1st day Internshp in Korea, KINS

KINS, Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety

Period 2 months.

7:15 am we all Daejeon Interns depart from Dormitory.




and it was a rainy morning... have to bring umbrella.
then me and others ( Clyde and Pap ) went to subway station to government complex and take another bus to KINS. We arrived there 815am, wow we were so early, so, we call Ms choi(international officer) to ask what to do now.. but she said we not supposed to be such early. Then we went to KAIST ( beside KINS only) and have a tour there. poor us start our internship with visiting KAIST 1st rather than KINS. hehe




later around 10am we guide by Professor Park Assistant to his office. She can speak chinese well!! very well!!



we saw Professor Park with new hair style!! HOHO..



then i been took by a Korean to my division thats called "Emergency Preparedness & Environment division"..



And thats the building i will be always inside there for my internship.



And all of them are the professors in my division.. that all really friendly and helpful!! Some of them we met them in JeJu island before in the Mobile security Bus.



Then i been ask to take lunch with them.. we ate LengMyon.. quite ok,, it was the Baseball Restaurant near KINS.. really special.. hehe





then thats my office seat.. really nice.. but still empty.. hehe



I be assign to do research on "Robot nuclear/ radiation safety" and learn C sharp to develop their system too.. seem like i gonna enjoy more and more.
Then back to Daejeon University.. what a day..
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Korean Food!!

This is the essay that I wrote for Daejeon University news paper club and they have published it in the Daejeon University news paper. I was lucky to be asked by a Korean girl to write it. Anyway, here is the essay. Feel free to leave some comments. ; )

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Hi all, I am Tan Yih Liang and my nick name is LeX. This is my first time in Korea as well as my first time tasting various kinds of Korean food. Well, I will tell you all what I feel about Korean food in this article. I will share with you my thoughts on KImchi, Samgyeopsal BBQ, Dteokbokki, and Samgyetang.

Actually, I already knew kimchi back in my home country, Malaysia and it’s the representative fermented dish of Korea. Even though I knew it, I never tried it before. The first time I tried it was during my 1^st day in Korea and it was on the way to Daejeon University. Our bus stopped by at a food court and all of us (Asean Student exchange) had dinner. During that time I was very excited to try it out, but when the KimChi touched my lips, I realized that it was cold!! And then I tasted it. It was spicy and sour. Honestly, I did not like it at all and the main reason is, it was cold!! In my country I never ate any cold dish for meal that’s why I disliked it so much. But after a month in Korea, I started to like it because the cafeteria serves Kimchi every meal and never misses it once!! No choice!! Have to taste it. Now I almost got used to it!! Anway just want to say “chalmogosimnida” to all the cafereria officers. 

As for Samgyeopsal BBQ, I tasted it during my 1^st time to walk around Daejeon City. I was surprised that the restaurant served us with raw slices of pork belly meat that we grilled all by ourselves alongside with some side dishes. It was very interesting!! There were few side dishes included, sweet Corn, lettuce leaf, KIMCHI, onion with soya bean paste, salad and so on. The meat tasted great and I loved it very much!! But actually there is a proper way to taste Samgyeopsal, usually the meat is placed inside a lettuce leaf with some cooked rice, a paste made out of chili and soybean and sometimes served with large green chilies and slices of garlic, as well as a spring onion salad. Wrap it all up and place into mouth!! And WOW!! It tastes ultra best!! All this is typically accompanied with soju. Anyway, even though we have finished all the meat, some part of my stomach obviously weren’t satisfied yet!! And we plan go to eat it again next week!! OH NO, now I suddenly feel so hungry! After finishing this article I’m going to eat Samgyeopsal!! 

Next, Dteokbokki is the Korean snack that can be easily found around the street. This consists of broiled sliced rice cake, meat, eggs, and seasoning. This Dteokbokki is served with red & orange color sauce. Actually the 1^st time I tasted it in Korea was when I was with my friends on the way to Hana Bank and we suddenly saw several stalls with red cover. Those stalls really attracted us and we went to check it out. The shape of the rice cake looked quite weird for us. But after tasting it with the egg, fish meat and the red & orange color sauce, it tasted really good and we all loved it. Since then, almost every time we go out, we do not miss to eat Dteokbokki. It seems like it became a necessity for all of us to eat when we go out.

Lastly, Samgyetang!! When I think about it, 1^st thing that appears on my mind is an expensive Korean Ginseng. Actually, Samgyetang is a Korean soup with whole young chicken, glutinous rice and Korean Ginseng. The soup smelled like ginseng and it came with a whole chicken. The meat of the chicken is very soft and very comfortable to chew and usually after a bite of the chicken, drink some soup and eat a spoon or two of glutinous rice and ginseng. It tasted like when I’m in love with somebody, really romantic!! During that time, I went with three other girls. Luckily, they all did not manage to finish their chicken since it was a whole chicken. You know how girls are and so they gave it to me and I felt even more romantic and happier!! ARRRRR!! I thanked them very much!! 

