We are soon reaching the end of the semester here in Kyung Hee University and I can feel the same kind of atmosphere as I felt before the Midterm exams. This time though, it's worse, especially for the exchange students who will be leaving Korea soon. Arrange time for studying and also time to do and experience as much as possible before departure. In a way, I feel a bit sorry for them but I know, they will have a good time when they get home. Me on the other hand, will be staying here for … 7 more months! I just got started, although I feel that I have been here forever already. No guys, I don't miss Finland (but I miss my friends), but in a short period of time, I have managed to do, learn and experience so much. That's probably the reason why it feels like I have been here for so long.
Tomorrow there will be a farewell party for all exchange students who are heading home, a great opportunity to say goodbye to everyone and also to create a last memory together. I got a message earlier today from my dear friend and little sister Trisha, asking me for advice what to wear. Funny that my Korean friend wants me to take her shopping in her home country.
So, since I have been so busy these days, the blog has been pretty quiet as you can see. Team projects, take home exams, assignments and quizzes has been finished and more is to come. I though, that I should share a few of my projects with you guys.
So, as you can see, this is a project about Iran. Not completely about Iran, but our mission was to compare a country we had a relation to, with South Korea. Even though I am half iranian, I have never in my life as a student done a presentation about Iran. Now I finally got the opportunity to speak about my father's home country. What we found interesting while doing this project, is that Iran and South Korea has a lot in common when it comes to family values and culture values. Also, what we found out was that it seems like Iranians has a better view of South Korea and Koreans in general, than Koreans has about Iranians and Iran. The media shows a negative image of Iran, and barely anything positive. This is the main reason why most Koreans think that Iranians has war and that they are terrorists.
Another interesting project was to research about a topic we found interesting. All non-Koreans in the class were named the team leaders and also got to choose the topic. At that moment, my brain was out of ideas and inspiration, so Music was the first thing that came to mind. After choosing the topic, three class mates, all Korean, joined me for this project. All of us were completely lost: "Where should we start? What to do?"
We came up with the conclusion that we were going to research specifically on the Buying Vs. Stealing behavior of music in South Korea. Deadline came closer and closer and we finally had an idea what to do. We sat down and did some interviews with our Korean friends. Also, we posted a big survey according to our topic, to collect some statistics. What I at least found interesting was the percentage of Buying/Stealing music. In Finland, most people I know downloads music. Some people listen to music through an application called "Spotify" and some people even pay, so that they can get rid of the advertisements. In general, I have a feeling that the most students and young adults are downloading. When it comes to South Korea, most of the young generation is actually paying for the music.
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