korean level up~!

매일 저는 한국말 공부 열심히하고 연습하는 것을 좋아해요.
[i study korean very hard every day, and i like to practice it.]

this past week, i had a pretty important test with my korean tutor. part1: interview. part2: write a story. luckily, i passed! and she told me that i had "levelled up", which makes me feel like i'm part of a video game or somethingㅋㅋ

anyways, the story writing was pretty difficult. my assignment was to write a story about whatever i wanted as long as it contained the following ten words:
창문 [changmoon]: window 문 [moon]: door
자판기 [japangi]: vending machine 휴지통 [hyujitong]: trashcan
정수기 [jungsoogi]: water purifier 복도 [bokdo]: hallway
엘리베이터 [aellibaeitu]: elevator 계단 [kyedan]: stairs
소화기 [sohwagi]: fire extinguisher 비상구 [bisanggu]: emergency exit

anyways, my tutor said that my story was clever and funny, so she made me read it later to other people. quite frankly, i'm just proud of myself for being able to write something that kinda halfway makes sense.

so here it is, for your reading enjoyment:

"미나가 탑을 만난 이야기"
저는 창문하고 비상구 사이에서 친구를 기다리고 있었어요. 문이 갑자기 열렸어요. 남자가 방에 왔어요. 탑이 었어요! 저는 놀라서 아무말도 못 했어요.
탑이 자판기로 걸어가서 콜라를 샀어요. 그것을 마신 후에 그는 빈 캔을 휴지통에 버렸어요.
저는 목이 말라서 물을 마시고 싶었어요. 그래서 정수기에 갔어요. 저는 물을 빨리 마셨어요.
그때 탑이 복도로 가서 저는 그를 따라갔어요. 탑이 엘리베이터를 탔어요. 그리고 저는 계단으로 내려 갔어요.
저는 먼저 도착해서 소화기 옆에서 기다렸어요. 저는 탑을 다시 한번 봤어요! 하지만 이번에 그에게 얘기했어요.
"저는 당신의 팬이에요. 왜냐하면 당신은 정말 잘생겼어요~~그리고 멋있어요!"

그 다음에 저는 잠이 깼어요. 그것은 단지 꿈이었어요!

저는 너무 바빠요~!

i'm pretty certain that i'm the busiest person on the planet right now. [i'm writing this during the 6 free minutes that i have planned out for today...]

here's a small glimpse into my weekly schedule:

monday/wednesday:

7am--wake up

8:30am--arrive at school

9-12:30pm--teach classes

12:30-1pm--lunch time

1-4:40pm--varies [teach afternoon classes, plan lessons, study korean]

5-6:30pm--work out at the gym

6:30-7pm--shower

7-9:30pm--korean class

9:30pm-7am--eat/watch tv/sleep

tuesday/thursday:

7am--wake up
8:30am--arrive at school
9-12:30pm--teach classes
12:30-1pm--lunch time

1-3pm--varies [teach afternoon classes, plan lessons, study korean]

3-4pm--advanced english class

4-4:40pm--study korean/fall alseep at my desk
5-6pm--grocery shopping at lotte mart [only on tuesday]

6-7pm--korean class

7-9pm--gym

9pm-7am--eat/shower/watch tv/sleep

friday:

7am--wake up

8:30am--arrive at school

9-12:30pm--teach classes

12:30-1pm--lunch time
1-4:40pm--varies [teach afternoon classes, plan lessons, study korean]

5-6:30pm--gym

6:30-until?--meet up with friends [finally!!]/eat/shower/watch tv/sleep

saturday:

sleep/eat/gym/hang out with friends

sunday:

11am[ish]--wake up

12:30-4:30pm--church

4:30-5:30pm--clean

5:30-until?--dinner/watch tv/skype/sleep

it seems like i have next to no social life...but that's not entirely true. i have friends at the gym and in my korean class. i just sucks that i don't get to see my other friends until we can coordinate a free friday night/saturday.

it's no wonder that i've been sick for the past 5 weeks.

pictured: me.

what i learned in korean

this week, i met with my korean tutor, just like i do every week.

but this week, she taught me something that i think will be particularly useful. and also awesome.

감시 하지마세요. [gamshee hajimaseyo.]: Please stop watching me. [formal]
감시 하지마. [gamshee hajima.]: Stop watching me. [informal]

in other words, "stop being a creeper!" i plan on saying this as often as possible.

ghetto avatar

last wednesday, thursday, and friday, i went on a trip with my fifth graders to 부여 [buyeo] and 궁주 [gongju] to learn about 백제본기 [the baekche dynasty]. it was significantly less exciting than the 6th grade trip, which is probably why i have delayed in writing about it. [not that my -2 readers actually care, i'm sure...]


since the bus ride was going to be approximately 123494 hours long, the driver decided we should watch "avatar". i was excited, because i was literally the only person in the world who had not seen the movie yet. [SPOILER alert: i still haven't seen it.] little did i know that we were about to enjoy "super ghetto bootleg avatar".

i'm assuming that the original film had a legit, at least semi-epic ending. also, i'm assuming that in the original film, the battle sequence that would ultimately decide the fate of pandora did NOT end with the music video for 비/rain's "love song". because that is exactly what happened in the bus driver's version of the film. just when things were starting to get all intense and epic-like, BAM! rain comes onto the screen and starts ripping off his shirt and singing and dancing in the street. not that i minded, i just would have preferred to have seen this after the end of the movie. [maybe instead of the credits or something...not in the middle of the climax.]

PICTURED: NOT part of the original U.S. theatrical release.

also, i did not do my g-dragon "heartbreaker" performance. this is either because 1) my coteacher forgot to tell the guy in charge, or 2) the mc decided to not allow a crazy white girl to sing and dance to this song. [i would like to assume it's reason #2. good decision mc, good decision.] but, i did have to wear a kitty-ear headband and dance to t-ara's "bo peep bo peep". which was somehow less embarassing.

on the trip, i saw a lot of places that were kind of interesting [mostly museums] and had an ok time overall. the four tour guides that were assigned to my school were muy caliente, which always helps. and i learned 17 new korean phrases.

so now i can say the following conversation:

• 영어 할수있어요? [can you speak english?]
• 한국말 조금해요. [i can speak a little korean.]
• 관심있어요? [are you interested in me? (drop the ? and it becomes "i'm interested in you".)]
• 잘생겼어요. [you're handsome.]

SCORE!! [almost ready to meet T.O.P *^____^*]

i figured i should include an actual photo from the trip.