Author: eastasianlover

A bit clumsy and a bit crazy (actually, not sure about 'a bit' part), I'm your average Environmental Engineer working in US, looking for better opportunities while enjoying the east Asian culture.
Travel: Erawan Waterfall – Seven Steps to Heaven (Updated till 7th level)

Travel: Erawan Waterfall – Seven Steps to Heaven (Updated till 7th level)

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Alright, before starting, I need to say some things first. If you don’t want to hear my story and want to know about the the places I went in Kanchanaburi only, skip to third para. And if you specifically want to know about the waterfall, then you may skip to sixth para directly.

Hello all. It’s been a while. I’m taking break from blogging, coz I’ve got tons of work – final reports + A daily journal by college which has to be completed no matter what + last experiments + last sightseeings in Thailand. I’ve got 15 days left and now I want to cover as much Thailand (and work too) as possible. I haven’t visited any of the mainstream places nor have time for that now – Pattaya, Phuket, Krabi etc. etc. Last trip for me in Thailand would be Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai, if we are able to reach there considering the protests going on all over Bangkok and other places.

Now, yesterday, we went to Kanchanaburi and our plan was as follows – Erawan Waterfall, Tiger Temple, Hin Dat Hot Springs, Hell Fire pass and River Kwai bridge. We started from Saraburi at around 6 a.m. and reached Kanchanaburi in about three hours. The roads were empty and it was possible to drive the car at a speed of 110 km/hr. The driver probably didn’t understand the name, so we first stopped at River Kwai Bridge. A beautiful bridge, made by prisoners of war. I also saw Japan’s “rising sun” flag.

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Here are many shops to buy souvenirs for your friends – lots of jewelary and showpieces and other things including hats etc. Then there is a mini train too, which takes you for a round. But we didn’t go in it, so I can’t tell you about fare and all. And if you’re hungry, there are tons of shops to eat your favorite non-veg food. Us, veg people, get many 7-eleven nearby, so we can get various eggless breads or che rice porridge or che mama.

We spent around one hour here. Then went to the nearest war cemetery which was 3km away from the bridge. You do get that sad feeling there – remains of prisoners of war are buried there. My friends were taking pics there but I just couldn’t dare to. So no pics from there.

After this, we went to Erawan waterfalls, which took us around one and half to two hours to reach by car. You need to pay an entrance fee of 200 Baht per person if you’re a foreigner who doesn’t work in Thailand and 40 Baht per person if you are working here. Car charges are separate – 30 baht. Nice parking, lots of people and lots of shops to eat. Better eat something before going to conquer the waterfall as it’s 2 km of climbing, not to mention the walkway which is made of stones and wood naturally and very undefined terrain. And if you’re looking for some more adventure, you can take dip in cold pure water and climb the seventh level from the sixth one on waterfall itself and not go on the conventional way.

Starting from the first level, following are the pics:

Level one and around

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Level two and around

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Level three and around

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Level four and around

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Ouch! I don’t think I have photos from further here. They are in my friends cam. I’ll update by today though if I get those.

Some advices

1. Don’t make the trip plan with Tiger temple if you’re planning to go upto 7th level since the waterfall closes at 3:30 p.m. and temple at 4 or 4:30 p.m. We had one day only and had plans for some 5-6 places but ended up enjoying this one place only.

2. Do take swimming suit along. There are washrooms at second level if you’re wondering where you’ll change. Had we known that, we would have taken too. From there, you can walk all the way up in those swimming suits only.

3. Don’t, if possible, take bags with you as they’ll just become hindrance. Just have a waterproof camera and you’re ready to go. You can take some money too in case you want some refreshing drinks. I would suggest leaving everything behind in the car or bus, whichever you take.

4. Try wearing sneakers (if you don’t feel yuck with wet shoes) or floaters as climbing the waterfall is same as climbing a hill – rocky muddy path.

PS for girls – If you have a boyfriend, take him with you for sure and if not, then make one. Coz if your friends leave you behind coz you’re slow and don’t even stop to look back for you, you’ll feel need for a boyfriend seeing so many couples there, guys helping their girls.

