힘내세요!

지난 주에 너무 바빠서 일기를 자주 못 썼어요.

저는 작년 5월에 대학교에서 졸헙했는데 7월부터 일하고 있어요. 대학교 있을 때 전공은 화학이지만 정말 싫어해서 지금 일은 화학이랑 관계가 없어졌어요. 지금은 수학을 동생들한테 가르쳐 주고 있어요. 아마..화학보다 수학은 좀 좋을 것 같은데 ㅎㅎㅎ

오늘은 새로운 주 또 시작핬어요. 일도 하고 공부도 해야죠? 여러분 힘든 말고 다 힘내세요!

제가 제일 좋아하는 가수다!

내가 제일 좋아하는 가수가 슈퍼주니어의 규현 씨예요. 왜냐하면 규현 씨의 노래 불은 목소리를 듣 땐 따뜻하고 달랜 느낌있어요. 규현 씨는 노래를 잘 부르고 게다가 진짜 멎인 남자예요 ^^ 슈퍼주니어의 막내이라도 가끔씩 형들한테 행동을도 웃겨요. ㅋㅋ

규현 씨 부른 노래가 중에서 재가 제일 좋아하는 것 '7년의 사랑'인데, 이 노래 듣고 후에 규현 씨를 너무 너무 좋아해졌어요.

두 번째

어제는 한 식당에 가서 저녁을 먹었다! 그리고 김치 볶음밥을 만드려고 그 식당에서 맛있는 김치를 사 왔다. 아마..내일 김치 볶음밥아니면 김치 라면을 먹을 수 있을 것 같다 ㅋㅋ 기대하다! ^^

나는 요즘 <개와 나의 10가지 약속>을 읽고 있다. 너무 재미있지만 꽤 어려워서 다 이해가 못 한다. 그냥 이렇게 거듭거듭 계속 읽고 새로운 단어와 문법을 배우다.

오늘도 늦게 집에 와서 한국어 복습을 못 했다. 슬프다 ㅠㅠ

Because there's always a first for everything

이 글은 첫 번째이다!

한국의 사진 볼 때마다 거기 당장 있었으면 좋겠다~ 생각났다.

싱가포르의 한국 음식이 별로 안 좋아서 맛있는 한국 음식 먹기는 진짜 어렵다. 특히 난 제일 좋아하는 안동찜닭이랑 갈비찜이랑 감자탕도 여기에서 지금까지 맛있게 파는 곳 찾을 수 없으니까 좀 속상해~ 너무 너무 먹고 싶다 말이야~ 안동찜닭을 집에서도 두 번 요리해봤지만 맛이 아직도 좀 달라. ㅠㅠ

한국 음식을 먹을 수 있으려면 한국 요리를 배워야지! ㅋㅋ

Start of a new beginning

Returning to the blogosphere with my participation in a website inititated by Hangukdrama! It's Self Study Korean, managed by a group of Korean language learners (:

Since I'm not intending to post the same things on both sites, I'm considering changing this to my own Korean diary. So all contents will be fully in Korean. Not sure if I'll be able to manage, but I'll give it a try, and hopefully this will improve my essay writing skills! (:

화이팅! ^^

Feeling more Singaporean for a day

I must begin by mentioning how friendly and helpful people in Busan are! I'm not saying Seoulites are unfriendly, but they always seem to be rushing somewhere, and don't really stop to help. I'm saying this coz i was lugging my 20kg worth of luggage from my hostel to Gwanghwamun to take the shuttle bus, up and down all the stairs and stuff, and nobody in Seoul bothered to help. =/ But once I reached Busan, I was trying to carry my luggage down the first flight of stairs into the subway (Those who have been to Korea would know that most subways here have stairs instead of escalators. More on that next time), and a kind lady came to help immediately! She just happened to be walking down the stairs too, and hurried over with a "같이 할래" (let's do it together) or something along those lines. She even helped carry it all the way to the gate! Then yesterday I happened to buy quite a bit of fruits back for my homestay family, and there were no seats on the subway. The ahjumma seated in front of me gestured to help carry by putting them on her lap~ :D

Staying here alone has been pretty awesome so far, being able to do whatever I want, whenever I like. My usual itinerary for a day consists of visiting some touristy place in the morning, finding a new cafe in the afternoon and just sit down and read my korean stuff with my trusty iriver (: then i'll come back home for dinner and teach the kids some english (:

Last 2 days have been interesting though, coz I met 2 different groups of Singaporeans! I was browsing through the Korean books section in YP bookstore (I keep doing this when I pass by ANY bookstore! =/) when this group of 3 ladies came by, trying to ask the assistant for some help. (and we all know how distinctive Singaporean english is HAHA) so I approached them and chatted with them for a while, asking about their trip and advising on where they should go, coz they were heading to Jeju and Seoul after Busan (: Then I met my friend at the subway station today! It was really random, as I was heading to Haeundae Beach for the day and I saw someone waving as I was walking down the stairs to the platform. I then realized that someone was actually waving at me and I actually know him! Turns out he just arrived in Busan that morning with his friend, and were heading to their hotel in Haeundae too. hahaha, so we went for 부대찌개 lunch together ^^

I'm glad to have this time to travel around, coz I know I probably won't have such a chance ever again. Or at least until I retire haha.

Laying on the sand, watching the clouds go by.
@ Gwangalli Beach

Busan, home for the next month

Many things have happened within the past month:
1) finished exams! (waiting for results now >.<)
2) flew to Korea that same day
3) traveled in Seoul, Busan and Jeju
4) moved into my homestay place in Busan

I'm currently in my Busan homestay, just moved in yesterday so spent the day settling down and stuff. My homestay mum's really nice! Plus she cooks (: maybe I can learn some dishes from her, so I can cook them myself when I go back to Singapore haha (:

She's got 3 daughters, 8, 6 and 3-years old. Pretty terrifying lot, they're SUPER energetic! And itchy fingers. The eldest one opened up my polaroid camera, so don't think that stack of films can be used anymore =( I'll just keep my cameras away from her sight. sobs. Hai kids will be kids. But otherwise, it's been pretty nice here! It's been rainy the past few days, so haven't had a chance to go out to explore yet. Managed to get more Korean books here so I still have stuff to do (: Tomorrow's forecast looks good! Maybe I'll take a trip to Haeundae Beach (:

I know I was supposed to update on the Intermediate Korean grammar book but my exams kept me busy, so I haven't actually had time to look through it. Photocopied it though, so I have the hard copy at home. Will update as soon as I check it out, but it'll probably only be in around 2 months time =/

Last Sunday was Parent's Day in Korea. Took the day to check out the Hangang bridges while I was in Seoul, since I didn't have chance previously. Saw many families gathered at Hangang parks having picnics under trees, and playing with water fountains (: Somehow, I don't remember doing that when I was young. But it felt really good to see them enjoying (: Walked for an entire day and managed to conquer half the bridges, tiring but definitely worth it! (: Here are some of them (:

YangHwa Bridge (양화대교)

Seogang Bridge (서강대교)

Cheonho Bridge (천호대교)

Mapo Bridge (마포대교)

Olympic Bridge (올림픽대교)

Cheonho and Olympic Bridges at night (:

Banpo Bridge (반포대교)

Banpo Bridge (반포대교)