Category: Living in Seoul
Korea’s out of the World Cup :(
Today I hung out with my friend at her work. She sometimes has to be in the office on Saturdays in case people call in to the office. But usually no one calls, or if someone does call, it’s someone …
School “picnic”
Today we had a “picnic” at school. Actually, it was more of a filed trip. We all got to go to this large mall which had a stage theatre that performed a musical dance show thing. It was about some …
Worrying
Today at school we learned some new grammar about worrying about things and also asking if something one heard is true. The latter grammar point is done by just adding a 4 syllable word to the end of the sentence. …
It’s the 18th now
After school I got lunch with some classmates. Actually, one is a classmate, and the other two are both in level 1 at Sogang. They are all Japanese and only one of them knew English. But we all spoke in …
World Cup day
Today is World Cup day. Well, it’s South Korea’s 2nd game in the World Cup and people seem to be very excited. Many people are wearing red shirts in support of the Korean team. People at school were all …
Review day
Today was a big review day of the previous 4 chapters we’ve been studying at school. We focused mainly on words and played some word games. The teachers have us help each other with the word meanings by explaining them …
Learning grammar at Sogang University
At school today we practiced conversations of the new grammar we learned the previous day. At Sogang University, during the 2 speaking hours of class, one day is spent learning new grammar, and the second day is spent practicing conversations …
World Cup
Today was the first game for Korea in the World Cup. Many people outside were wearing red shirts to support the red color of Korea’s soccer team. I spent most of the day inside working on homework and my own …
it’s been a while…
like the title says, it’s been a while since i last posted on my site. why, you ask? well, my life here has become busier and busier it seems… that and i get distracted or interested in other things, and …
one year already
it was one year ago today when i arrived here in Korea. it doesn’t seem like that long ago actually. i remember being a bit worried when i first came here; will i be able to find an apartment? will …
Angry Whopper!
first the Whopper Jr. was angry, and it seemed like all was better since all signs of the Whopper Jr. being angry had disappeared from the local Burger King. but now the normal Whopper and Steakhouse burger are angry! you …
beginning of august
it’s already august! i’ve been living in Korea now for almost a year. the time is flying by very quickly! the level 3 semester at school is halfway over. i did so-so on the midterms… Listening is still the hardest …