Monday, January 4, 2010

Are You Sure You Are Not Korean?

It's funny how many times that question has been asked.
Victor (my Korean friend) and I have this long running joke about how he should teach me and English and I should teach him Korean.
Why is this funny?
Well I am a Canadian born Chinese, and Victor is a Korean native who is here in Vancouver to learn English.
How did this joke come about?
WELL sometimes I ask him how to say certain English words/phrases in Korean and he would pause for a long time and then I would ask him if it's ____? He would then look at me and go, "That's right =)" As for him his English is not bad but his pronunciation and choice of words is somewhat strange at times...so I always ask him what's that and he would have to explain asking me if I'm Canadian, should he teach me English?

Anyway this story came to mind today cause he was telling me phrases/words in Korean once again but more seriously this time since I told him I am actually learning how to read/write. In three months he told me he's going to pick something easy for me to read to him in Korean and he would do the same in English.

Three months...I think it'll be ok. A short easy paragraph should be tackleable.

I'm so sad, I left my work keys @ my computer at work. I am suppose to open the school tomorrow, which means I will get to leave early. However since I have no keys I had to ask my coworker to help me open tomorrow instead. SO I will be leaving work at 5 instead. Oh well that means I get more sleep. Speaking of sleep I am off now. This entire winter break I have been waking up at around 11 or 12 and now that I have to get up before the sun even comes up it's hard!!!

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