Wednesday, June 10, 2009

What's for dinner?

Every meal at my hasukjib brings new experiences and lessons (my Nuna cooks a delicious and sufficient breakfast and dinner for us everyday).  The topics of conversation as well as the number of sentences I can fully comprehend vary from meal to meal.  Some days are a lot better than others, which provide encouragement as I continue trying to understand the language.  Tonight was one of those better nights.  I found that I and another Korean student at the hasukjib share an interest in playing the bass guitar.  This was a positive connection that we made, and only fueled more conversation.  There is also this really nice girl who takes the time to speak slower for me, and cares about what I am attempting to say.  I am grateful for her patience, as I can imagine it must be difficult listening to my fragmented Korean.  Nonetheless, I feel like I am making progress, even though it's slow, by extending myself to the other students who have also extended themselves to me.  A lot can happen during the brief periods of breakfast and dinner, more than you'd expect.

1 comment:

  1. You've found one of the real keys to major progress -- extending yourself. That was always a challenge for me, but eventually it becomes almost second nature!

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