12 December 2017 10:14 AM" DON'T DROP THAT GPA " Silver Bells | Yesterday marked my last presentation of the semester and I haven't started my studies for finals week yet. Well it is now the perfect time to start. But rather so, here I am writing my feelings away instead. It's nice sitting in cafes as it lets me know that I am not the only one in this predicament. How I know that I am not the only one suffering: First, there is an unusual taste for coffee and/or sugar amongst every uni student. Secondly, everyone is awake at ungodly hours. Just to visualize, cafes are filled at 3:47 AM and some, well most uni students sleep ever so conformably in these cafes and seize to move out of their area of proclaimant. Thirdly, the odd increase of consistent note takers/studiers who rise to the occasion during the week before finals. All and all, we (Korea University students) can all relate to the general societal breakdowns and communicate through incoherent groans as we approach our impending doom, finals. Okay, I am exaggerating just a bit but my first final is tomorrow but I am pretty confident! So what happened this week? I took a break from studying and went to Tongin Market (통인시장) a public food market. What is unique about Tongin Market is that visitors can opt in to pay 5,000 won ($4.50) to try a lunchbox cafe. So this is how it works: You are given a lunch plate (similar to the ones we'd get in grade school) and a string of 10 coins to pay the vendors. The coins are worth 500 won and most dishes range in prices of 500 won (one coin) to 1000 won (two coins) per dish. You would slowly fill up your plate and go to a designated eating area where you can also purchase miso soup and rice for 1,000 won. This is the perfect place for those who are adventurous and would like to try various Korean dishes! Contrary, I absolutely am in love with how cafes in Seoul are playing Christmas songs. It makes me even more excited to come home this time of year. Soon it will be Christmas day. But first, finals. .
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AuthorCindy is an epicurist, a food photographer, and a self-proclaimed creative writer. When Cindy isn't studying at Korea University Business School (2017), she can be found in cafes, asking random seoulites for directions, or singing at noraebangs (korean karaoke). Archives
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