Next interesting event~! The 14th Busan International Travel Fair (BITF) will be held in Bexco on September 2nd to 5th 2011.
Many cities in Korea and about 30 different countries will open representative booth to promote their touristic place and interesting things you can do when you visit them. There will be also some performances shown during the event.
This event would be a nice event for you who like to travel or want to know more about nice touristic places. The entrance fee is 2000 won for adult and 1000 for children, very cheap~!!! If you don't want to pay for the entrance, just print out the invitation from this site http://www.bitf.co.kr ! :")
Wow~ Today also one of historical day for South Korea specially for Daegu citizen because today they open one of world event, 2011 World Championships in Athletics in Daegu city. This event make the list of world event held in Korea more longer (read here).
Many people from all over the world come to Daegu for this one of world's top sporting events as contestant or supporter to cheer the athletes from their country. The event will be held from today, August 27th until September 4th 2011. You can see the schedule, here. I am sure this would be a wonderful event~ :")
*pertanyaan seperti biasa, "Kapan ya Indonesia bisa menyelenggarakan acara seperti ini?"*
Korean goverment invites 100 international students from 62 countries who wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in Korea.
To be selected as a KGSP grantee, any applicant should successfully pass trough the 1st selection process se by the Korean embassies (or Consulates) of his or her origin.
So to apply for the program, please contact the 1st selection organizations to get detailed information on the 1st selection process such as application deadline and required documents, etc.
*Application deadline may differ from one to another; it will be expected to fall in late September or early October 2011.
As for the application guideline, please refer to the attached files.
Waaaa~~ I miss teaching cute Korean students in their school! I knew this program from Mbak Dini, thank you, sist! :") It was a great experience introducing Indonesian culture to the children and I was teaching from 2006 until 2009 (until I don't have time to do that again *sigh*).
Cross-Cultural Awarness Program (CCAP) from UNESCO is a program to introduce the children about different culture, so that the children will aware of globalization era. In Busan, the program is managed by Busan Metropolitan City Office of Education. They invite foreigner as volunteer to give a short class about the culture of their country. I really love to do this. Children are sooooo adorable~! :")
I love to teach elementary school student than junior or high school student! Even it is more difficult to make a joke with them, they more enthusiastic and enjoy the class. Also they always wonder and ask a lot of questions (sometimes silly though). The funniest question I ever had about Indonesia was do we also have comedian in Indonesia! (Korean comedian program was really famous that time) What a cute question!
I love the part when I teach them simple Indonesian language! They pronounced it very well. I also usually have a game of '3-6-9/삼육구' in Indonesian after I taught them numbers in Indonesian. Cosplay part also can be a funniest part, because sometime I ask some students to have like a fashion show with Indonesian traditional clothes (batik) if we have many time left.
After the class, usually some students gave me a small present, such as Korean souvenir or just a pictured drawn by them. But the most amazing present I got from a CCAP class was a 'performance'! Yeah, a performance! They prepared it to show to this foreign teacher. It was Korean traditional music performance in a medium-sized stage with me as the only one audience! I just felt like a princess of the day! :") The show was amazing!
I wish someday I can make this kind of program, inviting international friends to introduce their culture to Indonesian students, so the students will understand culture diversity, proud of their culture and respect other people. :")
If you are foreigner come to Busan, especially to Shinsegae Department -The biggest department store in the world-, don't forget to bring your passport! Because you will get a special gift! Free bag and a lot of vouchers that you can use in the department store.
You can get the vouchers from the information center in the first floor of department store. Just ask for voucher for foreigner and they will ask you to show your passport. Thank you, Ruqaiya, Malaysian friend, for giving me this information. :")
The free bag has Hangeul (korean character) decoration. It is really worth to get as a free bag, hahaha~ You can get the bag if you give the voucher with a receipt of any purchase from the department store.
Beside free bag, you can find a lot of vouchers inside the envelope. There are voucher for food, shopping, ice rink, spa land, cosmetics, and so on. You can see here from the picture.
Get more information about Shinsegae Centum City department store here! :")
