레이블이 Journal/일지인 게시물을 표시합니다. 모든 게시물 표시
레이블이 Journal/일지인 게시물을 표시합니다. 모든 게시물 표시

2015년 6월 30일 화요일

Meet up


Today is a day to meet foreigners at offline.
YouSung and I did have dinner after work.
That picture is our dinner.

After dinner, we expect and went to the meeting place.
It's 1 hour left until the appointed time.
We waited for the appointed time while studying English.

Some Koreans have arrived.
It's past the appointed time, but foreigners haven't come yet.
There are many Koreans only. (Around 25 people)
And Foreigners have arrived. (Around 3 people)

25:3
We were in despair then.
We didn't have a chance to talk with them.
I saw the Koreans who want to talk with foreigner.
I felt sad looking at them. (Only my opinion!)

After 1 hour, we went out from there.
We sighed.
We went into a little huff.
I'll go home and do a lot of studying English.
I'm burning!
Whoops~



오늘은 오프라인에서 외국인을 만나는 날이다.
유성과 나는 퇴근을 한 후, 저녁을 같이 먹었다.
저 사진은 우리의 저녁 식사 사진이다.

식사를 마친 후, 부푼 기대감을 안고 모임 장소로 갔다.
약속 시간까지 1시간이 남았다.
우리는 영어 공부를 하며 약속 시간을 기다렸다.

몇몇 한국인들이 도착했다.
약속 시간이 지났지만, 아직 외국인은 오지 않았다.
한국인들만 잔뜩 있다. (대략 25명정도)
그리고, 외국인이 도착했다. (대략 3명정도)

25:3
절망적이다.
우리는 그들과 대화할 기회 조차 없었다.
외국인과 대화를 하길 원하는 한국인들을 보니 뭔가 씁쓸한 느낌도 들었다. (오직 나의 생각!)

1시간 후, 우리는 그 곳을 빠져나왔다.
한숨이 푹 나왔다.
그리고, 약간 화가 났다.
오늘은 집에 가서 영어 공부를 잔뜩 해야겠다.
불타오른다!
으악~

2015년 6월 16일 화요일

Very small computer

I think I introduce a fun product.
It's a very small computer.
Its price is cheaper.
The United Kingdom's some group has developed the product.
It has been developed for supply to the children of the poorest countries.
I had to order it yesterday, received it today.
YouSung and I will develop a computer program using it.
It will be a fun experience for us.
Its name is the Raspberry Pi.
Cute name!



재밌는 제품을 하나 소개할게요.
아주 작은 컴퓨터예요.
가격도 싸요.
영국의 어떤 단체에서 이 제품을 개발했어요.
빈곤한 나라의 아이들에게 컴퓨터를 보급하기 위해 개발되었어요.
어제 주문을 했고, 오늘 받았어요.
유성씨와 저는 이걸 이용해서 컴퓨터 프로그램을 개발할 거예요.
우리에겐 재밌는 경험이 될 거예요.
그것의 이름은 라즈베리파이예요.
귀여운 이름이죠!

2015년 5월 28일 목요일

I'm going to restart my journal

Recently I think I'm passionate about learning English.
But I'm feeling very slow at English. (Sigh~) I know there's no shortcut.
I think the most dangerous thing in learning language is to be afraid of making mistakes.
Frankly I've been avoiding mistakes when I was about to write or speak something in English.
For now I think I'm not going to detour. I'll just write random things so that I can practice better way.
I'm sure that would be useful for me to expand my vocabulary and be used to frequent expressions.
After deciding to let it go, interestingly I feel better than before. It seems like easy to write. haha.
Plus, I will not look up every single words I don't know as possible as I can.
Okay. I believe I can do it.

2015년 5월 16일 토요일

I was in DamYang county

I went to DamYang with my wife for escaping from reality.
We got a lot of energy there. It was a really nice trip.
It's a shame we couldn't stay any longer.
Take a look at the following pics.

Juknokwon in DamYang


A strong man in the bamboo forest

He's thinking about his future

Freedom from Nature



Only one person always on my side

2015년 4월 29일 수요일

We've got her!

We are very pleased to be with you Ayana!
Welcome to our creative language learning blog.
You are the first member here who's native English speaker.
Actually we've been talking on Skype for months, right?
JinUk and I had been thinking about language team blog.
and.. we made it!
I'm sure it's quite useful to collaborate on corrections.
Ayana's first post '번역을 같이 해볼까요?' and comments show us the possibilities.
I love to find new methods to learn English as well.
We should try to keep writing and motivated so that we could practice constantly.
Please stay tuned and feel free to write anything you want!
We look forward to hear your story.
Have a charming day!
Thank you.

