[Part 1] 192. 1박2일 경주 Gyeongju MT

This morning, we only had class for an hour before spending the next 2 hours watching 늑대소년 Werewolf Boy. We thought that we would cry a lot from watching the movie so before watching it, one of my classmates rushed to the toilet to get toilet paper for us all. But we didn’t cry that much…7번 방의 선물 was more touching! Nevertheless, I like the movie for its unique storyline.

We were released from class early so that we could do some last minute packing before setting off for Gyeongju.

Lunch with Hung

양 선생님 found Strepsils for me from a pharmacy near her place! So touched when she gave the box to me ㅠㅠㅠㅠ She went to the pharmacy with me in Sasang yesterday but it didn’t have the lozenges I wanted. 

Strepsils and antibiotics from Baby from Indonesia. I was so touched too! 

At 2pm, we set off for Gyeongju and the very nice ajusshi who gave EH and I a lift back to school from Emart in January was our bus driver! So happy to see him again^^

We reached Gyeongju pretty fast…in about an hour or so?
We’re staying at Hanwha Resort which is beside Kensington Resort and all of us are on the 5th floor. My class’s room is all the way at the end. For our previous MT to Yongin last year, us girls slept in one pension while the guys slept in the one next door. This time round, each class has been assigned a room each. And each room comes with a kitchen area, living area, bathroom and 2 smaller rooms.

The room I shared with 5 of my classmates

View of Bomun Lake

Unloading our ingredients for our cooking session

E반 girls in accordance of height

With the guys and our  3 teachers

After we were done with unpacking, we set off for Bomun Lake on foot. Somehow, we ended up walking on the road lol. It’s a REAL PITY that most of the flowers have yet to bloom. If we were to come next week instead, the place will be even prettier :( I have to come back to Gyeongju again next spring.

This whole stretch of road will be really pretty when the flowers are in full bloom! 

Hand in hand with my roommate^^

Most of us rented bicycles (for 5,000원) to cycle for about an hour or so. Jenna and I stopped by Starbucks on our way back for a drink :P

They were told that a bicycle isn’t a vehicle and that they should be careful of oncoming vehicles LOL

Taken with a mobile lens for my S3

Most of us were pretty tired from walking to the lake and cycling so instead of walking back to Hanwha Resort, we decided to take a cab since there were so many of us and it’s cheaper to take a cab than a bus. While we were waiting for a cab (there was none in sight), suddenly a car stopped in front of us and lo and behold…it was Mr Yun, our scholarship program coordinator!!! The appearance of a knight lol.  "Ladies first" so 5 of us squeezed into his car and he sent us back :)  

Back in our rooms, we began the big cooking session and went to other classes’ rooms to do some food-tasting every now and then. Since I was in Team A which did the cooking yesterday at 이 선생님’s place, we rested and ate snacks while Team B did the cooking. We were supposed to be done with the cooking by 8pm but the food was only ready at around 9pm. Most of us were famished by then. We ate while watching That Winter, The Wind Blows and I had 2 ice creams (1 at 11pm+) and ended up having indigestion -.- 

Since it was such a rare opportunity that we came for an MT together, my class girls and I talked about everything under the sun all the way until 3am when I almost KOed and we decided it was time to sleep because we have to get up for the buffet breakfast tomorrow morning at 7am. Love my class girls. They are like my family here! 

Kawita’s tom yum soup

송 선생님’s dish

Jenna gave me her 김치 stew :) So touched! 

So that’s it for Day 1 of our MT which isn’t quite your typical Korean MT (membership training during which members are trained to drink-unofficially). The Koreans in the resort had their real MT; they drank, talked loudly and played games throughout the night, without stopping!