Anyhow, I'm feeling rather stressed, and even more stressed because I don't feel I deserve to feel stressed. I mean, I finish class at 1 in the afternoon... seriously, whats to be stressed about? I'm tutoring two families, and the one is quite far... but that should stress me out too much. I think I'm stressed because A. I don't feel like I've been studying enough B. I was kind of confused in class today. I get everything, but actually putting the grammar into practice is different... arg. C. I may be a bit unorganized... I need to make sure to write things in my planner. Also, I think I know too many people in this country. I love having all my friends here, but I also am trying to meet them all and coordinate schedules etc. which is stressful. But that's a SUPER lame to be stressed about. So, I'll stop now. ^-^
Anyhow, today in class we talked about emoticons, symbol slang people use when texting.
here are a few examples:
^^ or ^__^ is a smiley face
__ ., __ is when you're stressed and you're nose is running. The lines are closed eyes and the dots are the nose; there is snot dripping out of one of the nostrils.
ㅠㅠ, ㅜㅜ, ㅠㅠ; - are all crying/tears
ㅋㅋㅋ - kekeke aka hehehe
Anyhow, today in class we talked about emoticons, symbol slang people use when texting.
here are a few examples:
^^ or ^__^ is a smiley face
__ ., __ is when you're stressed and you're nose is running. The lines are closed eyes and the dots are the nose; there is snot dripping out of one of the nostrils.
ㅠㅠ, ㅜㅜ, ㅠㅠ; - are all crying/tears
ㅋㅋㅋ - kekeke aka hehehe
>-< - angry or screaming
-_-; - stressed, the ; is sweat
So there you go, a tutorial on texting emoticons.
So, this past weekend Nik came into Seoul and we met up with DongWon, a samulnori teacher who comes to MN every once in a while and conducts workshops. (I've actually never attended any, as I've always been at school...).
He took us out to lunch and we talked about different drumming styles and philosophies. I told him I was going to be teaching drumming at SupHo and so we discussed samulnori vs. poongmul etc. Dongwon said there are two branches or styles of poongmul. I won't get into all of the historical details, but one is more professional and one is more community oriented. I need the community oriented one, as this will be most accessible to children and foreigners/people unfamiliar with korean traditional music. Thus, we concluded I should study pilbong style poongmul. He also found me a place to talk poongmul lessons!
Initially, the price he quoted was roughly $400/month! whew. This was one of the main reasons I took on a few tutoring jobs, hoping to break even, or at least, make myself feel better. But apparently a few weeks ago, a new drumming school opened up that teaches Pilbong style poongmul (필봉 풍물). Its about $40/month; SOOO much better. But, there is only an advanced class so far, so he told me to attend that one. yikes! Anyhow, I'm really excited. Tomorrow will be my first time. Wish me luck. I think I'll need it.
Nik, Kyungmoon, and I were supposed to go see a drumming rehearsal/performance, Dulsori. However, Nik and I were running late, as we were coming from lunch with Dongwon, and then when we met up with Kyungmoon, we took the bus, missed out stop and kind of got lost... But we eventually found it! Unfortunately, we missed almost the entire performance and only caught the last 5-10 min. But it was really awesome. I wanna go again! It was an "open rehearsal," so not a formal performance. It made me really want to learn taepyungso!
After the performance, we met up with Susie and went to Dos Tacos for dinner. It was really good! I haven't had mexican in a long time! My veggie burrito was delicious!
note the one cup of sprite to be shared by 4 people. ㅋㅋㅋOver the weekend, my host brother, sister, and mother "baked" cookies. We had a mix we got at EMart and one would think with a mix, nothing can go wrong. Not so. Most Korean houses/apt. don't have a big oven like we do in America. So, my host mom took out a pan, put oil in it, and proceeded to spoon-drop the batter in. She told me it was a special pan that works like an oven. Korea is full of all sorts of weird things, so I figured sure. But about 5 min. later, I smelled something burning!
The bottoms were completely charred and the tops were still uncooked. We decided to leave them so the tops could cook (we had about 7 min to go.. ) and just not eat the bottoms when they came out. I asked about their oven. They have a small portable one, but I don't think my host mom uses it too often. She took it out and we tried it again. We even used cookie cutters this time and stamped thomas the tank engine ontop of each cookie. They looked perfect! But about 5 min. after we had put them in, I smelled something burning.
My host mom and I ran over, but it was too late. The bottoms were all charred. My hostmom/brother/sister dubbed the first batch "외에 만 쿠키" aka "top only cookies" and the second batch "조금 만 쿠키" aka "only a little bit cookie," as my host mom cut off all of the burnt parts, so only a little was left.
top only cookies-_-; - stressed, the ; is sweat
So there you go, a tutorial on texting emoticons.
So, this past weekend Nik came into Seoul and we met up with DongWon, a samulnori teacher who comes to MN every once in a while and conducts workshops. (I've actually never attended any, as I've always been at school...).
He took us out to lunch and we talked about different drumming styles and philosophies. I told him I was going to be teaching drumming at SupHo and so we discussed samulnori vs. poongmul etc. Dongwon said there are two branches or styles of poongmul. I won't get into all of the historical details, but one is more professional and one is more community oriented. I need the community oriented one, as this will be most accessible to children and foreigners/people unfamiliar with korean traditional music. Thus, we concluded I should study pilbong style poongmul. He also found me a place to talk poongmul lessons!
Initially, the price he quoted was roughly $400/month! whew. This was one of the main reasons I took on a few tutoring jobs, hoping to break even, or at least, make myself feel better. But apparently a few weeks ago, a new drumming school opened up that teaches Pilbong style poongmul (필봉 풍물). Its about $40/month; SOOO much better. But, there is only an advanced class so far, so he told me to attend that one. yikes! Anyhow, I'm really excited. Tomorrow will be my first time. Wish me luck. I think I'll need it.
Nik, Kyungmoon, and I were supposed to go see a drumming rehearsal/performance, Dulsori. However, Nik and I were running late, as we were coming from lunch with Dongwon, and then when we met up with Kyungmoon, we took the bus, missed out stop and kind of got lost... But we eventually found it! Unfortunately, we missed almost the entire performance and only caught the last 5-10 min. But it was really awesome. I wanna go again! It was an "open rehearsal," so not a formal performance. It made me really want to learn taepyungso!
After the performance, we met up with Susie and went to Dos Tacos for dinner. It was really good! I haven't had mexican in a long time! My veggie burrito was delicious!
note the one cup of sprite to be shared by 4 people. ㅋㅋㅋThe bottoms were completely charred and the tops were still uncooked. We decided to leave them so the tops could cook (we had about 7 min to go.. ) and just not eat the bottoms when they came out. I asked about their oven. They have a small portable one, but I don't think my host mom uses it too often. She took it out and we tried it again. We even used cookie cutters this time and stamped thomas the tank engine ontop of each cookie. They looked perfect! But about 5 min. after we had put them in, I smelled something burning.
My host mom and I ran over, but it was too late. The bottoms were all charred. My hostmom/brother/sister dubbed the first batch "외에 만 쿠키" aka "top only cookies" and the second batch "조금 만 쿠키" aka "only a little bit cookie," as my host mom cut off all of the burnt parts, so only a little was left.
the oven
host mom cutting off burnt parts of the cookies
Anyhow, I need to go to bed. Til later!
3 comments:
Very funny post! That oven looks like our toaster oven, and you know how well that works lately! :) Well, I hope you can slow down and smell the roses and have less stress!
Love, Mom
Oops! I should have made my smiley face Korean style: ^-^
Love again,
Mom
lol! yeah, the toaster oven... thanks mom! love you!
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