Wednesday May 28th, 2025 During my time in South Korea, I was able to experience not only stark cultural differences and ways of life but also got to see and understand new concepts that I am now able to apply in both my personal and professional development for the future. Having already noticed clear advancements…

Wednesday May 21st, 2025  Today we met at a regular time of 9 am in the lobby to initially head to and old oil tank area that turned into a museum. We took an 40 minute bus ride to the oil tank which sat right across from the olympic soccer stadium. We walked around before…

Tuesday May 20th, 2025  Today was a very interesting day filled with an insight of what Koreans truly experience through their history and what they do today. We started by meeting this morning at nine to head an hour north to visit the DMZ. We first had an early lunch at a local restaurant where…

Monday May 19th, 2025 Today was a regular start time with meeting in the lobby at 8.15. Riya and I both skipped breakfast to sleep in but went to the convince store quickly before we left to get coffee and snacks. I had a Korean protein bar and made my own coffee at the GS-25….

Sunday May 18th, 2025 Today we had an extraaaa late start as we only had to meet in the lobby at noon. Riya and I took advantage of this and went out to get brunch. We attempted to get fluffy pancakes but the place was closed so we went to a different pancake spot but…

Saturday May 17th, 2025 As for the past two days we have had a later start to the day meeting at 9.30. The extra sleep has been helping us all keep up with the busy schedule and lots of walking. The weather today was thankfully mostly sunny and got a cloudy later towards the afternoon,…

Friday May 16th, 2025 Today we also had a later start of 9.20 which was nice as we could sleep in and have a decent amount of time for breakfast. The weather today was very bad and was raining very heavily all day. We set out for the university by taking the metro and bus,…

Thursday May 15th, 2025  Thankfully today we were able to have a later start and meet at 9.30 as we were not taking the bus anywhere far. We headed for the public transportation (the bus) to get to our takwaenndo class. We all changed into the proper uniform and paired up for the class. During…

Wednesday May 14th, 2025  Today we had an early start of meeting in the lobby at 6.50 am. Thankfully breakfast was provided which was really good. There was half a sandwich with egg, meat, and vegetable. There were also other sides which were good. The early start was due to the 1.75 hour drive to…

Lined up today were two different company site visits. The first we went to was Fredit which makes an array of probiotic yogurts and other healthy snacks. We visited their largest manufacturing plant (out of three) and were given a tour of how the probiotic yogurt drink was made and how it was packaged, distributed,…

Monday May 12th, 2025 Today was such a fun and packed day in Seoul! We started off the morning by visiting an old fortress, where we got to try archery (way harder than it looks!) and walk around the historic grounds. It was peaceful and scenic—definitely a great way to kick off the day. As…