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i finally started watching hospital playlist.

i received many recommendations from my friends, but the reason that made me finally decide to watch it was listening to Jo Jung Seok’s cover of Aloha *-*

so yes, i’m late to the party and the party has probably ended but i finally arrived 

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13.10.2020 // Practice and consolidation

I finally found some time to review material that I covered a few weeks back and did some practice exercises as well. I’m in the midst of consolidating the grammar points that I have learnt from this chapter (one of them was hard to grasp at first) and I think i’ll put it in a post soon!

IG: kaya.studies

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15.06.2020 // korean revision

today i’m revisiting the korean news articles that i was studying in february. i was trying to expand my vocabulary through reading news articles in korean so that i can converse about current affairs some day. this was back when the coronavirus just started spreading out of China and Asian countries were impacted the most back then. it was (and still is) something that has greatly affected our lives and i want to be able to talk about it with my korean friends so looked up some articles on naver, wrote out the entire article and picked out words that i didn’t know. 

i still have one article for which i have not organised the words that i don’t know and i’ll be doing that now. i know it’s been four months hahahaha, but i was really busy with my final year thesis until recently.

i think reading news articles is a really good way of practicing and expanding your vocabulary for your target language once you’re at a more advanced level!

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9.10.2020 - Cafe reading

I went to a cafe today with my boyfriend to study. We wanted to get some of the cakes, but they were sold out within the first two hours of opening....It didn’t use to be this popular until a few popular food blogs started talking about them. On one hand, I’m happy for their business, particularly during recent trying times, but on the other hand, it’s sad that I won’t get to enjoy their cakes easily anymore. I spent a few hours reading my korean book titled “I want to die, but I want to eat ddeokbokki 죽고 싶지만 떡볶이는 먹고싶어”. It’s a pretty casual and easy read so I would recommend it for intermediate to advanced learners! Hope to finish this book within the next week or so before work officially starts for me.

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2020.07.05 // korean revision - yonsei academic korean Intermediate I

I bought this book two years back when I was on student exchange at Yonsei University, but I obviously have not touched it....the same can be said with many of my other language books hahahaha. I did a quick scan of the content pages and I think I’ve covered most of the grammar and vocabulary in this book, but I thought it would be a great revision since it’s been a while since I officially took classes. I kind of forgot most of my grammar - it comes kind of naturally to me now, but sometimes when I have to figure out how to use a certain structure with a new word that i’ve learnt, i realised that i don’t remember the exact grammar rules anymore...

i think that’s what it means to learn a language and it’s perfectly normal, but i bought the book and lugged it back in my 30kg suitcase so i shall try to make the most out of it hahaha

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22.06.2020 // korean revision

i found an opinion column in a newspaper that i really like! the column is called 2030 세상보기 (Looking at the world in 2030) and it’s a column where youth or young adults write about their perspectives of society. It’s a collection of opinion pieces that covers a diverse range of topics. Today, I read a piece titled “Where does courage come from?” and it was really beautifully written. Personally, I found myself being able to relate to a lot of what was written. Maybe i’ll try translating parts of it in future when I have the time. In the meantime, you can check the article out in the source link!

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14.06.2020 {

I bought both versions of blonote the moment the english version came out, but I have yet to finish either one of them - as you can see, my bookmark is still pretty near the top. Tablo suggested putting this book somewhere within reach for moments when our hearts are restless, but I always forget about it even though it’s right on my desk. I am going to try to do a series comparing both versions and breaking down some korean vocabulary. Hopefully, I’ll finish the book soon enough!

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it’s been a while since i’ve been on this site, which explains why there’s a lack of language posts from me, but you may notice that i’m still “posting” bc i usually put my reblogs on queue! 

just to give an update on my life, i recently found a full-time job!! it’s a position in the clinical research industry that i really want and i’m really happy about it! can’t wait to start work hopefully soon and help to make a difference