Fresh off a refreshing weekend I had another day of class. Over the weekend our homework was to translate about 10 pages of verbs/nouns/adjectives into our own language. Unfortunately I didn't really have time over the weekend so I was forced to have Heavy G help me before bed. Things went rather quickly this way, but I probably didn't retain as much information as I would have had I done all of it myself.
Breakfast was dak kalbi, and man what a good breakfast it was. Then it was time to head to class to struggle through another day. There is so much information running through my head that the lessons are beginning to bleed together. Each sentence particle has a tag to identify it, and those are extremely difficult to get straight.
By the grace of God I'm staying in a Korean dorm where I can just ask my roommate when I have issues. I can't imagine what it's like for the international students. The flip side of that is from 5pm on I am busy with the K-PACE students so my study time is minimal compared to if I was just staying in the international dorms. This is a trade off I'm more than happy to make. I know I will cherish the memories I'm making for the rest of my life.
Monday became a rather relaxed day after class. Everyone seemed pretty worn out from the weekend. I took a nap between class and dinner just after lunch. Then I recruited my roommate to help me sort out the tags in my head. This was extremely helpful as I finally got some semblance of logic connected with what I had learned. This isn't to sa that the teachers in my class are doing a bad job of teaching. They are doing an excellent job of teaching I think, it's just that we are on such an accelerated schedule that there isn't sufficient time to practice in class. Hard to believe with a 4 hour time slot, but that's the case.
Three K-PACE students came into my room last night while I was attempting to type my blog and hung out with me. None of them spoke English so they were talking to each other mostly, but it was a good time. One of them kept saying Geun Mo Noona, which means Geun Mo sister. Every time he did they would all crack up. It was rather funny indeed.
I have to say for the first time since I've been here it felt like things had started to settle. There was no big adventure, or surprise. I was happy for a day to relax and catch my breath. I'm sure there will be plenty of other things that will happen this week. Thanks for reading!
Korean Word/Phrase of the Day: 누나 (Noona) This is pretty simple, it means sister. Don't call your brother noona. Or do. That is always funny.
TL:DR I'm in Korea
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