After a while, we finally arrived at KT Human Resources Development Center. One striking feature of the place was that it looked so much like a college, a campus, a training center, or like any other huge looking educational facilities. But, they did not entice me more than the flyover flying over the venue!
Yes, there was literally a highway dissecting the venue right in the middle of the area.
It is so visibly long that we had to go underneath it whenever we went to the auditorium or the cafetaria from our dormitory--which lied about 1 km away by walk. It was indeed an exercise in itself.
As soon as we got off the bus, we were ushered into the dormitory where most of the participants already came and have their names registered which in turn they would receive a T-shirt and a bag of orientation book, ballpoint, a calendar, and a signature towel.
Since we were like late in registering, we did not have enough time to receive the whole package, instead we just had our name tag ready in order to participate in the opening ceremony that would start in 5 minutes; the thing was that...it took us 10 minutes from the dorm to the auditorium.
When we arrived there, a video elaborating about Korea and its related information was being displayed.
No sooner than we arrived, the opening ceremony was begun by introduction of the whole 2-day session and the introduction of each GKS scholarship staff.
After a short and heartwarming welcoming speech from Mr. Chung Nam Jo ( the chair ), we had a chance to see the dazzlingly performed Korean percussion and other traditional Korean musical instruments. More important than that was the fact that the performers were all elementary school students!
It was a great time to be able to chance and see it for myself.
Yes, there was literally a highway dissecting the venue right in the middle of the area.
It is so visibly long that we had to go underneath it whenever we went to the auditorium or the cafetaria from our dormitory--which lied about 1 km away by walk. It was indeed an exercise in itself.
As soon as we got off the bus, we were ushered into the dormitory where most of the participants already came and have their names registered which in turn they would receive a T-shirt and a bag of orientation book, ballpoint, a calendar, and a signature towel.
Since we were like late in registering, we did not have enough time to receive the whole package, instead we just had our name tag ready in order to participate in the opening ceremony that would start in 5 minutes; the thing was that...it took us 10 minutes from the dorm to the auditorium.
When we arrived there, a video elaborating about Korea and its related information was being displayed.
No sooner than we arrived, the opening ceremony was begun by introduction of the whole 2-day session and the introduction of each GKS scholarship staff.
After a short and heartwarming welcoming speech from Mr. Chung Nam Jo ( the chair ), we had a chance to see the dazzlingly performed Korean percussion and other traditional Korean musical instruments. More important than that was the fact that the performers were all elementary school students!
It was a great time to be able to chance and see it for myself.
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