Korea University International Summer Campus Weekend Activitites

What I enjoyed about the summer program were all weekly activities they planned for the students. As classes, only last from Monday through Thursday, on Fridays the school offers different excursion and activities in which students can participate. Since the program is a total of six weeks, there were six activities, unfortunately, I was only there for four weeks and I was only able to attend two. 

            For our first weekend, the school offered all student free admission to Lotte World. It is known to be one of the biggest indoor theme parks with an outdoor amusement park. Inside had many calm rides such the merry-go-round, automated hot air balloon rides, and even a haunted house trail. The outside amusement park is where one can find the more daring and adventures ride such as different rollercoaster rides, drop tower, swing trees and many more. There were many rides and activities to choose from that everyone stayed at the park all day. Outside the Lotte World, Is actually a bigger department store and Hotel. The park itself leads to shopping areas and even an ice rink.

            The second event that I got to go two was in the third week, which included a trip to a VR gaming world and a tour of SM Town, one of the biggest entertainment industry in Korea. VR theme park is located on the 10^th floor of the Lotte Department Store, located near Konkuk University, Seoul and has over 60 attractions and ride. There are VR gaming areas, one with archery, car racing and various rooms dedicated to shooting VR. There are also different rides experiences, like a bungee jump experience, a boat ride through a forest, a roller coaster experience, and my favorite was a jet pack experience. The only downside of this VR game is the limited spacing. It is only one floor and out school brought in over 500 students, and the lines got really long.

            After the VR places we headed to Gangnam Area to see SM Town, we got to experience a holographic show. School OZ, was a musical holographic show, which consisted of various famous Korean artist in the company. The holographic show is basically a four dimension experience, this gave the effect of making it seem like real live artists were actually on stage, when they really weren’t. After the hour and a half musical, we also got the chance to tour around SM Town museum. This area consisted of the history of the company and the evolution of the different KPOP groups they produce. Each group also had its own corner and room that dedicated their different concepts in which they performed. There were many videos and props and customs that were used by the groups in music videos and performances. The Kpop fan I am, I geeked out and enjoyed every wall I saw.

            I’ve posted about the different actives, they had planned throughout the program. There was the Kpop flash mob, where Korea University flooded the central area of the campus and learned a Kpop dance.  On my last week there, they offered two different choices, one was a cooking lesson, where students got to learn how to make traditional Korean pancakes. They also offered a Nanta show, which is nonverbal theatrical comedy show. The school ended with the Taekwondo lesson classes. My friends posted pictures of them in their GI’s and they even said they got a certificate for participating.

            Having these weekly activities were really fun for many students and a great way for international students and actual Korea University to interact with each other. This also allowed us to see different places in Seoul, we would not have gone too and getting us to go out and explore the city, and to even learning a little about the Korean culture.