Korea
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My inbox suddenly turned Korean
As we get closer to the day where I move to Korea, the planning intensifies. I’m in almost constant contact with my new Korean colleagues, the administrative staff at my Korean University, my Korean friends, and anyone else who’s kindly offering their help. When I checked my work email this morning I had six unread…
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Korea preparations
As of today there are only six weeks left before I board my Seoul-bound flight. In many ways this is the worst amount of time to have to wait for something. It’s so close that everybody around me keeps talking about it and asking me about my preparations; yet still so far away that I…
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Korean inspiration
I love learning something other than just the language when I’m learning Korean. I also find that as my Korean skills continue to improve, I’m able to use Korean to learn about other things as well. A truly satisfying feeling! Among excellent resources for broadening your horizon in Korean, I highly recommend the 세바시 channel…
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The Tale of Chunhyang
I didn’t have too much time for studying Korean this weekend, but I did manage to read the final chapter of my Integrated Korean Adv. 2 textbook, and this chapter happened to be the story of Chunhyang (춘향전). I’m not too familiar with Korean folk tales except those that have been included in previous textbook…
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My favorite Korean skincare products
I’ve long wanted to do a blog post on Korean beauty products, and the role of beauty in Korea. My first encounter with Korean beauty was during my first trip to Seoul last winter. I knew before going that Korea was famous for its beauty industry, and that cosmetics certainly played an important role in…
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Going back to Seoul (…in a few months)
So here in the middle of summer, winter is far away and I shouldn’t really be longing for frost and snow, and significantly fewer hours of daylight. Nonetheless, this is EXACTLY what I am doing at the moment. Because when winter comes, I’m going back to Seoul!!! My husband and I are going to spend two…
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Thank you for the nomination!
A few days ago Kristy was so kind to nominate me for the Liebster award. It’s only been about six months since I started blogging so I’m obviously very flattered. Thank you Kristy 🙂 I’ve agreed to answer a few questions about myself, which I’m more than happy to do 🙂 Do you have a bias?…
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Going Korean in Canada
I’m currently in Montreal for an economics conference. While I have been to the U.S. on many occasions this is my first time in Canada and so far I feel that I flown 8 hours only to go to France 🙂 I really like it here but while I expected the province of Quebec to…
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A Korean listening challenge
Earlier this week, Jeremy from MotivateKorean kindly sent me a link to a youtube video where a Korean professor of philosophy gives a talk about how we currently live in a polarized society and how we may achieve the right balance. It is about 20 minutes long and quite challenging but I’m sure you’ll find it worth listening to.…
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In the news: Why young Koreans migrate to Northern Europe
This morning when I sat down to study Korean I had a hard time deciding on what to study first. So, I started out with a little facebook procrastination. In my defense my facebook feed is almost entirely in Korean since I don’t really use facebook for anything besides keeping in contact with Korean friends, following Korean…
Sofie to Korea 