2015년 4월 22일 수요일

How to learn any grammar!

I watched this lesson about GRAMMAR.
Even though Ronnie made a strong expression, her explanation was very nice! 
Grammar is very very difficult. It's very confusing because it has too many exceptions.
She emphasise just two things to remember. 1)structure 2)how/why
  • ex: present continuous(progressive)
    1. Structure : Sub + (am/are/is) + verb-ing (You are watching a video)
    2. How/Why : Actions you are doing now
I know what she means but I don't understand all of them.
But I'll try to remember these 2 things when I learn new grammar.


====== translation ========
문법에 대한 강좌 영상을 보았다.
Ronnie가 이상한 표정을 짓고 있긴 하지만 그녀의 설명은 매우 좋았다!
문법은 정말이지 어렵다. 너무 많은 예외들이 있어서 참 혼란스럽다.
로니는 딱 두가지 기억할 점을 강조했다. 1)문법 2)어떻게/왜 쓰는지
  • 예: 현재진행형
    1. 문법: 주어 + (am/are/is) + 동사~ing (당신은 동영상을 시청하고 있습니다)
    2. 어떻게/왜 쓰는가 : 현재 하고 있는 동작을 설명하기 위함
로니가 의미하는 걸 알겠지만 다는 이해하지 못하겠다.
하지만 새 문법 배우면 저 두가지를 떠올려 보겠다.






2015년 2월 8일 일요일

I get that a lot

I get that a lot. 그런 말 많이 들어요.

I think this expression is quite useful in everyday talk.
이 표현은 일상대화에서 꽤 유용할 것 같아요.

  • somebody : wow You look like Tobey Maguire! 와, 토비 맥과이어 닮았어요.
  • Michael : I get that a lot. 예 그런 말 많이 들어요;;
  • A : You look European. 유럽사람 같아요.
  • B : Yeah, I get that a lot. 예, 그런 소리 많이 듣습니다.
  • You have a southern accent. 남부 사투리 쓰시네요.
  • I get that a lot. Actually I'm from Colorado. 그런 말 많이 듣습니다. 근데, 사실 전 콜로라도 출신입니다.

Ulsan Metropolitan City, South Korea

Today I'm going to introduce Ulsan city I've been living in since 2010.
Ulsan has many major corporations including Hyundai Motor, Hyundai Heavy Industries(HHI), SK Energy. I used to work at HHI as a senior programmer a few years ago. Even though the experiences there were very hard, the backgrounds help me improve my skills. But! I'll never do it again because those were very demanding jobs I've ever met.
Ulsan has many great parks such as Ulsan Grand Park(울산 대공원), Shipnidaebat(십리대밭), Seonam Lake Park.
and has the only whale museum in Korea, Jangsaengpo Whale Museum(장생포 고래 박물관).
and there are much more beautiful places to go such as Paraeso Falls(파래소 폭포), Jujeon Mongdol Beach(몽돌 해수욕장), the amazing mountains Youngnam Alps(영남 알프스), and so on.
And you can drive to Gyeongju National Park in 30 mins because Ulsan is facing that historic city.
Oh my god it's too hard to introduce my town.
Anyway, you can reach me and ask a favour or something when you come to Ulsan ^^;;
Ok. See you next time. bye bye~


2015년 2월 5일 목요일

I need some inspiration

Honestly I ran out of subject on my journal.
It's the time you guys tell me something.
What do you want me to tell?
I don't know.. I have few things to write here at this moment.
I found the best place to write something enthusiastically.
Stackoverflow.com : question and answer site for programmers
It is a huge site which has a remarkable library for every answer finders.
I'm going to try to post some questions I've been wondering.
Actually I submitted my first question about programmer's tool yesterday.
I didn't get any answer yet. :(
But I'm not going to be depressed till I receive the first answer.
Nobody knows ~ Maybe it'll take forever haha.
See Ya

2015년 2월 4일 수요일

I am a programmer

As you know I'm a programmer who's still struggling with tons of bugs(not the real bugs).
I've experienced in this field almost for 10 years.
But don't even think about the hacker or something nerd.
I had to learn many things as year goes by. For me it was not enjoyable jobs.
The only thing I love to code is iOS app programming. It gives me freshness I think.
But the market share of the iPhone in Korea is not that good.
so most companies don't want to invest any money for a tiny number of people.
It makes me gloomy and unhappy.
I just want to leave this world.

