By Angélica Serrano, Digital Design, Universidad de Celaya.
When I chose South Korea for my exchange I never imagined that I would like it so much. From the moment I arrived at the airport, Hallym University made sure that I arrived safely at my dorm for the next 5 months. The Korean women who picked me up were very kind to me, they invited me to dinner before leaving the airport and taught me some basic words to communicate.
The University of Hallym helps us exchange students by putting a companion or "buddy", I was fortunate to live with Suna Park, who was always attentive to what I needed, she warned me of all the events, not only of the school but of Korea in general, and when we went out to tourist places she taught me the history of each place. Now I have a very nice friendship with her.
I got to know many cultures thanks to the activities organized by the university, since from the first week there were events to get to know the facilities and the other exchange students. There were also several activities where we visited historical places, traditional villages and Buddhist temples. In each activity we ate a traditional Korean dish and they explained how it was made, we learned about the language and interesting things like ordering in a restaurant.
I had the opportunity to meet people from all over the world, I had never had the opportunity to live with Muslims, I learned so much about their religion and their country (Malaysia), now I have very good friendships with them.
I am very happy with my experience at the University of Hallym, because not only the university made an effort to make my stay enjoyable, but also the students who are committed to make every experience of my exchange a very nice memory of their country.
In the end I learned not only about Korean culture, but also about every person from different regions that I met, I learned things about other languages and also taught a little bit of Spanish.
I am very grateful to the University of Celaya for this opportunity, since I was able to get to know and learn about other cultures and share a little bit of Mexico.
