Hello Friends

Thanks for dropping by.

This is a blog that would serve as a memoir of my experience in South Korea, and also as a motivation to other KGSP applicants who want to know more about this scholarship and about life in Korea.

But before I go any further, let me tell you about KGSP.

KGSP (Korean government Scholarship Program) is a scholarship program funded by the Korean government to attract BRILLIANT MINDS (I know I am blushing over here, but that's what the scholarship program says in it's "Objective") from 62 countries (and counting) around the world.

I am a KGSP grantee from India (they had a quota for only 1 person from India this year, so I am the only grantee from India). I will be studying at Kyung Hee University from March 2014 to Feb 2015 for my language course, and then later at Seoul National University from March 2015 to Feb 2019 for my bachelors in physics.

If you want to know more about the KGSP scholarship, you can go visit: www.studyinkorea.go.kr

Alright, now to the meat!!!

I was at the embassy this Tuesday for my visa (You can see the Korean embassy in the photo behind me. Yeah, I know I look weird in the photo. I was using the rear camera of my phone to take the photo, and I didn't want it to fall. So, yeah. This is like my happy-yet-careful photo. )



After arriving at the embassy, I was escorted to the Ambassador's office (I won't tell where... BEWARE  OF NORTH KOREAN SPIES in India) , where I had a small talk with him regarding studies in Korea, and about life in general in Korea (Yes, Koreans are very polite people!)

And after talking to the Korean Ambassador (and getting my Korean visa), I loitered around in some UNKNOWN place in Delhi, and then arrived at Mr. J Lee's home (Another nice Korean man). Mr. J Lee was one of the interviewer's during my interview (and I assume a good friend of Consul Lee), and he is currently a MD in one of the major Korean company.

We had a nice 1 hour long conversation about life in Korea, and about the culture shocks that I will soon receive. ***Koreans are very frank people*** Her wife served me a green tea and told me that she doesn't have any milk (Does that ever happen in India?). And yeah, the story of the surviving cups, that was interesting too.

Anyways, I guess this is too much action for one post. Stay tuned for future posts! (and don't forget to subscribe...? Wait, do you have anything like that on Blogspot?)


Chirag