Annie Lennox I have an earworm and it’s Why by Annie Lennox. It was the last song I listened to on my YouTube playlist and now I keep humming it. It’s a really good song and when it gets stuck in my head, I keep repeating, “Tell me why.” Meaning Do you ever … Read More
Sharing Food Last night a few of my coworkers and I had dinner together. We had one of my favorite Korean foods, 회닾밥 (mixed rice with raw fish). One coworker also ordered some fried prawns as well. She dipped hers in the sauce but shared the rest. My other coworker asked if he could have … Read More
Skyrocketing Covid Cases In Korea, the number of covid cases is skyrocketing. The number of new cases is now over 100,000! This should be alarming, but I think a lot of people don’t care about covid anymore. It seems that people accept that the omicron variant is not that deadly and it is time to … Read More
Kickboards and Practical Jokes I love a good practical joke, even if I have to pay a little for it. Yesterday, a kickboard came up for sale locally. It was cheap, but I don’t really have a need for a kickboard. But one of my coworkers has a kickboard that he uses to move around … Read More
Ajoshi Stereotypes In a recent conversation, we were talking about stereotypes of ajummas (아줌마) and ajoshis (아저씨). Basically, an ajumma is a middle-aged woman and an ajoshi is a middle-aged man. It was interesting to hear a Korean’s perspective as foreigners also have a stereotypes of middle-aged to elderly people. When I think of an … Read More
My Afternoon Nap I wanted to take the whole day off work today, but I had some paperwork due, there was a meeting and I promised to help a coworker in the morning. I had an idea to climb another mountain but there just wasn’t enough time. However, I was able to take the afternoon … Read More
I thought I made a friend last week. We exchanged some emails and she seemed interested in our conversation. She was asking a lot of questions and responding to what I was saying. For me, great conversation is the best. I was enjoying it, even though it was just through emails. But this week, she … Read More
Today I played badminton for a couple hours after playing ping pong for an hour. To make things worse, I didn’t have lunch because of a late meeting. Right now, I am sitting at my desk and I am pooped. My legs are especially tired. But, I also like this feeling. It feels like I … Read More
Raincheck is used to tell someone that you can’t do something with them when they want, but you can do it later. It can be used to say that you want to do something, but the schedule doesn’t work for you. Alternatively, some people use this to decline an invitation in a polite way. They … Read More
Chris, from the MapleNamu podcast, recently uploaded an episode about using L1 (Korean) in the classroom. He also asked what other people thought. Chris did his master’s thesis on this subject and is going to talk more about his subject in future podcasts. For him, speaking in L1 is a tool. I agreed with him, … Read More
