Time to Update !

Don’t know where to start since I haven’t updated my blog for long time. I don’t know the reason for sure – I don’t have enough time to update or I don’t have anything to write about. Ok, now let me start from when I entered university until now but I guess some of you guys know already via Facebook page.

I restarted my freshman 5 months ago. Since then I was so busy with my life as a university student here. Every day I had to do homework given by most of my professors. Also, every week I have to complete 4 reports for Chemistry Experiment and Physic Experiment class. I could say writing these reports really took so much time and was so hard for me because I had to write them in Korean. Every night I went to sleep around 2 or 3 o’clock and sometimes I couldn’t sleep in order to finish them.  When the exam came, it did give me a lot of stress and tension. When the exam was over, no one knows how much I felt relieved and happy.

Now I am having a two-month vacation. During this vacation, I have enjoyed it so much. Last month, I went to Hong Kong for three weeks to join a summer course. Even studying over there, somehow, gave me stress due to the difficulty of lesson I did enjoy my trip there. I went to many places in Hong Kong and Macau. Also, I experience various types of Hong Kong food. It was so nice! In addition, I got to know many friends who also joined the program. We did really have a very nice time together in Hong Kong. The first day I arrived Hong Kong, I felt 3 weeks were really a long period but I couldn’t believe the time flied that fast and everyone went back to their own beloved country. After the course I went to Cambodia for one week. Over there, I didn’t go anywhere besides staying home in Battambang but I was really happy to be there. It seemed like the time speeded up so fast. I didn’t even prepare my feeling that I myself was in Cambodia and then it was the day that I had to leave Cambodia again. I couldn’t manage my time to meet all my friends there since most of them live in Phnom Penh. Thus, I want to say sorry to some of my friends whom I couldn’t meet while I was in Cambodia but we will of course meet together when I go there again.

Now I am back to Korea and still have 2 weeks more before starting the new semester again. I really want to enjoy this short period so much but it seems that I can’t. I don’t know why. After I came back, I miss Cambodia crazily; I got homesick now, I guess. Hope I will be better soon and prepare for the coming semester. Time to fight again! Fighting! 

Preparation For My Speaking Test - 2

As I mentioned in my previous post, I prepared a designed poster for my Speaking Test. Moreover, I also had to prepare what I was going to present on that day in advance. For presentation, students were given at least 3mn and at most 5mn to present. It's a bit difficult for me of course since I am still not good at Korean Language yet. Finally, despite difficulty I managed to finish and present it well on that day. Below is my speaking on that day.

Speaking in Korean :

안녕하세요, 여러분? 잘 지내고 있죠? 저는 오늘 뉴스가 있어서 여기에 왔나요. 여러분중에서 춤을 배우고 싶은 사람들이 있어요? 있으면 걱정하지 마세요. 왜냐하면은 이제부터 우리 대학교에 춤모임이 생겼어요. 여러분들이, 혹시 이 포스터를 안 봤죠? 이 포스터가 우리 춤모임 포스터입니다. 여러분들이 아직 안 봐서 지금부터 저는 이야기를 해 줄게요.우리 춤모임의 이름은 최고 춤모임입니다. 그리고, 가입할사람들이 춤을 같이 배울 거예요. 우리 모임에 선생님이 한분 있어요. 선생님께서는 한국사람인데 춤을 잘 하세요. 정말 재미있는 분이십니다. 그래서, 함께 배우면 재미있는 것 같아요. 또, 가입할사람들이 다른 나라 친구들을 만날 수 있어요. 그래서, 쉽는 시간에 같이 한국말로 이야기를 하고 생활정보를 나눠서 아주 좋아요. 우리 모임이 매주 금요일 오후 2시에 모여서 함께 춤을 배울 거예요. 그리고, 장소가 9호관 5층 511후입니다. 특히, 우리모임에 나갈때 대회도 있어요. 그래서, 제일 춤을 잘 출사람은 선물을 받고 해외여행을 할 거예요. 진짜 재미있어요. 그리고, 가입할 사람들에게는 우리 모임에서 티셔츠를 주기로 했어요. 가입하고 싶은사람들이 전화나이메일로 연락을 저에게 주거나 신청서를 작성해서 저에게 주세요. 신청서가 오늘만 사무실에서 받을 수 있어요. 인하대학교에 유학생들이 모두 환영해요. 더 자세한정보를 알고 싶으면 우리 모임홈페이즈를 이용해 주세요. 우리 홈페이즈가 www.radyheng.blogspot.com 입니다. 우리 모임이 다음주부터 시작할 거예요. 전화번호하고 이메일하고 홍페이즈가 이포스터에 있어요. 이따가 게시판에 이포스터를 봍져 줄게요. 마지막으로 여러본들이 잘 들어서 정말 감사합니다.

