So I have a job and, aside from that, I have a million other hobbies. Korean and Japanese are my more serious hobbies (I'll be taking TOPIK for the first time this year!) I'm pretty bad at sitting down and studying everyday but my everyday life is inundated with those languages. I wouldn't have it any other way. [...]
Category: Proverbs/속담
생각하게 하는 속담
How can it be spring already?! Thinking back to where I was a year ago, I likened my existence to the equivalent of being enveloped by a horrible black fog that followed me everywhere I went and overshadowed every single thing I did. But the way I feel these days is so different from how I [...]
속을 보여주는 속담
(Here's a beautiful instrumental piece that has nothing whatsoever to do with Korean. Enjoy!) I remember how I was four months ago and I tell myself that progress, while frustratingly slow, is being made. And I'm not talking about Korean. A couple weeks ago, I made a decision that I thought would help me get [...]
힘을 주는 속담
In the course of this month, I came to the sobering realization that 1) I'm unhappy and 2) I don't know how to fix it. My academic life took a sharp and painful turn in mid-February and things have been really up-and-down since. Despite the infrequent posts on this blog, Korean has been a constant [...]
