Today I woke up and went running in the huge Children's Grand Park that is nearby. Usually I run along feeling very anonymous without anyone noticing that I am there. But for some reason today four people waved to me, and as I was finishing some sprints on the soccer field, one of the many walkers that I see greeted me with the familiar Anyong Haseyo and asked me if I wanted some green tea. I am not sure why today was different, but it was.The morning Korean class was fun as usual. The Korean teacher addresses me as Abraham Lincoln rather than Juice, and all the students are constantly joking and passing around food. They make sure the teacher gets food too. Today I memorized my first Korean poem. We all have to recite it, and I am really intent on getting it right. After class we meet for lunch in a Korean restaurant and everyone speaks Tagalog so I am having both a Korean lesson and a Tagalog lesson. Tagalog is easier to understand in part because I have heard it a lot more and also because it has so many more cognates. I can tell that all the Filipinas welcome a chance to speak Tagalog so there is practically no Korean or English spoken at lunch. I realize now that I am better at Visayan than Tagalog. Maybe I willl greet everyone with Maayong Buntag this morning. Ha ha
2 comments:
Hi Zeus,
Enjoy your summer. It's great to read your blogs. I kinda like "Juice". Can I call you that when you get back? Take care.
Kathy Barrett
from Blue Gargoyle
Hello Kuya Zeus,
I enjoyed reading your blogs and please don't forget to add pictures with your Korean students especially the one having a cute eyes. (smile)And i'm interested to hear your first Korean poem.I hope you can put that in youtube so that i can hear it...ngek
Kamsa hamnida
May God continue to bless your trip...
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