Well.. I'm tired. I think I'd better go to bed now.
Good night, friends !


2015년 2월 3일 화요일

I love hamburgers

This is a set of The Bacon Tomato. Tonight’s dinner.
and my wife’s one was a set of The Quarter Pounder with cheese.
Yeah~ We’re loving it. tada~ McDonald’s^^
I took them out by Drive Thru. I really like that procedure much.
If I could live somewhere in US, I may have no problem with food at least.
The Bacon Tomato said :
Ok, let me check your stomach. Here we go~

This is on the house

I’ve been listening to the EnglishInKorean podcast by Michael Elliott for months. I’ve never seen that kind of material suits me perfect. I really love it. As usual, I listened to an episode of EiK today. I picked up the special expression for Korean. 
This is on the house 
which means ‘Let the restaurant get this’ I guess.
But at the Korean restaurant, you can easily hear like this:
This is the service (이건 서비스에요)
Michael thought it came from the phrase of ‘the part of the service’. I think he didn’t recommend it. Because it’s slightly awkward. right?
There are tons of common mistakes like this among Koreans. I’ll introduce you some of them later. It’ll be fun. ㅋ.
Ok. That’s all today~^^; See you tomorrow, guys~!

Beginning a Journal

Hi~ I’m YouSung from Ulsan, Korea.
I’ve been studying English for many years since I was a middle schooler.
But honestly I haven’t done the best. :( 
Today, I’m going to start writing a journal in English!
I’ll do the best to write things every day if I can.
I will tell you about Korean culture, my thoughts, programmer’s life in Korea, things like that..
Ok then, see you tomorrow. ㅋ

2015년 1월 31일 토요일

EnglishInKorean Notes #1

I've been listening to the 'EnglishInKorean' podcast lately.
Usually when I drive to work ^^
I often use Siri to dictate expressions I should know.
These are some of my iCloud notes.

If there's any errors in it, please leave a comment
Thank you in advance!

How do you meet her in the first place?
처음(에) 그녀를 어떻게 알게 됐어?

What brought you here?
어쩐(무슨) 일로 왔어?

What brings you here today?
오늘 여기 웬일이야?

How may I help you?
도와 드릴까요?

How's life in Korea treat you? 
한국 생활 어때?

Go back to the 19th century!
19세기로 돌아가라!

Why don't we go see a movie after class gets out?
수업 마치고 영화 보는 거 어때?

Please watch my bag.
제 가방 좀 봐주세요.

Why won't you ever show up on time?
왜 맨날 제 시간에 안 오냐?


2015년 1월 16일 금요일

Expression of the day

I'm a huge fan of Michael's videos on podcast/Youtube.
I'd like to summarize some episodes of 'Expression of the day' from today.
These videos are especially useful for Korean like me.
Here we go~!

# It’s up to you : 니가 (결)정해. (선택권 일임)
A: Wanna grab a bite to eat later? 있다가 뭐 좀 먹을래?
B: Cool~ what do you wanna eat? 좋지~ 뭐 먹을까?
A: Anything. It’s up to you. 아무거나. 니가 정해.
무생물에 안쓴다!  It’s up to the weather. (X)
부정문 It’s not up to you.
# The train is pulling into the station
  1. 기차가 역으로 들어오고 있다.
  2. The train is pulling out of the station 기차가 역을 빠져나가고 있다.
  3. I’m getting on the train right now. (기차에 올라타고 있다.)
  • I’m taking the train. 기차로 간다는 말 (수단)
# Tell the difference
  • Can you tell(distinguish) the difference between Koreans and Chinese people? 한국인과 중국인 구별할 줄 알아요?
  • Can you tell the difference between movies shot on film and those shot digitally?
  • I can’t really tell the difference between expensive coffee and the cheap stuff.
# MUST / 아쉽다
  • MUST 진짜 용법 : You must be so disappointed. (상대 짐작)
  • must : 문어체 / have to : 구어체

  • That’s a shame. (부끄러움이나 망신이 아닌 '아쉬움')
아쉬운 짧은 여행에 관해
so many things to see
It’s such a shame he had to leave so soon
It’s a real shame he had to leave
It’s a shame you can’t stay in Korea longer
There’s still so much to see
It’s a shame we missed the expo.(your presentation).

