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Category: Ho Yean in Paris

‘Studying’ abroad here – what’s so different?

January 30, 2017 Leave a comment

The first day of the class The entrance to the school building was packed with people where three guards were checking ID cards and bags of each student. Entering the lecture room, I was struck by its gigantic size. Rows of seats were filled with students, about a hundred and more at the lowest estimate. Presently, the door opened again

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Constructing my own safe space

November 21, 2016 Leave a comment

(Places I visited before the episode in this post happened. Paris really is a beautiful and enlightening city to live. All my thoughts and experiences below are very personal, and can be different from what most other people have felt here.)                  Ni hao? Korean? Annyounghaseyo? Yeppuyo! said the guy standing behind the

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First encounter with the city

September 18, 2016 Leave a comment

First Impression Despite its fame as the number one tourist spot in the world, Paris has a much relaxed vibe than I expected. I was born and raised in one of the busiest cities in the world, in which everything has to be automatic, fast, and user-friendly. I had an expectation that most other big cities would be similar, which

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