Teaching Korean

I've been teaching Korean privately for about 3 weeks now.
My student wants to learn Korean because she wants to study in South Korea around next year.
However, I don't really think she has the passion in learning Korean language.
She wants to just learn Korean fast but doesn't really put effort in it.
She is fast learner, but she doesn't really memorize many vocabularies.
Then one time she asked me, what if we finished learning the whole book and I still can't speak Korean.
I just answered, that's why you need to practice it everyday, not only the day we learn the language.
I figure out that when I learn Korean, I really studied really hard to "be Korean" so that I always try think and to speak what's on my mind in Korean.
Singing Kpop songs also helpful because I can read the lyric and sing along with it.
My struggle now is: how can I make my student memorize the vocab every day? -.-

4 years already

I kinda forgot that I have this blog.
lol.
I just wanted to start writing again, posting whatever happens in my life just so that I can remember it by myself.
I feel kinda cute and happy when I re-read my blog entries from 2010.
I was so naive, so adventurous, so young!!!

Things changed now.
I got married last year, quit my job and went back to my hometown.
Trying my luck in business, and now having a Korean restaurant along with my husband.
We're still trying to conceive but it's not as easy as it heard.
Lots of process and luck! We found out that no matter what we do, if God say not yet, then we just have to wait.
God knows best :)

Managing a restaurant is not as easy as I thought.
Conducting improvements and innovations have to be on the right time.
New competitors always come every time, and the current competitors are improving as well.
We are all struggling to survive in this field.
I think it applies to most type of business tho.
Don't know bout others, but this is what I can say based on my experience.
Frustrating? Yes.
But good things: I am not merely an employee anymore!!! Not a slave to anyone (admit it, employees often feel they are slave for their company) and can control people in your own way.

For extra income, I teach Korean language in private course as well.
I got only 1 student for now.
Funny things, I never really promote myself about teaching Korean, but this student just happened to messaged me on Instagram asking whether I teach Korean.
So, I just say yes to whatever opportunity that may come.
I have experience living in South Korea, so you can ask me anything bout it if you want to live there.

Woman with Blood Type AB

So, following the previous post, I'm gladly to say that I GOT THE JOB~
Although it's still in the probation period but I'm sufficiently happy right now.
I hope it will go well and I can work there for long long long long time.

Anyway, today I just want to speak up my mind about how sometimes people connect blood type with personalities.
Truthfully, I'm one of the believer.. ha ha..
Some people call me stupid because of this. I remember one of my classmates said to me that if there is a connection between personalities and blood type then whole world will be easy to control because there will be only 4 types of people.
That's not wrong as well anyway, but I believe that people with a same blood type have similar personalities although not necessarily same.

My blood type is AB.
And I actually really like and love myself.
From what I remember, people with blood type AB can easily change their minds, have different way of thinking than others, don't like to be ruled by people, and so on.
I actually find this really accurate with my personalities.
Sometimes I also confused about what I want because my mind continuously change -_-
I don't like to rule people and to be ruled by people. However, I follow an official regulation set by an organization very well (like company's rule, school's rule, etc). But, I just can't stand if merely someone want to tell me this or that.

Supporting my opinion, I found one South Korean song called AB형 여자 or Woman with Blood Type AB. Some parts of the lyrics goes like this:
수많은 매력을 갖고 있지 - Have lots of charisma
외로움 정말로 많이 타 - Easy to feel lonely
하루 수 백 번씩 바뀌는 맘 나도 감당 안돼 - Can't handle the continuously changing hearts
드라마 같은 사랑 꿈꾸기엔 이제 어른인데 - Dreaming of a fairytale like love life
똑똑하고 유니크하지 - Smart and unique
못하는 게 없어 요리도 잘해 - Can't do nothing. Can do anything
Cool한 척해도 은근히 소심해 - Act cool but timid inside
*note: not a direct translation

I kinda feel the same with the song.
And kinda feel that only AB can understand AB?
Of course it's only my opinion.
For them who say different, who cares?

Confirmed!

I'll start work at that company on Tuesday, 1st of October 2013.
This should be my real new start.
Without any help from anyone.
My own life, my own fight.
Time to create my destiny.

I still have lots to learn.
Although I studied a lot, I still feel incompetent.

My life before today was very fine.
I don't even know why I can achieve all of things that I planned.
I even think that if I tell my story to others, they will see me bragging about myself.
But I didn't find the satisfaction.
I DO give thanks to God about everything that I already achieved.
But somehow I still felt empty until these past few days.

Right now I also have a small business with my friend.
We just started it like few days ago.
Hope it will go well.

I'm thinking about why I start to write a blog again.
Maybe I just don't want to forget about my hardships these days.
So that I can live thankfully.
Things that I have to remember all the time.
Anyway, my previous blog was about my life in South Korea from 2010-2011.
You can visit the site: http://myiyagi.wordpress.com

Got Accepted!!

So...

I went to the company that called me for the interview.

In my point of view, the interview went just so-so.

It was not excellent.

I was again disappointed of myself.

cos i'm kinda perfectionist    ._.

The next day I got call from the HRD manager and she said that she would want me to come the next day to discuss about salary that they can offer and other benefits.

So the next next day I went there again and everything was so smooth.

I was so happy but also confused cos I didn't think that I could make it.

Thanks God obviously.

So, if everything still goes well, I'll start my job at the first of October!

Woohoo!

Wish me luck.

[To anyone of you that mistakenly visit my blog ( ~ ^ ^ ~ )]

Will this be another start?

Tomorrow I will go to a company that I applied before for the salary negotiation. It seems like they're going to hire me.

I was in despair in this last 2 months. After I got my MBA in a private school, I couldn't find a job that really suit me in all aspects. I did try apply for a management trainee program as soon as I graduate but got failed in the first stage of interview.
I felt that I am useless and got so stressed because of that. It seems like nothing goes according to my way. All paths seems blocked.

And then I prayed. Maybe I was too full of myself. I thought that I'm the best, that I can do anything. Then I realized that I'm nothing without Him. So that I give my life and my future in His hand. Again.

This past few years could be seen as the dark side of my life. But I didn't regret it. I made mistakes, so that I can learn from it. I used to say that life is too short to have regrets. I just didn't remember it.

If tomorrow goes well, it perhaps will be another start of my life. I'll try to live fully.