Thoughts from Cindy and Candy

This page of the blog was written by Eun Bee Ko (°íÀººñ). She is called Cindy. Her sister is Chai Yoon Jee (ÃÖÀ±Áö). She is called Candy. Cindy is twelve years old, but in the Korean system of years she is thirteen. When a person is born, she is considered to be one year old. So at New Years the person becomes a year older. Candy is ten in international years but eleven in the Korean system.

My name is Cindy and I have been to the Philippines four times to study English. In school in Korea, the students learn only phonics, but in my case I wanted to learn how to speak and read in English. English is an international language which can be used for my future. Most of my classmates can't speak very well. They don't like English because it is too hard. Reading and writing in English is difficult because of the pronunciation. It is hard to get used to the alphabet. Writing is difficult because of the word order. For example, the verbs in Korean are always at the end of a sentence while in English they are in the middle.

My name is Candy, and I find speaking English hard. It is hard because of the pronunciation. For example, most people call Zeus, Juice. We don't have a Z in our alphabet. I think that there are many mosquitos in the Philippines, and it is much hotter than Korea. Sometimes you have to worry about robbers, but lots of the people are very kind. Even though it is very hot sometimes, I like the weather. The ocean is very, very clean, and I can see lots of starfish. I really liked Boracay. The sand is really white, and the water is just the right temperature.