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Day 70 Woke up with a bad cramp... stood in the toilet for quite some time before I came out and lay on the bed again... slept all the way till noon... woke up and had the bread that was given yesterday... then went ahead to prepare and cook Bah Kut Teh along with the left overs from yesterday (Chicken Rice)  After having lunch, went ahead to start with the group project first... no one is talking in the chat.... was very worried about the project... it was mentioned in the syllabus that there is going to be a presentation on the coming 8th May but no one in the group seems to be bothered by it... after which I went to search for the apartment that my parents will be staying... it took me quite some time before I managed to find the place.... basically I was just going in circle... I did manage to find the place and also the nearest exit to exit from... went back to the apartment to continue doing the project until we were asked to go off for dinner at Daelim-dong Chinatown, i

Day 69 Field trip to Yangpyeong 양평! Signed up for the school field trip to the strawberry farm plus some additional activities, traditional games, making of rice cakes etc... before the field trip start, we were given a choice of a chocolate bread or a bagel for breakfast along side with the orange juice... I chose the chocolate bread of course... since the trip to Yangpyeong 양평 is about 2 hours, I took a nap in the bus.... our first stop was calligraphy... I have no idea how to do it despite many practises on the blank piece of papers and this is the outcome of it...  Looks nothing like calligraphy.... but I did tried... it was tough... we get to bring that home too.... Next activity was the making of rice cakes... I did get to hit it with the "hammer" it was really heavy... couldn't really lift it properly.... After everyone of us took turns, we get to try it along with the peanut power.... it was tasteless though but since I was already hungry, it

Day 68 Got a surprised when I was suddenly woke up with friends from Incheon... I was asleep until noon as I was too tired and took some medication last night... had some pancakes made by my apartment mates, had 2 bananas then went down to the Mapo Dumpling store to have some light snacks.... Ordered the Soondae  순대 once again...  after lunch, we went to Home Plus to get the necessary ingredients that we need for tomorrow chicken rice and Bah Kut Teh. before we head back to the apartment....  Back at the apartment, most of them fall asleep... I watched some shows in the living room, got a little hungry so went to the kitchen to get some cereals for myself... then went downstairs to prepare dinner, had some snacks etc... Dinner was clay-pot rice JM version... it was nice, just lack of the Chinese sausages... but other than that, it was good enough... there will be a field trip to the strawberry farm tomorrow... I'm quite excited for it... hopefully it turn out

Day 67 Got up in the morning, had some cheese bread toast for breakfast, not sure what happened later, got myself into some diarrhea... went to make some tea to counter that... didn't had lunch... apartment mates made some instant friend rice, the taste was okay, I ate a little before I prepared to go to school... School was bad... halfway through the lesson, I was coughing badly... went out of the classroom to the toilet... started to tear and vomit after coughing so much.... clam myself down before I went back to the classroom... the plan today was to catch a movie later at night... but because I was too tired from the vomiting and coughing, I texted the group telling them that I won't be able to make it... Came back home, cooked some instant porridge for dinner... didn't have the appetite to eat anything.... saw some medication on my desk when I got home.... one of my friend went to get some medicine while I was in school... didn't know how much they cos

Day 66 Got noticed from the group chat last night that morning class was cancelled.... I didn't believed at first because we did not get notice directly from our professor but from some unknown sources... we asked our group members and they confirmed that there was no class... they were talking in Korean in the group chat and so we chose to ignore it until the very last minutes during the late night.... no class in the early morning means that I can get more rest.... Woke up at 1030am instead of the usual 830am... ate some cereals and a banana, read through my notes before we went for classes together as a whole apartment... second class was mostly rushing through.... professor rushed through all 3 chapter in 90 minutes lessons and I was lost here and there.... :( had no hope for this class especially after his mid terms.... :'(  After class we went to grab some lunch before the start of our next exam... went to the school cafeteria to get this grilled beef bibimbap.

Day 65 Finally done with 3 chapters for tomorrow exam... studies up till late last night again... woke up at 11am today... throat feels dry and painful... got a block nose, went to wash up and cleared my nose and throat... had some cereals for breakfast then went back to studying again.... One of our friends from the other apartment came over to our apartment to do his assignments, we thought that he could finish his assignment in time for lunch but it was pass lunch time and I was too hungry so I decided to cook instant noodle with an egg, one of my friend prepared 2 dumplings for me... after lunch was back to the studying.... for dinner we decided to prepare porridge... I felt bad cause I'm the one not feeling well and I suggested porridge :( will cook better food for them when I recover... we added some cabbage, luncheon meat, some beef into the porridge. It turned out to be a very big pot, but it was tasty...  to top it off, we added some crushed seaweed for more

