I'm back in Seoul. This post will have to be short because it's late and I've got an interview early. Also I'm racking up the bill at this internet cafe.
Points to note:
1) I have a house. Er, a room at a boarding house. Yeah, and the $450 a month nets me two meals a day but there's no sink in the bathroom.
2) I'm gonna start my Korean classes at level 4. That's a level higher than expected. The interviewer even gave me the option of starting at level 5! He was pretty impressed with my speaking level, it seems.
3) Think that Chinese will replace English internationally? Check out this pretty decent article which discusses the foreign language market around the world. It paints a good picture of S. Korea, incidentally.
Annyeongi kyeseyo! (Good bye!)
9 comments:
No sink? The horrors! Actually, two meals sounds like a pretty good deal. Are they breakfast and dinner, or do you get to choose which two meals to eat?
Level four, eh? How many levels are there?
Yeah, I didn't realize there wasn't a sink until after I'd given the money. But it's still a good deal. Breakfast and dinner, lunch not provided. So obviously I won't make all those meals but enough to save a fair bit of money.
There are 6 levels in the program, along with a special 7th level for students who want to continue studying. That means I could graduate within 9 months...not bad, eh?
Danno! Level four is fantastic. Graduating in nine months? Amazing.
Congrats on all the exciting new things. Minus no sink. That sucks a little.
I started my copyediting job a week ago. My boss and I just sit around and talk about language all the time. It really is my dream job, in a way! Today I proofed (among other things) a Scrabble ad that will run in Women's Day and Family Circle. :)
Good to hear from you.
Excellent news on the job! That's exactly what I can imagine you doing - not just the editing, of course, but also the leisurely heated chats about the minutiae of language. Now, if only I were your boss!
Good to hear from you.
David, your new blog is very aesthetically pleasing. I need to have one...something that China will accept. But for now, I'm back to the old xanga for a while. Check out pictures of Rwanda if you get a chance...and if I post any.
I have a couple Korean students in my class...I tried to get one to teach me how to say "goodbye" today, and apparently I wasn't pronouncing it correctly at all! So are you learning Mandarin as well then?
Emily
It really helps for me to discuss a lot of my concerns. I've contemplated going to therapy simply so I have someone I can really get down to the nitty gritty and maybe quash some of these "problems."
You got the gist what I was getting at. I was more saying that for myself, I place my social interactions in much higher regard than what I am doing for work. But I am in the middle of class and sadly my team is yelling at me so I must cut this short. More later and you are officially added to the list of travelers.
David,
What brought you to Japan? Glad to hear that you're interested and thinking of coming back! You should definitely come visit me. I live in Ishikawa-ken, which has a lot of backcountry, but there's also a big city about 40 minutes from my apartment by train. I even have a couple 3-day weekends coming up...
by the way, have you been studying Korean formally the entire time you've been living there? Nine months to be done is very encouraging indeed!
Who does the housework? I think removing the sinks is a great idea, less cleaning, lol.
mom
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