Translation to English :

Hello everyone ! How are you? Today I came here because I have some news for you. Among everyone, are there any people who wants to study dancing? If so, don't worry because from now on there is a dancing club in our university. Maybe everyone didn't see this poster yet, did you? This is our dancing club poster. Since you didn't see yet I will tell you now. Our dancing club's name is The Best Dancing Club and joining people are going to learn how to dance together. There is one teacher who is going to teach dancing. The teacher is Korean and good at dancing of course. Also, she is a very interesting teacher. Thus, it is really interesting, if we can study together. Moreover, joining people are able to meet foreign friends so you can talk and share your life with them in Korean language while taking a break; it is really nice. Joining people are going to study at 2pm Friday everyweek. The study place is at room 511, 5th floor, building 9. Specially, there is also a dance competition in our club. Thus, the best dancer will be given a gift and chance to travel to foreign country. Really interesting ! Furthermore, joining people will be given a T-shirt. People who want to register for the club can give me a contact through phone or e-mail or fill an application form and give it to me. The application is available in the office only today. All foreign students in Inha university are welcome. For more details, please visit our club's website. Our site is www.radyheng.blogspot.com. Our club is going to start next week. Phone number, e-mail and website all are on this poster, and I will stick it on the bulletin board soon. Finally, thank for your attention.

* It took me about 4mn to finish this short speaking, but it took me about 35mn to finish typing this short speaking. :)

Preparation For My Speaking Test - 1

Hmm, what's a relief ! Today I finished all of my Korean language final exam for this summer course. I am gonna start another new fall course soon. But enjoy my three-week vacation first ! :) I'm thinking of some plans for this vacation. What am I going to DO? ~~~

In my school, it usually takes 2 days to finish an examination. For the first day, there are Grammar Test, Reading Test and Writing Test; for the second day, the last two tests are Listening Test and Speaking Test. Particularly, for Speaking test we were asked to do a presentation this time, which is my very first time to do a presentation in Korean, but we were given the topic in advance so that we could prepare well before doing the presentation.

The given topic for Speaking Test for this final exam was "Making a Club". Students were supposed to make a club they prefered, tell some details and give explanation to listeners about their club in order to attract listeners to join their club. Also, students were required to designed a poster to represent their club. The poster could be made by hand-drawing or computer.

For me, the chosen club is Dancing Club. Why did I come out with the idea of making such a club? Since I am not good at drawing a picture, I decided to make the poster by using computer. Thus, I tried to find out some pictures I could use for my poster. While I was surfing Internet, I unexpectedly found many pictures of dancing people and could think of what I was going to design so I decided to make the dancing club.

Here is my poster

To Be Continued...

Level 1 Ended

Ah! just can't believe it! Eventually, I finished level 1 of Korean language training, and I have also been living in Korea for two months. I don't know if time slowly or quickly flies. To me, talking about the course, I think time really flies so fast, but talking about living here, I think time does fly slowly. Last weekend, I was so so busy revising for my final examination so I could do nothing, except staying home all day and preparing for the coming exam. Phew, my exam days were over. Really relieved now ! In addition, I am gonna have three weeks off before starting another new course. Ah! what am I going to spend time on for this very long vacation? Going to Cambodia is good but it is too early to go there. Thus, probably gonna stay home again and prepare for the new challenging course. Back to my level-1 course, I really satisfies what I got from this beginning course. I never forget the first-day situation of living here; I knew nothing about Korean language. But now I am able to communicate with Korean people. In fact, not really good enough but at least, with a help form their gestures, I can understand what they are saying. Also, I am able to read and wirte Korean language. Overall, I think I learned much form the course . Anyway, really thank to my Korean teachers, who were always beside me, encouraged me and even pushed me to be who I am right now.

My First Korean Class

Yesterday was my first Korean class here, and I found it so so hard since I know nothing about Korean language except Korean consonants and vowels. My teacher used Korean language in the class as if I had known Korean language clearly. With ten students in the class, three of us are Cambodian and the rests come from other countries such as China, Nepal, Japan, Mongolia and USA. Most of them can speak Korean fluently but they study level 1 with us. I don't know why, Yab! Here are some photos I took in my class...

Inside my classroom

While in class, let's take a photo

My study materials

Writing name on the board

Finally

There is nothing more stressful than to sit in a room with a pile of books to be reviewed for the exams!

Finally, everything finished.
Finally, my streeful time was over.
Finally, I could manage to finish my exams partly successfully.
Finally, thank whatever pushing me to finish my examination.
Finally, I can go to my hometown for coming Chinese New Year.
Finally, I can think of my plan for Rattanakiri trip.
Finally, I am sitting here to post this one.

What a relief!

The Semester I Ended

With piles of assignments and homework in the past two weeks, hardly did I afford to finish them. Phew! I could successfully manage them, finally. Another good thing is that my semester I ended. I barely believe it; yesterday was the last day of semester I. What a relief! Now, I am having one week off. Thank goodness! But, still poor me, I have to cram for my coming semester I exams for both universities this week. How can I deal with plenty of lessons in a just, short week? This minute, just grab a chance to post this one…