Well, today after work (and after sushi with 5 of the Korean teachers) I went to my first "real" Korean class! There are only 4 of us in the class but it was pretty fun. My reading, vocab and pronunciation are higher than the others, but they only started class at the start of the month. The teacher is a young(er than me) woman from the US who is Korean-American, young and a bit disorganized but ok so far. I'm going to aim to continue with my Rosetta Stone at home, and then do the class twice a week (I'm paid through the end of May!). My Korean should get better! better! better!
Maggie has a new friend!
I met a woman on the temple stay trip who lives in my building. The bus was going by my building on the freeway, and just as I said 'hey! that's my apartment!' I heard someone else say the same thing - small world, hey??! I'd met her in the elevator before and we'd talked dogs (she also has a mini yorkie, his name is Deacon), just never crossed paths again since. We have now been out on a couple of walks with the dogs, and they LOVE one another - it's the cutest thing watching 2 mini yorkies run around together like a couple of wahoos, I should have brought my camera! As well in 'Maggie news,' she is getting fixed at the start of next month, and I have the vet on the lookout for a brother for her - either a maltese or another mini yorkie.
2 months has passed already!
Hard for me to believe it, but I've already been here for 2 months. I feel like I've done so much in that little time, though it feels like both forever and no time at all in each minute.
Miss Saigon
Tomorrow night I am going to Miss Saigon. It's going to be a bit of an adventure, as the show is entirely in Korean. It's at the Seongnam Arts centre which is pretty close to my apartment, only a couple of subway stops away. I finish work at 5, have my massage until 6, and then the show at 7:30 - exciting!
This weekend I'm going to Seoul to see the Steve McCurry exhibit. He took this photo that you may recognize from a National Geographic cover in the 80s... I am so excited to go in and see his pictures, I *love* photography exhibits! It's here until the end of May but I want to get in to see it before I get distracted - maybe I'll also stop at a palace or something to take some photos of my own: I haven't take out my bigger camera since I got here!
GoGulSa Temple Stay
The first weekend in May I'm booked to go to GoGuSa Temple to stay for the weekend. It may end up being the 2nd weekend, but one or the other I'm heading out again! Different temple, and at this one the monks train in a martial art that is practiced as a meditation activity, sunmudo I think it's called? I'm looking forward to learning more about it!
And with that I'm off to bed... very tired and not yet recovered from the weekend past. Miss Saigon tomorrow, Korean class on Thursday, and before I know it the weekend will be here! I hope you are well wherever you are!
you're a busy little thing... i should be inspired by you!! i am... i've been thinking thinking thinking about getting back into the korean... have the rosetta stone and everything and still haven't done anything. sigh. WILL DO IT!!! ps. love the new banner. looks awesome.
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ReplyDeleteYou should totally get back into Korean... my first class was really fun, and it was nice just to be around people who wanted to practice! :) Can't wait to hear about it!
I have rosetta stone at home and after FINALLY getting into it I think it's pretty fun (I'm SUCH a nerd) :)
Thanx 4 the comps on the banner, I thought it was time for a change (and who needs sleep, anyway?!) xo
wow... you are one very busy gal! But it sounds wonderful !
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