I’m almost 1 and a half month in Korea, now. I feel like all the Korean dishes that I tasted before were really interesting and tasty. I cannot wait to taste more!! Oh!! My stomach keeps knocking!! I need to go and have some dinner with all those meals that I have mentioned above!! Anyway thanks for reading!! See you soon!! 

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1st day in Korea!!

The Blogsherpa Travel Carnival: The First-Time Travels

Hi all!! at last I manage to post the 1st day that I step on the Korea ground!!
It was really amazing, that time i really still cant believed that i in korea!! it was like a dream!!
After went out from the plane, me and others candidates went to take subway to the main arrival exit.
Ya, this is the arrival exit!! 3 language displayed and it is displayed on LCD plasma screen.

Here is the place to take our luggages!! what a huge place.. we almost lost!! hehe!!

Yup!! here are the candidates from Malaysia!! from left, Jacklyn, Alex, Ni Nyoman and LeX (me). Hehe we look great!!
And here are 20 candidates from Asean, included Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. They all look gorgeous !!

Then, we take bus to Daejeon University!! but the driver seat is on the left hand side of the Bus!! Interesting!!

In the bus, the 1 that i holded on my hand is the safety belt. The belt can be expand but in Malaysia dun have safety belt in the bus and if got usually the expandtion of the belt made near the seat but Korea, they made it on the head of the Belt!! hehe !! interesting!!

This was the 1st restaurant that we went for our lunch.

The 1st ever meal in Korea!! a small bowl of stiky rice, big bowl of beef soup, and 2 different kinds of KimChi!! quite nice!!
What is that? that is a a cup that made from recyclable papar.

and it can be open, they usually use this "cup" to drink plain water. Korea really toward to the environmental friendly world!! Another thing that i also know that, they even seperate all the rubbish to the differents dustbin as well as the leave over foods into special dustbin. HOHO!! really amazing!!

do you all see the Plasma TV? it is on the bus and it was live Baseball match!! Korean can watch Live sports with Plasma TV on bus!! The Bus even drove in 100Kmph and the match shown smoothly without lag!! My God!! Fanstatic !!

Wa! thats me!! the right hand side of the picture is my dormitary. Luxury Dormitary!!

Main entrance of the dormitary!!

Others dormitary.

Another dormitary.

The Cafeteria!
My 1st meal ever in Daejeon University with sticky rice, a bit of kimchi, Seaweed, Eags and a bowl of soup!!

This is the place that we have a drink after taken our meal. After the dinner, we take a walk around our dormitary.

We went to 7eleven shop, usually we buy thing from there although it quite expensive compare to downtown store.

We went to playground, and the playground with some special exercise equipments!!

we saw empty field.

and Baseball playing center. The baseball came out from the machine and we use the baseball stick to hit the ball!! Korean love to play there!!
inside view of the center. there are 3 machine . see it?

and the last place we went was the "ManTou" shop or "Bao" shop. Korean Bao look like that. and it is quite different as well.

Well thats all, the 1st day in Korea. quite interesting, right?
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Thanks!! ; ) ; )

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My Comfortable Room in Korea, Daejeon University.

Hi! guys!
sorry for the such a late post. It is busy than I expected.
This can be consider my 1st day in Korea but this all about the room only.
The experienced of 1st day will be the next post, hopefully.

Here are the picture of my Korea Room!! what a wonderful room that i gonna stay for 9 months!!This is the door entrance of my room.

Inside there are two room,a wash room (leftest door)and small kitchen. my room is the room with door open.

Kitchen with a micro oven, Refrigerator and cupboard. There is a Window in rectangular shape ( a special window) !!
Wash room.

Actually it is quite a luxury wash room for me!! WOW!!

The room is fantastic!! i have my own room, with a high standard office chair ,fair desk size, some snacks & drinks for us on the table!! see it?very huge cupboard!! 3 Column!! wow!comfortable Bed with tight Blanket !!

Have quite a good view as well.. haha.
Air conditional too!!
The left side switch is light switch, the middle 1 is heater switch-we can adjust any temperature we want-the heater is all around the floor of the room- and the floor is made from wood and the right side is the air conditional switch. SO HIGH TECH!! In Malaysia we call it Hostel ( the place we live in campus) but in Korea they call it dormitory. The dormitory that i live is the brown colour building.

Thanks you for you reading. please stay tune for up coming post.
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