Something I am trying to pick up recently, speaking and reading simple Korean. Who knew a short 2 weeks trip to a foreign land could motivate me so much to learn a new language? Ok, it is definitely not a cheap getaway, already spent more than a thousand booking air tickets and accommodation. Not to mention the car that we need to rent, tickets to NANTA (my friend's mum was recommending it so strongly I had to see why...), and a short trip to the DMZ. Yes, going to one of the most dangerous places in the world. The divide that literally crackles with tension of a war breaking out at any given time.
So I am learning Korean, not just to be able to watch Korean variety shows without subtitles. More importantly, I am learning it to communicate with the locals, to find my way around, to make sure that what I am eating is actually edible, and where the toilet is. You know, the important things in life...
Got past lesson one, kind of got a pretty good hold on the Korean vowels. Lesson two on the Korean consonants just blew me away. Need to put in way more work if I want to memorise all 14 of them. Hope this drive will continue to motivate me all the way till I can speak something legit.
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