7:15 a.m. – I had
Kimchijeon and Gamjajeon for breakfast.
The first one is a Korean dish of thin pancakes with Kimchi while the
latter is potato pancakes.
9:00 a.m. – I am studying
the Months now in the Korean Language.
Every day, my routine is to study how to write the Korean vowels and
consonants in the morning before I go to work or before I sleep at night. It was hard at first because my penmanship
seemed to be from a 5-year old kid but as I compared how I write now, my
straight lines or strokes are finer.
This is how I study the Months:
January: Irwol
February: Iwol
March: Samwol
April: Sawol
May: Owol
June: Yuwol
July: Chirwol
August: Parwol
September: Guwol
October: Siwol
November: Sibirwol
December: Sibiwol
10:00 a.m. – I am watching
my all time favorite Korean movie “The Sassy Girl.” When I was still studying, I used to make a
love letter for my dream future partner and put it in a capsule or my jewelry
box and dig a hole in the garden, just to imitate a moving scene from the
movie.
12:00 nn – I have my 1 cup
of rice and 3 piece chicken for lunch.
Thanks to McCORMICK Korean Recipe Mix for giving my chicken a new
flavor. I have four flavours to choose
from: Bulgogi, Kimchi, Spicy and Soy
Garlic. The 2 best flavors for me are
Bulgogi and Kimchi.
1:00 p.m. – I miss my
previous Korean students. My first job
was teaching a group of Korean students how to read English naturally. They were part of a certain Christian Academy
in South Korea and one of their regular activities is to travel and study
English. They had chosen my country
because one of their Pastors (with his family) is living here for more than 10
years. I loved my old job and sometimes I
think of finding a few students to teach via online but I can’t do it now
because of my full-time job. It is funny
for me to mention about my first job. I
know I am not perfect in grammar but I am very good in reading, delivering
speech and news just like the news anchors in CNN.
I started to get in love
with Koreans when I saw my previous students trying to learn how to read and
communicate with other people. That day
I said to myself that I wanted to go to South Korea. Soon, I will be experiencing autumn leaves,
fine dining, great shopping, and maybe taking a picture with my favorite Korean
stars like Lee Min Ho, Kwon Sang Woo, and Ji Jin Hee.
3:00 p.m. – I love
Koreans! I love the way they speak, look
sexy in fashionable clothes, act on screens, eat Kim chi, and everything
else...oopps, I am saying again. I guess
I am a Korean wannabe!
6:05 p.m. – I created this
story 2 years ago. This simple story
popped out of my mind when I was watching a couple of Korean (and even Taiwanese)
Dramas in Cable Television:
I was dating this young man for a year already. He seemed domineering in our past dates but I
just thought that maybe all young men have this attitude.
The other day, he sent me a message
that we will go out together “Hello, we will meet tomorrow.” To my excitement, I replied immediately
“Sure, what time?” As I expected, he did not reply to my message. I waited so badly for his reply until the
next day. I waited...until it was 9
o’clock in the evening and he has not messaged me yet. I wanted to call him but I thought to myself
“Hey, I am the girl. You must be the one
to call me!” An hour past, I heard my
phone rang; a voice echoed “Where are you? Don’t keep me waiting here!”
“Whoa, who is this man?” “What kind of man am I dating for a
year now?” Since I am getting to like him, I scurried down the stairs, hopped
on a taxi and in the next fifteen minutes I was at the doorstep. He gave his deadly smile and hugged me.
I thought we would go out together, I mean only us, but he was
with 3 guys. I acted friendly and naive
to them because I really wanted to be with him.
After 2 hours, he told those 3 stupid guys that we would go ahead to buy
something and go home. We went inside
his car and I expected that he would drive me home, safely. But, he was driving to a very dark
place. I got scared and panicked inside
the car. He told me “What are you
thinking? Don’t you dare think that I will do something stupid?” My lips got locked for answers until I
realized we were on the parking lot... We went inside his apartment and
horrible ideas went into my mind. “Is this my end? Am I going to die now?”...
He had offered me a shirt so that I could change but I refused
but then he yelled “C-H-A-N-G-E-D!” After that, he had lifted me inside his
room and whispered that he wanted to sleep beside me because he LOVES me. I
felt at ease all of a sudden, I did not think that he was going to rape or kill
me. We were already inside the room; he
put the lights off and he went to sleep.
I just sat at the corner of the bed and did not move. I did not know why I had observed him slept
all night. I uttered to myself “You are
really different. Domineering but in a
very sweet way.” It also came to my mind
the sweet or romantic guys in the movie and I even asked myself “Are you just
acting sweet like Gu Jun Pyo of Boys over Flower?”
It was 6 o’clock in the morning, and I have not taken even a
nap. Yes, I admit I felt at ease with
him yet I cannot deny the feeling that maybe he was just playing on me. He woke up, and told me that “You are not
really sweet! Anyway, we will take our breakfast now” We went to a fast food
for he was rushing to work. As expected
again, he ordered for the two of us without even asking me what I wanted to
order. I did not like the food he
ordered so I just pretended I was so hungry and how I badly love the food. While we were eating, he asked me questions
like “What do you really want in life? What is your goal?”... Again, I was not able to answer.
After we ate, he searched for a taxi; kissed me on the cheek
and said bye.
I could not really understand this man. He will just suddenly text or call, ask me
questions that I cannot answer right away and do unexpected things like in the
typical Korean Dramas.
7:00 p.m. – How about you,
is he really a sweet man like in Korean Dramas?
I guess this Korean madness is not doing me good. I think I won’t be studying Korean letters or
even memorize a sentence tonight.