It’s a shame I never told my father how much I cared about him.
(아버지를 얼마나 사랑했는지 말하지 못한 게 참으로 아쉽다)

It’s a shame we never got the chance to work together.
(같이 일해보지 못해서 너무 아쉽다.)
# such / so (강조)
He’s such a nice guy.
He’s so nice.
She’s such an intelligent women.
She’s so intelligent.
This place is so wonderful.
This is such a wonderful place.
That work was so touching.
That was such a touching work.
The trip we had was so amazing.
We had such an amazing trip.
He’s so rich. The weather is so lovely!

2014년 12월 21일 일요일

hottest 칼국수

I and my wife ate 칼국수(KalGukSu) today.
Mine was 얼큰(spicy) 칼국수, and my wife's was 들깨(perillia seed) 칼국수.
들깨 was amazing. so delicious. 
but 얼큰 was too hot to eat them all. 
It was the hottest 칼국수 I've ever tried. 
so I just took noodles and I helped my wife clear 들깨's. I love that favour. that was quite different taste. Especially it's 국물(soup) was fantastic. I determined to order 들깨 next time. 
Try 들깨 칼국수 when you come to Korea!

2014년 12월 13일 토요일

Do I have to keep making errors?

I'm sure that talking with natives is the best way to improve speaking skills.
But it's hard to find native friends to talk with.
I think talking to myself could also be an alternative idea.
Even though I might make tons of mistakes.
The more I repeat, the more I get used to!
So, I'm trying to speak English alone if possible.
But as you know it has limits.
How about writing?
Would it be still helpful to write things with many potential mistakes?
I can use dictionary and googling to minimize my errors. but it's too slow.
I really need corrections at the right moment.

What's your thought on this?
Thank you.

원어민과 대화하는 게 말하기 능력을 향상시키는 최상의 방법이라 확신합니다.
하지만 외국인 친구를 찾는게 그리 쉽지는 않지요.
혼잣말로 떠드는 것도 대안이 될 수 있다고 생각합니다.
물론 엄청 실수를 하겠지만요.
더 많이 반복할수록, 더 익숙해질테니까요!
그래서 전 가능하면 영어 말하기를 혼자서라도 하려고 노력합니다.
근데 아시다시피 한계는 있죠.
글쓰기는 어떨까요?
수많은 잠재 실수 투성이 글쓰기가 과연 도움이 되는걸까요?
실수를 최소화하기 위해서 사전이나 구글링 할 수도 있겠죠. 근데 너무 느려요.
그때 그때 교정이 절실히 필요합니다.

제 질문에 대해 어떻게 생각하세요?
고맙습니다.

2014년 12월 8일 월요일

a light snowfall

Today we had snow in the morning.
It's hardly happen here Ulsan, the edge of the southeastern Korea.
Even when it snows on a national scale, we never had any snowfall.

But I was not happy.
Because I wasted more than 2 hours with my car on the road.
When I got to my office, there's just 1 guy attended.

Thankfully he bought some triangular gimbaps(삼각김밥) and milks for colleagues.
We enjoyed cup noodles as well. It was good and hot.
Have you ever eaten cup noodle?

2014년 8월 30일 토요일

For an American

source : Expression of the day #9 ~치고는

My old stomping ground(s)! 주 활동무대
엎드려 절받기 : Fishing for compliments
He was fishing for compliments about his T-shirt. LOL
Praise : 칭찬(문어체) / Compliment (구어체)

~ 치고는 (Qualified Compliments)

For an American (For someone from the US), he speaks Korean very well!
Yeah, I really thinks so. Michael's Korean is awesome~!

For an elementary schooler, his vocabulary is amazing!

For an American, his knowledge of traditional Korean music is astounding.

For an American,
For a Korean,
For a kid,
For an adult,

For a Korean programmer, my English is not bad. ㅋ~
Ironically, most of programmers around me hate studying English.

I'm a night person

source : EnglishInKorean #7 아침형 인간 저녁형 인간

Observation point, viewpoint, observation deck : 전망대
The view is incredible from the observation deck.

Michael said '아침형(저녁형) 인간' might come from America.
Because there's exactly same expression in English.
A morning person / a night person (wow I didn't know that)
I'm a morning(night) person.
I've always been a morning person.
I've never been much a night person.
I'm really not a morning person. (그다지 아니다라는 어감)

I have trouble getting to sleep at night. (Insomnia; disaster!)
I have trouble waking up in the morning. (I'd better get more sleep rather than eat breakfast)