So last year we went to Jeju on a whim and…it rained the whole time. This year, we decided to prepare more and check it out and…a typhoon came and lasted throughout our whole trip. What are the chances? This typhoon was also strange. It wasn’t a particularly strong one, but usually, typhoons move … Read more
This is just one of those cultural difference I don’t understand. First, many Koreans don’t know how to swim and this is vastly different than where I’m from where we learned to swim since kindergarten. I’ve been here for 5 years, and this was the first time I went swimming at a public pool. … Read more
I did tell her shortly after, but it was too funny seeing her also make a clothing mistake like I did! I frequently seem to put my shirt on inside out though. I’m a pretty lackadaisical person at times.
So Korean, just like other languages has words that can have many meanings. In this comic “양” (yang) was the word I was confused with. It can mean sheep or amount/quantity and since my vocabulary is not advanced yet, I assumed it was sheep. I also try to agree with things just so it … Read more
She will get me from time to time, but usually I catch her just as she is hiding or peeking out trying to see where I am. I think I’m much better at hiding though. This is a back and forth thing with us.
You may need some basic understanding of Korean to get this, but this is just a bad habit I picked up when I first started learning Korean. I hated learning numbers, so I just didn’t focus on them as much as I should have. So saying English numbers mixed in with Korean is what I … Read more
This happens often when some English words are translated into Korean by pronunciation (things like brand names or popular foods like chicken/pizza). This is called Konglish. Most of the time, the pronunciation turns into something completely different and unless you say it the Korean way, people won’t understand you. This is one such example. … Read more