Day 64 2 exams in a single day.... It was really tiring... was glad that the papers were manageable and doable... first exam consist of MCQs and True False questions. MCQs were pretty okay, I was surprised that professor asked what is the name of the module.... free marks for that... true false were a little tricky though.... For second lesson, professor went through the paper in class.... I was surprised at how he can just g through all the answers in less than 30 minutes... after going through the answers... I was depressed and prepared for the next exam later.... The second exam was open ended questions... Was pleasantly shocked at the limited amount of space given to explain for each questions, tried to get my main point across, I hope that help me in securing part of the score.... Bad part of today, I got a bad flu during the exams, and my nose kept leaking non-stop, throughtout the exam, I stuck the tissue paper into my nosetril to prevent me from using too much ti

Day 63 Spent the whole day at home studying.... lunch was prepared by one of my friend, instant curry noodles, it was a little spicy but still manageable... For dinner, we decided to prepare porridge as I was somehow craving for it. We went to Mangwon market to get the necessary ingredients and some of our essentials like bread and milk... for the porridge we got some carrots, minced beef and also broccoli... I'm not sure if I'm doing this correctly but this is how I prepared it... we stir fry the minced beef then add in the brown rice, fry it together for some time, transfer it to a bigger pot, added more water than usual and let it cooked till almost all the water are absorb into the rice... it did turned out well though... there was enough flavor though I only added salt to it....  After dinner was back to the studying up till 2am plus... I was really tired then.... I did manage to have a good rest up till 430am, woke up at that timing for no reason, lay aro

Day 62 lost part of my voice today.... wasn't feeling well when I woke up.... supposed to go for a run together with my friends at 930am waited until 9 plus and all of them are not up yet, so took my notes out to the living room and did my revision, got a little tired so went to the sofa and dozed off.... when I opened my eyes, friends from Incheon arrived... I was a little shocked so I went back to my room to get my other friend up.... In the end we dragged up till 1030 plus before we left the house... as I couldn't run or so... I can only walk there and use the equipment they provided there...  everything goes well until I looked across the Hangang River and started to thought of my grandma which puts me to tears... I was sad for that moment... thinking of my grandma... After all the workout, we went back to the apartment.... Had bread for lunch because it was almost expiring.... as I wasn't feeling well... I thought of having a simple bread plus cheese

Day 61 We have finally finalize out trip to Busan tonight.... it was really a long process looking for accommodation, finding places of interest (we have not done that yet), booking the train tickets etc... we had to make our way done to the Seoul Station to get our train tickets to Busan in the afternoon tomorrow....  woke up in the morning and went to Citibank to withdraw some cash because there will be a huge amount that I'll be spending for the next few days, such as accommodation, rental... after that went back to the apartment to study... then in the late afternoon, we went out to have lunch first before heading down to Seoul Station.... Lunch was at this restaurant where we can customize to make out own Tteokbokki 떡볶이 , we added the base plus the cream sauce as it was really quite spicy then....       I find it not too bad, there were not that much choices but for just 7900 won, I do think it was worth it... after filling our stomach, we walked to Hongik station

Day 60 Spent the last night doing the cheat sheet for the exam until 4am... I was really very tired after that and went to bed... woke up at about 1030, had some bread for breakfast before I continuing revision for the exam later at 3pm.... we decided to have lunch at about 1240, we cooked simple instant noodle at home with a slice of cheese and an egg... After lunch we pack our things and head to school, hoping that the exam will be easy.... the exam was tricky... right after exam, we have a review session, which means that we get to sit together with our groups and do the exam paper again... Realised that I had quite a lot of wrongs then corrects... and for this professor, he mentioned that for every wrong question we get, there is a deduction of -1/3 of the marks... which makes it very worrying for me.... didn't want this to be another paper that pulls me down... After the class, my friend and I were craving for some black bean noodle, so we decided to head to Hong

Day 59 School didn't go well today... since I'm having one of my mid terms today later in the evening, professor turned his class into a Q&A session for students to ask questions that we have to clarify our doubts... most of the students were asking in Korean so all of us could not understand the question that was asked.... I was seriously quite pissed back then.... After our lesson, my friend and I went to the printing shop to print our cheat sheet for the exam... as all their Microsoft are in Korean, we have to literally use the Goolge translate app to translate the page to print in double sides page for us... we id managed to do it so it was okay.... after that we went to have lunch before continuing with our revision... lunch was this chicken cutlet... didn't had proper breakfast as we run out of bread and cereals at home :(  then we went to do some revision.... didn't pay attention to the class after that as we were all afraid... we left out some p

Day 58 woke up at 10, cook some tasty breakfast, some cheese toast and an egg before I start preparing for my cheat sheet... did my cheat sheet all the way until 12 plus 1 pm before I started cooking my own lunch... Lunch was Black bean paste noodle that I bought together with my friend... but this wasn't instant noodle, it tasted way better than the instant one After lunch continued my cheat sheet and do revision at the same time... it was really tiring... was quite stressed up here and there... At about 7 plus, we prepared our own dinner, as we didn't want to go out to have dinner, we decided to use whatever we have at home to cook a simple meal... some noodles that flew over from Singapore, some sausages, some mushrooms and some luncheon meat and 2 eggs... surprisingly, it tasted better than I though.... we finished it very quickly as we were all very hungry.... after dinner, back to studying again... tiring as it sounds... mood today wasn't