By Brady C.

Published Sept. 15, 2022

My name is Brady Chung, and I am a junior majoring in Economics and Food Science. Currently, I’m studying abroad in my parents' home country, South Korea, at Seoul National University. I feel that my study abroad experience is slightly different than others. I’m able to speak the Korean language at a conversational level, grew…

By Sydney M.

Published June 2, 2021

Leaving for study abroad was a particularly hard moment for me. Leaving my family behind was hard, but what was even harder was that one of my dogs, Tator Tot, had been diagnosed with terminal cancer a month prior and was given a few days to a few weeks to live. He had been actually…

By Sydney M.

Published May 5, 2021

Unlike Mother's Day and Father's Day in America, Korea has it's own set of holidays celebrated known as Children's Day (May 5) and Parent's Day (May 8). Children's Day is like the counterpart to a Mother's or Father's Day in America, and is a national holiday, so I got out of classes today and got…

By Sydney M.

Published April 28, 2021

Midterms are finally over, and I thought I deserved a break, so I did what I promised my aunt I would do. I explored the Seoul Zoo! I have only been to one zoo before this, the zoo near my home in St. Louis. I was expecting a very similar experience, but I was wrong.…

By Sydney M.

Published March 31, 2021

Boy oh boy, I took a lot of photos today! For the past week or so I have been struggling with classes and stress, so I had been very hesitant to go out. Mostly, I have been staying inside and focusing on by work. Today, however, I decided to be spontaneous and take Vlad and…

By Sydney M.

Published Feb. 25, 2021

It is currently Friday at 11:30 a.m. Best discovery during quarantine so far: Korean fried chicken! I didn't believe that fried chicken could get any better, but Korea has done a very good job at proving me wrong. Despite being delivered, its remained extremely crispy. I've done some research and figured out why. Korean fried…