KOREA 2015 #4: Hangul Day, Kimchi Making, Cooking Competition and Performances.

 Click to Read Day 1, Day 2, Day 3.

Hello Everyone, I'm about halfway there in telling you the tales of what I got upto whilst in Korea. Because of these blogposts, the past few days have been filled with bittersweet moments of reminiscing. It is the last day of the year and that means I have had a lot of random moments where I think of the things I got up to, I guess it should come as no surprise that my biggest highlight this year was the trip. I have wanted it for so long and when it finally happened it took me weeks to actually believe it was real. Thank you to everyone who has supported my dreams and those who have encouraged me to keep studying Korean, and you lovely people from all over the world who have read my posts and checked up on me. Thank You.

Now on with it,  Day 4 was one of the most important days.

KOREA 2015 #3: NATIONAL COSTUMES, HANGUL DAY EVE CONCERT, GWANGHWAMUN SQUARE & Gyeongbok Palace

Read Day 1 and Day 2 if you haven't yet!

KOREA 2015 #2: Samulnori Lesson, Arirang Studio and MamaMoo Performance

Read Day 1 here if you haven't yet!!
 
Day 2 started off nice and early, woke up at sunrise and because my room was on the 8th floor, I had a nice view of the sun rising and I have to say it was a beautiful sight. Breakfast started at 7 and unfortunately I do not have a single picture of breakfast. It was a western/eastern breakfast spread buffet style and whatever your taste was, there was definitely something for you. Including Kimchi!!

KOREA 2015 #1: ARRIVAL AND FIRST IMPRESSIONS

As I mentioned in my previous post, I was in Korea recently and I was there for a week. I did so much in that week and so I have decided to share my experience here. I shall be posting everyday this week so be sure to come back for Day 2 tomorrow!!

I  started off the day at 6am making my way to the train station to start the long journey of navigating the London train system to Heathrow. At this point I was all nerves and I still couldn't believe that the trip was happening. I couldn't sleep the night before and I kept having this fear that something will go wrong!

I VISITED KOREA, FINALLY!!!!

 Guys 오랜만이다 ~ Oraenmanida ~ Long time no see!!

I have the best news to share today. It's finally happened y'all!!

I visited Korea this month and I had the best time ever!!! 

I'm still trying to recover from the trip and time and time again I find myself lost in my memories. I miss it so much and I also miss the wonderful people I met on the trip.

I was on the trip with 149 students from 49 countries. We are all students of Sejong Institute around the world and we were in Korea on a cultural experience trip and also to celebrate Hangeul Day.

To kinda celebrate the trip and to share my experience with you guys, I have decided to do what I do best. Write it down!! You can daydream about your trip to Korea or reminisce if you've already been or just be entertained by all we got up to. 

Because we did so much in the week that I was there, I have decided to make it in a diary format and separate it day by day. If everything goes according to plan, I shall upload them everyday starting tomorrow so be sure to come back here everyday for a new post.

Better yet, subscribe to my mailing list which can be found on the right hand side of this page under 'Keep Updated'.

I look forward to sharing my adventures with you all and I'll try and stop the tears from falling as I look back on my time in Korea!!!!

Search for me around the web by clicking the following links:

On KOREAN TWITTER disseminating real time views on dramas & music etc

On FACEBOOK sharing  interesting links

On INSTAGRAM sharing pictures 

and on TUMBLR just doing what people do on there

안녕,

meera

REFLECTION || Taking a Break from Japanese Learning.

こんにちは みなさん ~  Kon'nichiwa Minasan ~ Hello everyone

It's been a while, a lot has happened and is still happening. I would never have imagined I will take this long break from the blog. At some point this was my sanctuary, but I let it go and now I'm back.

How have you guys been?

If you remember from this post introduction of a self-taught Japanese geek I picked up Japanese. It was at a time when I had a lot of free time on my hands, and I was looking to spice up my language journey. It has been fun so far but like every extra hobby I picked up it has fallen into the shadows. 

I haven't studied Japanese in months, and what I have studied has somehow gone to the dark corners of my brain. School has become very busy and I have realised I no longer have the time or luxury for my Japanese studies. 

Learning a language requires time and a lot of effort and enthusiasm, and as much as I want to say I have all 3, the reality is I don't! So after much reflection, I have decided it is time to put my Japanese learning on hold until a future time when it can be dusted off the shelf.

This also means that I will concentrate on just Korean making it easier and more effective for me. Learning two languages that are very similar, yet different, at the same time can slow down your pace in both. I learnt that firsthand. So I will spend the next year or two focusing on just Korean and see how far I can go with it.

Hope you stick around that long ;)

So on that note, I have decided to change the name of the blog, Again, to reflect the content I will be writing about and show my focus on Korea.

Any name suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Search for me around the web by clicking the following links:

On KOREAN TWITTER disseminating real time views on dramas & music etc

On FACEBOOK sharing  interesting links

On INSTAGRAM sharing pictures 

and on TUMBLR just doing what people do on there

안녕,

meera

VIDEO | 2nd Korean Speech Contest

I have uploaded a video talking about my speech at the 2nd Korean Speech Contest in Nigeria. I will write a post about it very soon. Subscribe to my channel below chuseyo :)