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Korean Midterm

I am halfway through my Korean class and we took our midterm. My score was 99%. Not too bad. It was pretty easy though. I was expecting a lot more writing but there wasn’t any.

Cherry blossoms have arrived. Spring time is so beautiful here in Korea.

I stole this one from Brandon’s page. This is an octopus just after it was killed for us to eat. It still wiggles around for quite a while. I’ve even heard it can be dangerous if the little suctions get stuck in your throat. It’s very tasty. 

저는 낙지를 좋아해요. 

I like octopus. 

*Hope that’s right!

Quiz #6

Verbs~ Honorific Form

100 %

한국어 수업 ~ Korean Class

Korean class is going very well. I am attending Ewha Women’s Univeristy, one of the top universities in Korea. Their program has four levels for students. There is the basic level (my level), beginner, intermediate and advanced. Each course is ten weeks long so I guess with much diligence you could finish the program in one year. 

After the first few classes we began to have quizzes each day. We began with reading and pronunciation of the symbols, vocabulary, numbers and verbs. Korean is a very contextual language. Depending on who you are speaking to the grammar differs. For example, when speaking to a boss or in public, something formal, you would use one type of language and when speaking to close friends, family or children everything changes. 

Wish me luck :)

This is the beach near our hotel on the north side of Jeju Island. 

Here’s my paper from shooting the handgun. It was really fun but they wouldn’t let us take any pictures with the guns. They hung on a chain and a guy cocked the gun for us. I think we only got to shoot about ten times for $30. I think I did pretty good! 

Jeju is famous for fields of yellow rape flowers. You pay about $1 and you can go in to  take some photos. 

I really liked this temple. We didn’t go inside but it was sitting up on a hill in southwestern Jeju. It looked so peaceful. 

This is at the Trick Art Museum. Some of the pictures were really cool. It looks so real!

Bow and arrow shooting. I lost 5-6 against Jinha. So close!!

ATV riding. It was my first time and I was a bit nervous. It was pretty bumpy but not too bad. 

Here we are going down into a cave at Ilchol Land. 

Enjoying a piece of home. It’s a bit ironic that this was my first job at 16 years old. I was a sandwich artist.

Update~

So I’ve been busy even though I quit my last school in March. I needed a break and I was so tired of traveling an hour to and from work or paying for the taxi fare. Not to mention, the owner of the school is completely nuts and threatened me. 

I have been using the time to study Korean and start my new class. It’s at Ewha Women’s University three nights a week for ten weeks. Each class is two hours long. I really enjoy the class so far :) 

However, my free time is running out and I should find a new job as soon as possible. If I’m not working for over 30 days I have to switch over my visa but it’s good for a few more months after that. It seems there aren’t many positions that fit into my schedule and location preferences. 

Jinha and I took a few days to visit an island off the coast of Korea. Jeju-do is only a thirty minute flight and although the weather wasn’t great there were a lot of activities to keep us busy. There are tons of museums like a Love Museum, Chocolate Museum and Teddy Bear Museum. We went ATV riding, shot a bow & arrow and a 39mm handgun and went down into the ocean in a submarine. I wish I could have gotten some sun though!