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Early in the morning, we had to check-in to our hotel. Luckily it’s inside the uni, the uni owns the hotel, Vistas Guest House. We rented a suite, it was quite expensive but one of us managed to get a cheaper rate (half the rate if not mistaken) with the help of his homestay host. Phew… At the end, for the rent, we paid KRW30,000+/person for 2 days 1 night, can’t remember the exact price. There were 5 of us, you can imagine how expensive. They were all from the same uni except me. I’m also the only Asian.


We were delighted with the size of the suite and the bathroom! Finally! After 3-week of agony with small bathroom, not getting the chance to enjoy a nice shower, what do you expect. We had the best shower ever! Everything in the suite was great!

Forgot to share the photo of the living room, It’s quite huge! What do you expect? It’s a suite!

The view was great. Just one down side, not Internet included. The uni’s wireless can only be detected outside the suite.

We went for lunch at Lotteria, the McD of Korea. Saw it everywhere but never got the chance. Must have it before going back, else the trip won’t be considered complete.

I ordered the lunch set meal, I think it’s the Giant Double Burger Set,less than KRW6000! So cheap! Since mine had 2 patties, they need to used the cardboard to maintain the shape of the burger. It’s not really that giant though ;p It’s rather small, smalle than Big Mac. Very interesting. The taste wasn’t bad. Compare with McD, hmm… I would go for this.

At night, I went with another roommate to meet up with two of the buddies. We had Korean BBQ. Lovely!

Food was great. The companies were great too! I don’t remember the overall total of the dinner but if I’m not mistaken, I paid about KRW7000-8000. Food here is just great! Big in portion, cheap in price! Of course, I refer to if you are spending AUD or USD ;p

After dinner, we went for coffee. Final night in Busan. Went to this cafe near the uni. Very unique. With Music Box where you can request for songs.
Our coffee, not sure why only 3 hahaha… Should be 4. Anyway, also ordered a basket of snacks.

We wrote a message and pasted it on the window. One day, if I have the chance to go back, I’ll see whether this note will still be there. The notes there actually dated years back! Interesing!

I have no idea what’s the name of the places and the exact locations. It’s all near the uni. What to do? Most things are in Korean, it’s so hard to remember the name of the places and didn’t even bother to find out the names *LOL* Mentally too tired already.

That’s how I spend my final night in Busan.

The last day of our program. The closing ceremony.

Each uni has a representative. It’s not volunteered though ;p It’s chosen and some were reluctant to go up but at the end still went up and made a great speech! So touching, made us all so teary.

There were awards also such as the most popular, the most photogenic, the best PPT presentation, the best video presentation and so on. I did not win anything hehehe…

We got to go up the stage to get our certificate. Nice folder! Don’t even have this for my uni.

Group photo! Missing two people as their flights were early in the morning.

Left: After that, we all went to Mr. Pizza for lunch. The uni arranged it. No more cafetaria food. Then after lunch, many people left to pack to go to the train station. More people leaving. We left and to bid farewell to them at the hostel lobby. It’s was crazy! So many tears involved. Gonna miss. At least they’re from Melbourne, I’ll still have the chance to meet them 😉 Not those from Ireland though. However, if I get the chance to go to UK, one of my plans if I go back to Malaysia for good, then I’ll meet them.

Right: Impromtu dinner. I was supposed to go to the cafetaria for dinner because I didn’t manage to get back in time after accompany a friend to so last minute shopping. Ended up my buddy had to call up the others to check where they are so that I could join them for dinner. By the time I reached there, they’re almost done. Oh well… Ssambap for dinner. It’s quite expensive though.

The final night at the dorm. Many people were busy packing for the flight early in the morning or later in the afternoon. I was busy packing too so that can check out tomorrow morning (Saturday) to the hotel in the uni as my flight was on Sunday. Many were busy saying goodbye to those leaving early in the morning instead I just stayed in the room packing, shower, and sleep. Was so tired, losing steam already. I didn’t get to say goodbye to many but I’ll be meeting them anyway once I’m back in Australia except those from US and Barcelona.

It was such a big day. 3-week program was over in no time. I’m so glad I was given chance to join this program. Happy to be a part of it.

For some, this night would be the final night for them. A dinner cum drinking session was planned but I didn’t join.

Instead I went shopping with another 2 friends of mine as we still hadn’t finish buying things that we had in our list. When we got back, we were no longer in time to join them. We decided to go to other place for dinner. We went back to the place where we bought our fried chicken before. This time we dined in. Very delicious! However, it’s a bit too much for 3 girls even though we’re pretty big eater hehehe…

After that, I managed to do last minute shopping for new set of underwear to reward myself, it’s not cheap in Australia and it’s so hard to find my size here ;p This holiday cum short-term study can be considered a cheap holiday for me because most of the things were sponsored and I spent less than AUD1000 for this whole trip!

Then, we joined the rest at the other lounge, Big Sugar. I love the interior!

No-Smoking policy here, YAY! Fresh air!

Took the opportunity to take photos of/with as many people as possible.

Many would be leaving the next day afternoon. Some actually had to leave early in the morning. For those leaving early in the morning, they did not get to join the closing ceremony and the farewell lunch.

Since it’s a weekday night, the whole lounge practically belonged to us ;p

We did not party till too late because we had to attend the closing ceremony the next day. It would also be the last day of our program. How time flies…