Seoul, I will miss you!

Today is officially the last day of the Plus3 program, and I am full of mixed emotions. For the past 14 days I have become very accustomed to the Korean lifestyle, culture and even the people on this trip. From the little things like eating most of my meals with chopsticks, to visiting a new touristic attraction everyday, I have grown very fond of the life a plus 3 scholar. But as we all know, all good things come to an end. Our last activity for the Plus 3 program was a cruise over the Han river. Unlike most of the days during this week, we took the subway to the area of the cruise, where we were served lunch packs of Korean snacks. The cruise lasted approximately 45 mins where we could see most of the buildings downtown Seoul and we also got to feed seagulls with anchovies. The overall cruise was very fun because we got to bask in the sun, and observe the city from a different view than usual (mostly from the top of building or a mountain), I would say it was the perfect activity to conclude the trip. After the cruise, my team members and I went over our final presentation which was mainly focused on the beauty industry of  the Korean society Our business plan was based on the idea that several beauty product users are often overwhelmed by the different cosmetic and skincare products they have to use based on their skin types, so our plan is to create an app that scans your face, detects your skin type, and prescribes products that would be used for healing the skin blemishes and conceal these blemishes, without any of these inhibiting the other.  After our presentation we showed our group video, which was essentially a quick recap of our stay  in Korea and over various experiences. After our various presentations, we proceeded to have ONE LAST plus 3 meal all together, in the company of our lovely tour guide Kay (who would be greatly missed).As we enjoyed our meal, we recounted several experiences during the trip, what our other plans for the summer are, and finally what Korea has taught us. Overall, I would say my trip to Korea was life-changing. I learnt a completely new culture, I ate amazing dishes, and most importantly I learnt new life values; respect is very important, hard work is the key to success and finally to always continue striving despite how hard the task might be. The Korean people are very resilient and has motivated me to work hard and aim high, no matter how difficult the task might be. So I’ll like to say a special thank you to Professor Yun, to Chris, to Kay and most importantly The Swanson school of engineering, for this amazing opportunity.

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