Hungul

So yesterday was a normal day I taught Jane and Tom then Melody and Emily. I came home and made chop chay after getting directions from Jane's mom in broken English... It wasn't as good as the chop chay I had had at their house but Eddie and I ate it all. Its a clear noodle with carrots and garlic and cucumber and onion fried together with soy sauce and sesame oil and a little sugar. I need to perfect my recipe but it wasn't too bad I also learned how to made a really good rice dish that I will attempt to make tonight... We'll see how it goes.. Its difficult to know how much of everything I need to put in because she just showed me a spoonful but we'll see. I think I might want to buy a Korean cook book because I think it would come in hander than not! Today I am teaching Sery and Amy and then Jimmy and Sawha changed their Sunday lesson to tonight at 9pm at a cafe so I will go there after. Its about a 30 minutes walk from our house so Eddie said he will walk me there and wait while I teach then walk me home. It is perfectly safe to walk there alone but I am very happy to have him with me just in case! The streets are usually still buzzing at all hours of the night though. I have been practicing extra hard on my Korean reading! It is SO HARD! Actually I think it would be easier if I had a teacher but I am attempting to teach myself ....kind'a ...and thats a struggle in itself! I got the consonants down and I know how to write everything perfectly I just cant tell the difference between some of the sounds of the vowels! Its like EE and EO and EA.... its just a small change in your chin that makes the sound... anyways I'm posting the alphabet for anyone who is curious! It pretty helpful to know this stuff if you plan on visiting! Anyways I am going to write some more Korean and see what I can learn today! Also I've been trying to walk up all the stairs I can since I haven't gotten into a gym yet. The one by my house never has anyone working there just people lifting weights so I can't even attempt to talk to someone and the college one is for students only and everywhere else is like $80 a month! So yesterday I hiked up the 12 floors to Emily's house and then home the 9 floors to my place I was winded! I am hopeful though! I'm also noticing how many people own boots here and I have decided to buy a pair so I spent some time looking on Korean shopping websites and found that only a few of them have my size! I can't find my size in any store! I forgot to mention my one pair of nice dress shoes has worn through the toe (its not obvious to someone looking from above but I hit my toe on everything! ouch) so thats why I need new shoes and since winter is coming and boots are in style I figured thats the best way to go... Thats my life in Korea... just reading, teaching, shopping, learning, exploring and eating!



http://thinkzone.wlonk.com/Language/KoreanName.htm Here's people's names in Korean!