Amazing Things #33 ultraviolet light sterilizer
This nifty device seems to be able to ZAP everything from bedbugs to dust mites...with its amazing ultraviolet light an no doubt it would be useful for identifying fake fivers...
Friday 28 February 2014
Friday 21 February 2014
Amazing Things #32 - Kindergarten Graduation
Amazing Things #32 - Kindergarten Graduation
My son graduated this week... Yeah, he starts Elementary (Primary) School in March. But he had a graduation ceremony, complete with Mortar board and robe. I find both those things amazing - he is 7 but so grown up...
That (Selfishly) is my Amazing thing for this week!
The hat incident... and the recital
Friday 14 February 2014
Amazing things #31 - Wall mounted CD Player
Amazing things #31 - Wall mounted CD Player
One thing that Apartment dwelling Koreans don't have a lot of, - is space... and one thing they can't make a lot of, - is noise, so big floor standing speakers and hi-fi systems are not as common as in other parts of the world... This nifty gadget gives you a clock, CD player / mp3 player, with micro SD card / usb support and speakers in a 9" round device you can hang on the wall, in a range of colors... Amazing!
Wednesday 12 February 2014
Monday 10 February 2014
Work Pressure and Sunday classes
Here is a post from my language learning blog, but as it is about my life in Korea rather than being just about Language learning, I thought I would post here too...
The original post is here: http://korean-learning.blogspot.com/2014/02/work-pressure-and-sunday-classes.html
Yesterday I had a new teacher for my Sunday Sogang Level 2A class.
Her Teaching Style is different, FAST! We did the whole of chapter 6 in 1 hour 30 mins, to be honest I struggled a bit even some of the vocabulary, I wasn't sure of but I think I managed ok - the other student in the class (yeah - there is only 2 of us!) is more advanced than me so probably easier for him!
When going through the grammar sections where you have to complete a sentence, the pace was so fast that she was practically giving the answer while I was still working out the grammar form, then we ran through the page reading the answers and she corrected pronunciation, etc. If I keep up the self study using these sections of the book, then maybe it will be ok. But, for me Sogang class was about studying in a class environment and just doing a reading / listening as homework - this gave me time to study the TOPIK, Business and writing types of study that I am currently attempting. But the lesson is FREE and it is a great help, I really think I need to attend a Hagwon class for study or get a private 1-2-1 teacher. But it is something I can't afford at the moment, in terms of time or money.
Work pressure
Transferring to a new team at work, whose focus is not on language and translation it is sales and marketing for Overseas clients (English speakers). I attended my first meeting last week - it was in KOREAN and I understood he morning sessions in varying degrees that I was quite pleased about - but by the afternoon I was lost... In the evening was a welcome meal for some new employees and a farewell meal for a manager who is heading to south America to set up a new branch - the new colleagues and a couple of other younger employees speak English really well but I can't expect them to translate everything for me during the course of the day..
I bought a new book Essential Korean for Business Use.
You can look at the first few pages >>Here<<
It seems an interesting book great for supplementary self study...
The original post is here: http://korean-learning.blogspot.com/2014/02/work-pressure-and-sunday-classes.html
Yesterday I had a new teacher for my Sunday Sogang Level 2A class.
Her Teaching Style is different, FAST! We did the whole of chapter 6 in 1 hour 30 mins, to be honest I struggled a bit even some of the vocabulary, I wasn't sure of but I think I managed ok - the other student in the class (yeah - there is only 2 of us!) is more advanced than me so probably easier for him!
When going through the grammar sections where you have to complete a sentence, the pace was so fast that she was practically giving the answer while I was still working out the grammar form, then we ran through the page reading the answers and she corrected pronunciation, etc. If I keep up the self study using these sections of the book, then maybe it will be ok. But, for me Sogang class was about studying in a class environment and just doing a reading / listening as homework - this gave me time to study the TOPIK, Business and writing types of study that I am currently attempting. But the lesson is FREE and it is a great help, I really think I need to attend a Hagwon class for study or get a private 1-2-1 teacher. But it is something I can't afford at the moment, in terms of time or money.
Work pressure
Transferring to a new team at work, whose focus is not on language and translation it is sales and marketing for Overseas clients (English speakers). I attended my first meeting last week - it was in KOREAN and I understood he morning sessions in varying degrees that I was quite pleased about - but by the afternoon I was lost... In the evening was a welcome meal for some new employees and a farewell meal for a manager who is heading to south America to set up a new branch - the new colleagues and a couple of other younger employees speak English really well but I can't expect them to translate everything for me during the course of the day..
I bought a new book Essential Korean for Business Use.
You can look at the first few pages >>Here<<
It seems an interesting book great for supplementary self study...
Friday 7 February 2014
Amazing Things #30 Magic Spoon
Amazing Things #30 Magic spoon
When I first saw this, I thought it must be a mixing spoon or a measuring spoon - Spoons are pretty functional and the design seems to have passed the test of time and there is not much room for improvement.
It functions well but it is Just a spoon!
It functions well but it is Just a spoon!
But what if a spoon was not for eating your cereal or mixing your Bi Bim Bap... Then it has the potential to become... MAGIC... and therefore makes the list as Amazing thing #30.
I give you the Magic Spoon Massager:
and this is how it works... but why is it a spoon?
And of course we all know that in order to sell a product - we need some westerners to endorse it - I thought these two were particularly SCARY!!!
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