The year 2017 has been amazing for me, but to the world it has not been that good. America got an annoying orange thing as their president, there were multiple shootings, tornados, bombings, hurricanes and so many more other awful things that have changed people's lives forever. Let's hope 2018 will be better for our beautiful earth and it's inhabitants. But before I...

After leaving beautiful Korea behind, I met with my friend in Germany. Specifically in Berlin. This had been our plan since the summer, so that we got to see Berlin even during the winter time. I arrived to Schönefeld airport in the evening, after 15 hours of traveling. Both of my flights were slightly delayed due to the weather conditions (it started to...

What is it like to be an exchange student in Korea? Well, like you could probably see from the title, I am here to tell you what it is like and a few tips to make your exchange semester/year in Korea easier! People stare, a lot. For me this took a long time to get used to. People stare. They actually stare a...

I'm back in Finland. What the heck. Everything feels still really unreal, I can't believe the adventure is already over. It felt just like a yesterday when I flew from Finland all the way to the other side of the world, to South Korea all by myself. Even though I hate to admit this, time really does fly. My exchange semester has been...

When I was younger I wanted to be a vet, before that I wanted to be an actress and after that I was doing research on how to become a librarian. And just like when I was younger, I still haven't figured out what I want to be when I grow up. Even though I technically should already be a grown up. Right...

It's only starting to hit me that in two weeks I'm no longer in Korea. I honestly have no idea what to do when I go back to Finland. How do things even work in Finland? Do I bow when I go to the store? Do I even greet the worker at the shop? How do I go to school? How does finnish...

Today our school organized our 4th, and last, CAU Korea Exploration Program (or shortly CKEP). We left early in the morning towards Paju, which is located at Gyeonggi province. Our first destination was Camp Greaves, former US base know as a filming spot of the korean drama Descendants of the Sun. Descendants of the Sun is one of my favorite dramas, so it...

Sometimes because of homesickness and feelings of loneliness I forget how lucky I am to be in Seoul. The other day I had the worst case of homesickness in my whole time here. All of my friends were either busy or I just didn't feel like bothering them, so I was just in my room. Bored, homesick and feeling kind of lonely. So...

  Last week me and two of my friends headed to Nami Island (or 남이섬 종합휴양지) early on a sunday morning. It took us about 1 and half an hour to arrive to the Gapyeong Station from Heukseok station and from Gapyeong we took a taxi. Nami Island is a half-moon shaped island 63 kilometres away from Seoul, in the direction of Chuncheon....

Finally got around writing the part two from my small trip to Shanghai. The first part you can find here.  On the third day of being in Shanghai, I got to sleep quite long. And that made me so much more happier.  Because we didn't have that much planned we just decided to go shopping. My goal was to find a backbag and...

Oopsiedaisie, almost a month went by without a single new post. Well, let's just say that life has been kinda busy. But yeah, let's get into the post now without further ado. I went to Shanghai last Thursday for 5 days to see my friend, who is there as an exchange student for a semester, and came back this Monday. It was really...

Alcohol. People love to hate it or either love to drink it. It is a social lubricant for people like me, a bit shy and kind of not good at talking. Here in Korea people work really hard, which means that they also have to party hard. Right? Well, not really. But I've noticed a lot of people like to let their steams...

I don't know if anyone noticed but I put my blog private for a few days, because I wanted to make some changes without people getting annoyed with me :'D. So what are those changes then Anni? First of all, I archived some of my older posts because I just feel really cringey whenever I see them in my blog and I feel...

What is it like to study at my korean university? What university do I even go to? Those are the things people might be wondering about. That's why I'm writing this post. So, I study Business administration in Seoul at Chung Ang University (충앙대학교). I'm going to be here for one semester so until 18th of December. So far it has been really...

Me and two of my friends have started a habit of going to a new cafe every Wednesday. Last wednesday we went to a sheep cafe called Thanks Nature Cafe in Hongdae and this week we ended up going to a cat cafe. And because I love cats more than life itself I, of course, had to write a post about it. The...

Last friday our school organized us a trip to see Doosan Bears vs. SK Wyverns game at Jamsil Baseball Stadium as part of our CKEP (Cultural Korean Exploration Program). The trip was completely free and the competition to get there was quite intense. I myself signed up for it as one of the first people and thankfully I got a spot. I don't...

Homesickness.  It might just suddenly suprise you in middle of the day. Even if you are out having fun, homesickness can just suddenly appear and ruin your whole day. I miss Germany. I miss my friends in Finland. I miss the summer nights in Berlin. There are so many things that I miss. Sometimes I feel really lonely here. I have gotten new...

