments Posted by Aka Kobo at 10:32 AM

Since I've graduated from University of Indonesia, I didn't have any formal school to attend. I am just working now while taking some courses. But yeah, I still look for some scholarships and apply for it. In November, I applied for the 2012 AMINEF's Community College Initiative Scholarship Program. I chose to study Early Childhood Education because I am now working as a teacher. That was my first time to apply a scholarship. But time flew. I didn't get any news from the AMINEF. So I just tried to forget about it.

In the beginning of December, I was in the middle of the queue in a bank. My index finger played on my smartphone to read some tweets in my Twitter's timeline. I saw an announcement about Korean Scholarship which was held by Geumgang University, Nonsan, South Korea, cooperated with Korean Cultural Center Indonesia. It is a 4 months language training scholarship.

The basic requirements are :
1. Minimum Diploma graduate
2. If you still enroll in a university, you can apply, but you need to attach a reference letter from your Dean.
3. No need a TOEFL / TOPIK Score
4. The birth year is minimum in 1991
5. Make an introductory video in English

For more info, you can just visit Geumgang University website : Geumgang University .

I collected my application on December 17th, 2012. I didn't expect for something, but at least I tried it. As the time goes by, in January 2013, I went to Hongkong for my annual holiday. When I came back to Indonesia, I got an email which stated that I'm failed to get my scholarship :'(( It was such a disaster for me. There were only 13 people who were accepted, including 2 Indonesian girls. Hmmm ... It's maybe not my turn to get a scholarship.

But one day after I taught, I got an email from Geumgang University which notified me as one of the successful applicant! Yup they added 7 more students to join this scholarship ! Yay, my dream came true !

Right now I am currently studying Korean language in an Intermediate Level. It's difficult but the class is really exciting :D

I will write about it in my upcoming posts