Life This Week(ish) in South Korea: August 5-15, 2024
I’ve lost track again of what has been going on, so this will be highlights and pictures. And not necessarily in order. Ha ha. Blogger fail. OH WELL ๐
Oh, and one last thing cuz I never know if videos are going to embed correctly…but on our last class day we had this roleplay assignment. We we were randomly paired with another student (this was Senna from Japan), randomly assigned a topic (ours was weather), we had 30 minutes to prepare a dialogue on the topic, then another 30 minutes to memorize it (THIRTY MINUTES TO MEMORIZE?!? THAT IS NOT A THING!), then we presented it in front of the class. It’s a little hard to hear but…this is me haltingly speaking Korean ๐
So, yeah, those are the highlights of the past week-and-a-half. It was a LOT of studying, I started my new job, my tutor and I had a little spat, it’s still a million degrees and million percent humidity out but the everyday rain has stopped…and NOW…I am on a THREE WEEK VACATION. I have a little solo trip planned for next week…and some day trips and activities in mind both by myself and with other people. And a lot of just resting and relaxing because this past term has been very draining both emotionally and physically. This term was double-friend-betrayal, hospital procedure, and month-long catheter from hell.
NEXT TERM WILL BE BETTER.
See ya next week.
Marceline Miller
Very exciting to actually hear you speak Korean! Thanks for including that!
bettyewp
I was actually pretty proud of that. I was lucky to have Senna as a partner, he’s a very good student and was able to take one of my awkward sentences and make it better…but then it was more difficult and harder to memorize!
Lisa Elliott
Have you told us about the new job? That sounds exciting!!
bettyewp
Oh, did I not? It probably would have been in the July Month in Review post. Anyway, yeah, I’m doing some part-time remote work for my niece’s CA law firm, doing data research and updating their mailing lists. It’s good because I can make my own hours and work up to 30 hours a month, which is about an hour a day, so doesn’t take much time away from studying. I only just started last week and it’s fine.
MJ
Exciting to hear you speaking Korean! Iโm impressed!!! You go girl ๐ช๐ผ
bettyewp
Thanks, MJ!!!
Marian
You sound so relaxed and comfortable speaking Korean! Iโm sure you didnโt feel that way, but you did and it was impressive. Congrats on passing! Your Olympic perseverance paid off and you did it!
Glad all the health challenges are behind you and you can enjoy all the wonders of Korea on your time off. Enjoy!
bettyewp
Thanks, Marian! I’m enjoying my time off VERY MUCH and never want to go back to class. I wish I could just BE HERE without all the school part. Sigh.
Sally in St Paul
You passed! YOU PASSED! I feel like hiring an airplane to fly a giant banner across the globe saying “BETTYE PASSED”…but people would think you were dead, so maybe not the best choice. Given all the adversity you’ve faced and the difficulty of the task, this is such an amazing accomplishment! And now vacation – wonderful, enjoy it!
bettyewp
Ha ha BETTYE PASSED TODAY (IYKYK). That’s hysterical.
But a flying banner would have been nice. And feels appropriate. And not like too much AT ALL ๐
Em D
After everything else that happened this term, I am SO happy for you that you can move on from (and continue to reinforce) Korean 1! Woot woot!!!
I also can’t stop giggling about the phrase: ‘ โmyโ dongโs manhole cover”. This just reads a little blue to my 12-year-old’s sense of humor. I hope you choose that tattoo! I will enjoy referring to it!
bettyewp
Okay, I need to come up with a WBL theme with which I can use the title “My Dong’s Manhole Cover.”