Lupailin aiemmin, että avaisin vähän paremmin viisumirumbaa. Itselläni varsinkin viisumin hakemisen alkutaipaleessa tuntui olevan paljon ongelmia, sillä Etelä-Korean lähetystön sivuilta ei löytänyt kauheasti mitään uusinta tietoa. Onneksi he olivat kuitenkin merkinneet sähköpostinsa sivuilleen, joten otin heihin yhteyttä sen kautta useammankin kerran. Hain siis itse tosiaan D-2 opiskelijaviisumia, eli en tiedä kuinka samanlainen se on muihin viisumihakemuksiin verrattuna.  Tarvitsin yllättävän paljon kaiken maailman dokumentteja...

Today marks my 5th day here! School started on monday and so far it's been really easy. But easiness might be because it's "shopping week" which means that this week people can drop and add their courses. I dropped one of my courses already because it ended up being too hard for me. I'm studying Business Administration here, even though in Finland I...

Kun itse valmistauduin Chung Ang Universityyn hakemiseen en jostain syystä löytänyt yhtään mistään tietoa asiasta. Englanniksi löytyi erittäin vähän ja suomeksikin löytyi pari jotain vanhaa blogia. Joten ajattelin, että mikäli joku joskus haluaa sinne opiskelemaan niin kirjoitan step-by-step mitä itse tein ja miten kaikki miulla sujui. Varoitan jo etukäteen, että tästä tulee tavallista pidempi postaus. Tämä kaikkihan siis tosiaan alkoi helmikuussa 2017, jolloin...

Germany and Berlin are now behind. I came to Finland for a 5 days to suprise my little siblings and to show people that I'm still okay. It feels so funny, for some reason, to be here because everything is just like when I left even though I'm not the same Anni that left for Germany in May. I know, sounds so cliche...

I've finally bought my flight ticket from Helsinki to Seoul and from Berlin to Helsinki. So scary. My work here ends already on the 14th and then I have 10 days to rest and panic about Korea. On the 24th I will be flying from Helsinki to Seoul and on the 25th I'm in Korea at 8am and my airport pick-up towards the...

Oon taas lähiaikoina ruvennut haaveilemaan uusista matkakohteista, joihin haluaisin seuraavaks matkustaa. Nykyinen matka ei ole vielä edes puolessavälissä ja jo olen miettimässä uusia matkakohteita. Pitäisi elää hetkessä, mutta välillä se vaan on niin vaikeaa. Vaihtoehtoja on ihan järjetön määrä ja valintojen tekeminen on vaikeaa. Ihan vaan ajankuluksi ajattelin sitten kirjoitella ylös paikkoja, joihin tällä hetkellä suunnittelen tulevaisuudessa meneväni. Tää sai osittain inspiraation siitä,...

Noin viikko sitten tajusin, että miun aika täällä alkaa käymään vähiin. Pian oon taas lentokoneessa matkalla uuteen ja tuntemattomaan. Totta puhuen minnuu pelottaa. Oon alkanu kiintymään Berliiniin, näihin ihmisiin (varsinkin työkavereihin) ja tähän kulttuuriin. Alunperin totta puhuen en edes tullut tänne tutustumaan ihmisiin vaan suorittamaan työharjottelun, mutta jossain tuossa matkan varrella oon päässyt kiintymään. Ehkä se johtuu siitä, että miusta pidetään täällä huolta...

Nyt on virallisesti tultu kuukausi oleskeltua Saksassa. Huhuh että meni nopeasti! Tuntuu ettei kuukauden aikana ole tapahtunut läheskään mitään ihmeellisempää, mutta kun paremmin miettii niin onhan tässä paljonkin tapahtunut. On tullut nähtyä paljon nähtävyyksiä, on tullut työskenneltyä ihan jumalattomasti ja on tullut nähtyä Saksan kesän monet eri puolet. Koti-ikävä ei ole vielä sen pahemmin iskenyt mitä nyt välillä vaan tulee ajateltua miten mukava...

Heipä hei taas pitkästä aikaa :'D. Töissä on pitänyt aikalailla kiirettä ja aamuvuorojen jälkeen energiaa ei riitä suurinpiirtein mihinkään, joten en ole kauheasti muuta jaksanut tehdä kuin katsoa Netflixiä :D. Mutta mitäs tässä 10 päivän aikana nyt onkaan tapahtunut... Yhtenä päivänä kävin ainakin turisteilemassa DDR-museossa sekä Berlin TV Towerissa. Hieman oli siellä muuten erilaiset maisemat kuin Puijossa. Samalla satuttiin myös hieman extemporena lähtemään...