Okay, this post will actually be short because we didn’t actually do anything today. I woke up bright and early at 8:05 AM but still missed the salty bread. Luckily, some was saved for me by them, so thank you for giving me some. Emma delivered it to me mostly because she was in the…
Tag: Plus3 Korea
Top Chef: Day Eleven
Even though I have already written ten blogs, I am writing this one because I want to. I woke up today in the same hotel as the first week, but it was so different trying to remember my old routine. I woke up a little bit later than I had the previous few days but…
Movement (The Final Blog): Day 10 and 11
On the 10th day, we left Pohang and went to Hyundai. After eating a traditional Korean lunch and having a weird Korean following the group, we started our tour. I never realized how large a powerhouse Hyundai was. After the basic tour, we went to the factory where we saw actual cars being produced on…
South Korea 09: Steel Factory and Pohang
Today we went to POSTECH in the morning for a tour of the campus, but I already discussed it in the blog post from yesterday. After lunch and a tour there, we visited the POSCO museum, called Park 1538. They had a few overstimulating and uninformative interactive videos/experiences followed by some honestly pretty good conventional…
Day 11 – FINAL NIGHT
I’ll keep this post more brief than the others (or not). I woke up super late, sleeping through all my alarms. We went to Seoul TOPIS to learn about the smart systems. I got made fun of for looking like a bum because I wore my business shorts. Like I told everyone there, I was…
End of an Era
Last full day in Korea! We started the day off with a visit to Seoul’s TOPIS (Transport Operation and Information Service) after breakfast. It is located around the City Hall, and was very neat, On the way there, we did pass by Seoul’s mayor (we believe) giving some sort of speech. Not too sure what…
Hyundai: Day Ten
We had to leave (again), this time departing Pohang for Ulsan and then Seoul. Thankfully, we had some time this morning before we needed to depart via coach bus, so I had time to pack the little that I had not done the previous night. I met with my group in the morning and we…
Day 10 – Spending Big at Seoul Tower
It was a good day in Pohang. I slept horribly last night, clearly feeling the drain from constant activities. I love this trip, but there is basically no time to just chill and rest a little. I feel I constantly need to do something during free time rather than just rest. My sleep schedule here…
SUPERBOARD (Hyundai!)
Currently, I write this blog post with odd hands as I wait for my press on nails (matching with Emma) to fully set… sorry, mom. I got nails in Korea. Sue me. Shorter post today! Today we left Pohang, and for breakfast Kali and I got some rice cakes one last time, as she a)…
Droid Factory
We woke up early and went to Postech for the second day. It was rumored to be an industrial engineering and data science tour, but it turned out to be a campus tour. We got split up into different groups than normal and were shown around by students of the campus. They reminded me of…
Day 9: My Skills Finally Got Put to Use
I apologize for being a little late on this post. I’ve been quite exhausted. Anyway, let’s talk about today. It was quite exciting. POSTECH Part 2 Our first stop today was POSTECH (again). Today we went on more of a tour of campus with a student tour guide. Our guide was super nice, and he…
South Korea 08: POSTECH
Today was our first full day in Pohang, and we started off the day with a visit to POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology). It’s a beautiful and modern suburban-style campus that stretches around 400 acres (about 2.5 times larger than Pitt). I really enjoyed walking around; the buildings are large and bright, the…
The Temple: Mindfulness and Monks
This blog post is going to encapsulate my time on both Saturday and Sunday at the temple because outside of that, most of what we did was travel. Speaking of traveling, I rode on my first high-speed train ever on Saturday. We reached a top speed of 186 mph (I downloaded an app on my…
여덟 – Hospital
After being sick for quite some time, today’s plan was simple: stay in the hotel and visit a doctor when I can. My morning was very slow, and I spent most of my time sitting on the toilet or lying in bed. At around noon, I left the hotel with one of my instructors to…
Postech, Posco, & Pizza
Today we visited POSTECH again, but this time we got a full campus tour from student guides. We were split into smaller groups, and each group had a POSTECH student showing us around. The campus was incredibly large and modern, but what stood out to me most was how much nature surrounded everything. There were trees, walking…
POSTECH Then Beach!
Today in Korea was one of the busiest days of the trip so far. We had to get up a little earlier than usual because we were visiting POSTECH. I came down for breakfast around 8:20, and not long after that, we headed out for the campus tour. From the moment we arrived, I could tell…
Just Like Pittsburgh: Day Nine
Today was another phenomenal day. After waking up to have breakfast, we returned to Postech, this time to get a student-led tour around campus. The whole of the 22 students was broken apart into four groups, with an adult with each team. My guide was an undergraduate junior who studied electrical engineering. Although he was…
Back to School, Quantum Computers, and Particle Accelerators
Today, we went on a visit to the Pohang University of Science and Technology, also known as POSTECH. We first watched a presentation given by an Industrial Engineering professor who gave a presentation introducing us to POSTECH, and advertising the potential to study abroad with POSTECH’s partnership with Pitt. Afterwards, a graduate student who has…