What I am up to These Days I came back to Korea earlier this year from the longest trip of my life to Southeast Asia. Since then, I have been studying and meeting my friends in Korea. As I had been away from South Korea for the past two years for studying and working abroad I was quite busy with catching up with my close friends. However, as the spring semester began in March I needed to adapt myself to a Korean life style which is quite stressful. My routine is going to classes from here and there and having meals in between classes. As I am having 8 courses in total in this semester which is abnormally a lot compared to other people, it is stressing me out. Other than that I just take a rest in my school dormitory. It is quite challenging for me to live like I did before as life was so much different when I was in Germany and Turkey. However, I need to carry on my studies here in Korea to get my bachelor's degree. So, I should be patient and keep studying hard.

What do you guys do when feeling depressed? Hi guys, I am hyunwook from Korea. I just want to know what you guys do when feeling depressed. These days I don't know why, but for some reason I feel very down. I guess it is because the weather is changing here in Korea? It kind of makes me ill. In addition, as mid-term period is coming I feel quite stressed haha. How do you guys get rid of stress!?

Setting A Goal These days I feel like I am pretty lost since I don't have a specific goal my life. In fact, I do have a goal which is a long term goal. I am going to study in Germany from this September and wanting to carry on my studies there as well afterwards. I had been working on really hard to get the opportunity. But the thing is once I got it, I kind of don't know what to do next. I just started to learn German and it isn't easy at all for sure. It is very challenging and giving me some sort of pressure. In addition, this is a silly reason, but as the weather is changing here in Korea my body seems confused and tired. I sneeze quite often and not feeling very well In conclusion, I am kind of feeling down! What should I do?

Studying For An English Examination I am studying TOEIC these days to apply for a study abroad program in this fall. Actually I have already been to Istanbul via the same program in 2014. Since I already took advantage of it, it isn't going to be easy for me to get the opportunity again unless no one wants to go to some countries. It seems like I have two options for now. Hungary and Czech Republic are generally not popular between students of my university which means I can get the chance if there will be a open position for me. I am going to take the exam this Sunday, so I have only two days left to prepare for it. I hope I will get the score I need

Friendly Malaysian People I Met In My Trips I traveled to Malaysia for 3 weeks. Before I traveled to it, I had worried a little because many friends of mine told me that it is a little boring. However, when I made it to Malaysia I realized that I didn't need to worry about anything. I was very impressed by how good English they speak. As the country is very multicultural, they talk to each other in English very often between Indian, Chinese and Malaysian. I think it is the best country in Asia other than Singapore when it comes to English speaking level. In addition, people were generally friendly. They helped me a lot. Whenever I asked for direction or whatever, they were very willing to help me in a friendly way. I met some local people through Couchsurfing and those people drove me to many places to show me amazing things. I just came back from this trip yesterday and already started to miss the country and the warm weather!

What I did yesterday and weather change I came back to Seoul, Korea from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia by flight. I had traveled for almost two years in total before coming back to Korea. I studied in Istanbul, Turkey as an exchange in 2014 and worked in Frankfurt, Germany for 7 months in 2015. I also did backpacking for 4 months later 2015 and 2016. As I was traveling in Southeast Asia, I didn't have any winter clothes. What I had was a few t-shirts and short pants. So, My mother and father came to the airport to pick me up. It was very weird to me that the weather drastically changes. I knew it of course but feeling it was a little different from knowing it. Now I am back in my home and relaxing and trying to adapt myself to this cold weather. I am back to normal life, but I don't think it is going to be normal since I was away from my home country for so long, I would love to make everything special around me.

I came back to Korea from my big trips to Southeast Asia I made it back to Korea from my big trips a few hours ago. I have traveled for almost 4 months so far. It has been really great. I have met so many great people who helped me so much with everything. I am more than grateful for what I have been given from my friends. I am having some sort of mixed feeling at the moment. I am happy that I am back in Korea which is my home country. I can be with my family, friends and enjoy Korean cuisine. On the other hand, I am quite sad that my trips have been over. Traveling has taught me a lot of lessons that I wouldn't have learned if I just stayed in my comfort zone. I don't know when I will be able to make another big trip, but I have this feeling that it won't be so late.

My trip to Malaysia I traveled to Malaysia from the 6th to the 27th of January. Actually, I didn't expect a lot from the country since many people had told me that it doesn't have many things to offer. However, I totally disagree with that now since I know what it can offer to the travelers. Kuala Lumpur which is the capital city of Malaysia was definitely a modern city with beautiful architecture and tasty foods. Petronas tower which is landmark of the city was pretty impressive to me. It was very gigantic and stunning when it was lit with lights. Other cities were also very beautiful, for example Penang, Melaka. George town, Penang which is a Unesco World Heritage site had so many things to offer. Lots of great foods and street art. No need to mention about the beautiful National Park where I hiked for 4 hours on my own. It was great that it had mountains, jungles and beaches in the same place. Melaka was pretty as well with it's history and colonial architecture. I especially liked the relaxing atmosphere of the city. I really enjoyed my trips to Malaysia and highly recommend you guys to visit it!

Heading to Northern Laos I am leaving to Northern Laos today. I am waiting for my bus to come over to my hostel to pick me up. I paid 70000kip which is about 8 us dollors. I heard that it is going to take around three hours and a half to get there. I actually do not know where to stay there. I am going to ask someone who is going to take the same bus with me where to stay. I hope it will be great