learning korean

i love learning korean. there are many reasons but here are a few:

today walking to work i passed a shoe repair stand. these are everywhere on the streets in case you break a heel. but only today after being here a year and 7 months i noticed its called "shoe hospital" i was so surprised and happy that i realized it i just had this big dumb smile on my face as i continued on my way.

yesterday at baskin robbins she asked me how many spoons i wanted with my cake. trying to prove my new korean skills i said "십"means ten. but as we had just learned the day before in class- i had neglected to study she looked at me smiled and said "열개" which is the other counting set of numbers.....needless to say i was only slightly saddened but more happy when i realized i knew what she was saying when she corrected me! yes! :)

2 points amber well....um, 2 points korea...haha :)

its the small things in life~!

new findings on swine flu

My student's report on Swine Flu:



Swing Flu

There was some Grandmother who died because of Flu. she was 7th victim because of Flu. she just came back to Korea from U.S.A. She was fat and family said she usually didn't wash her hand.

Problem: Flu is getting bigger

Solution: we have to pass the flu by hand sanitizer. and don't go place where many people are onorin.




~i should note that the student told me that they said on the news that the woman was fat. guess thats important?

:) why i like teaching