Saturday, 28 June 2014

Grading System in South Korea

A+ 4.3
A0 4.0
A- 3.7
B+ 3.3
B0 3.0
B- 2.7
C+ 2.3
C0 2.0
C- 1.7
D+ 1.3
D0 1.0
D- 0.7 (lowest passing grade)
F 0.0 (No Credit)
S Satisfactory (credit is awarded, but no grade is given)
U Unsatisfactory (credit is not awarded, and no grade is given)

The grading system can be categorized into 5, which are A, B, C, D, F

The number of students in each categories need to be balanced.
Which means if there are 5 students who score A, then another 5 students have to get F.
 
The marking scheme is included (final test, mid-term test, coursework, attitude).
if all the students score very well in their test & assignment, attitude mark become significantly important to determine which grade they are.

However, if all the students perform very well in their test and attitude, lecturer can request to let all the student get A*

Monday, 2 June 2014

May 2014 Update

20140505     월요일       

Today is Children Day, also known as National Holiday.
I went to Sangsoo’s HerbLand (상수허브랜드) with my friends.
Taking 405 bus from my university bus stop, took around 1 hours to reach the destination.
Perhaps due to Children Day, whole of the land covered by the children’s songs.
The entrance fee was 5,000 ₩ per person.
Sangsoo Herbland is a horticulturalists sanctuary.

The land consists of nearly 10,000m2 of greenhouses, over 16 acres of open fields, and more than 500 species of herbs are grown! 





20140516     금요일

Time to step on the next journey, Busan (부산).
But this time, I was going with Seoul National University (서울대학교) gang, Anne, Sherene, & Vielka.
I took this opportunity to skip my English Conversation class. (Damn schedule, it was the only class that ruined my holidays…)
I took the earlier bus 8am in the morning which was the cheapest price (17,400₩).
Notice that the price range between each time was varied.
http://www.kobus.co.kr/web/eng/02_service/service01.jsp (Bus schedule for Express Bus Terminal, 고속).
& I reached Hello Guesthouse in Haeundae (해운대).
This guesthouse was quite clean but also expensive.
Breakfast was provided together with raw egg and there was a kitchen provided for you to cook.
We ate our lunch in the nearer restaurant.
MilNaengMyeon (밀냉면), a type of Korean noodle with ice inside the soup.
After that, our first station was Haeundae Beach (해운대 해변).
Look at the beautiful beach, the building surrounding the beach, and the movement of water waves.

The sea water was cold!

Then, we went to Gwangan Bridge (광안 브리지).


After that, we went to GRID club.
This was my first experience entered to a club.
The entrance fees for guy was 20,000₩, girl was 10,000₩.
Inside was surrounded by the music.
It was crowded, people was squeezing inside in order to find a perfect spot for dancing.
Perhaps nope, just enjoyed in touching the opposite sex.
Some guy also trying to hunt for their target. (Those who went alone would have a big chance get hunted)
It was quite surprised for those guy who was wearing sun glasses, once they found their target, they would go nearer to the target and start to grab her shoulder.
After some few contact, the target let the guy dance with her and let him touched every part of her body.
Wow? That’s easy?
For me, girl was like a very fierce animal and I really did not know what was in their mind.
So this was the reason why I was single for 23 years.
I did not really know how to chase a girl, just tend to care and protect her.
Maybe I was very passive and slow.
They really lure my curiosity.


20140517     토요일

Wake up very late since we were burning midnight oil in the club.
The next station was GamCheon Culture Village (감천 문화 마을).
I thought the colors on the wall was not new anymore, could not really bring out the real beauty of the village.
I not really finished the whole village, it was big…
I just walked around the top part of the village where I could see the entire view of the village from the top.
Next, we went to Jagalchi (자갈치) Market to enjoy our *late lunch*.
It was delicious but very expensive!!
The cheapest you could see was 30,000₩ for a type of seafood.
After that, we shopped around BIFF market.
I got some cheap items due to the nice discount.
Soon, the sky felt darken, and we reached Busan Tower.




20140518     요일

Taejongdae (태종대), it was a very big park that could make you spend the entire day by exploring every parts of the tourist spot.
It was divided into 2 ways, land & sea.
For land, the train fees was 1,500₩.
For sea, the cruise fees was 10,000₩.
Then, we had our late lunch near to the location.
Next station was Samgwangsa Temple (삼광사 사원).
A very big Buddhist temple.
Finally, we went to Jjimjilbang (찜질방), overnight + spa were around 10,000₩.
One thing felt abnormal was the people inside was naked and doing their spa. >.<