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How I got my F-2 (Long Term Residence) VISA in South Korea! Though I was already exposed to other countries and cultures from such a young age, I never thought that someday I would be a resident - a long term resident - as they said it, in a foreign country as I live and work there. Yes, I am an Indonesian citizen and a resident in South Korea. So how did I get in here? 😜 Around four or five years ago while I was just finishing my Bachelor degree in Indonesia, I maintained contact with one of my senior who works in Europe and at that time I did not care much what's the possibility and the advantages or disadvantages for someone to work and live outside his or her own country. I was just thinking "Oh..that sounds cool!" and that's it. Fast forward to early 2018 when I just graduated from my master degree in Teaching Korean as Foreign Language major, I actually did not really know what's next. I can't teach Korean here either anyway... (Duh😏). And the

It's not a dream anymore.

Annyeonghaseyo. It is a bright morning here in September when I am writing this piece. I can't believe that it has been 6 years since the last time I wrote in my blog in 2012. So much has changed since that time. The title of this blog itself is Korean Dream which I made specifically to document my journey to Korea, as it is indeed my dreamland. In 2012 I was still studying in the University of Indonesia, I was studying so much that I didn't have time for other thing. Such as dating. Hahaha. And the previous posts in this blogs was mostly about my experience when I did the summer school program at the Academy of Korean Studies for four weeks here in Korea. That particular program was pretty much hard to get yet I managed to snatched it regardless I was still in my second year of college. I guess my brain was still so clear at that time that I could even graduated Cum Laude with the highest GPA in February 2014. Yeah. It was amazing. Straight after I graduated, I st

Life in Korea. Day 14: Finally!! Namsan Tower!!! yay!!

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Hi hi hi~ Korea is just fabulous for me! especially today hee~ And today's weather was really really nice ^^ This morning was not like the other morning that we start with Korean Language class but we went outside to a Studio and we learnt Taekwondo! HA! So we went to a place called Seoul Seoksa Taekwondo where the athletes and people who love Taekwondo are exercising here everyday. In this place there are not only adult athletes but children who are willing to learn Taekwondo are also welcomed. So we saw lots of kids today, not the usual one, but the really good ones in Taekwondo hahaha. We learnt Taekwondo for 2 hours. I was having so much fun!! ah!! I never knew that Taekwondo is this cool. Hee~ before, I was always hesitated to learn this sport even though it's from Korea. It's Korean thing. But I don't know, maybe I don't like to be seen "manly" or "sporty", I like to dress nicely and doing girls' thing like cooking, dan