PS for boys who have girlfriends – Don’t leave your girls on your own and help her on the way (although, it’s given). Don’t let her hand go. She’ll feel loved and you’ll get her in one piece (no broken bones may be or even scratches) at the end of the journey. I had lots.

PS for people going in groups of two+ people – Don’t leave your groupmates behind just because they are slow. Wait for them. It may save your time because ultimately the rate of reaction depends on the slowest step (Sorry but I think I have gone nuts *shrugs*). And those who are the ones to be left behind, don’t let your anger come into play. Keep looking for them ahead.

I went just ahead without looking for them and they stopped somewhere. I went ahead and reached my car. They had my phone and all. So no contact. I went to the driver of our car and the people (who were now left behind) thought I got lost. They waited for me, went back to look for me and what not. Real drama is, they got separated too and one of them who didn’t have my phone, went ahead. His phone’s battery went dead. And the third person who was girl, then went somewhere else. In short, we all got separated, couldn’t contact each other and wasted some one hour. Had we had that one hour, we could’ve visited tiger temple too. So please, keep on watchout.

Side Story 1 – As I stated earlier, I’m taking a break from blogging and plan to do so for some more time. This will not be the last post though. I need to finish the Koh Si Chang Series, I started earlier. Then, I know I’ll study at the last moment but I do need to remind myself again and again that I need to study. So, my posts (if any at all) will basically be reblogs or the photos I’ll take or have taken as last memories in Thailand.

Today’s Song – I’m back to the Side Story and Today’s song mode. But today – no song. I don’t have a song that goes well with this place yet. So, I don’t want to spoil the fun. Actually looking on the adventurous side, some very rocking dashing happy song would do, but right now, I don’t have any idea. If you have suggestions after seeing the photos, please do tell me.

Update 26th Dec 2013 – Alright! Time to finish the work. Last three level, here they come-

Level five and around-

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Level six and around –

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Well, the no. of photos is becoming less and less coz we were too busy in worrying about how to reach 7th level and go there or not. So you’ll have to bear even me in some photos. People were just climbing the waterfall itself and it was so slippery and scary. And the one who had nothing in his hands and could take photos was not even interested in taking photos without people (¬_¬”)

And the final level, the seventh level –

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Phew! Finally it’s complete! I hope you enjoy them (I apologize for the pics with too many people but I didn’t have any choice …….)

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I’ll try again too….

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매번 늦어져서 죄송해요.

이번 주부터 계속 Lucky Draw는 수요일에 시작해서 화요일 밤 11시 59분에 마감하도록 할게요.

We would try to keep the time!

This week’s book is suitable for the very beginners who knows nothing about Korean language.

Book Info.

20110113_Talk_Talk___25478.1385302319.1280.1280

초보자를 위한 톡톡 한국어 (Talk Talk Korean) 

129 Pages / Size: 210x297mm / ISBN : 978-89-6292-140-3

This book starts with explanation on the origin and the root of Hangeul and then it teaches how to read and write each alphabet(자음, 모음).

This book is filled with various daily expressions and words.

It provides spaces to practice writing those expressions so that a reader can naturally memorize the words.

< Table of Contents >

책을 펴내면서

Unit1. 한글소개

1. 한글

2. 모음

3. 자음

Unit2. 한글

1. 기본모음

2. 자음

3. 복합모음

4. 받침

Unit3. 서바이벌 한국어

1. 한국어 인사말

2. 자기소개

3. 쇼핑하기

4. 택시 이용하기

Unit4. 부록

단어 색인

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Travel: The fun filled Weekend at Koh Si Chang, Thailand – Part 2

Travel: The fun filled Weekend at Koh Si Chang, Thailand – Part 2

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So, although we roamed a lot the night before , we still didn’t know about the pier from where ferry to the island went. We hired a TukTuk to drop us at the place. Turned out that the pier was the same place where the fair was going on the previous night and because of traffic, they didn’t take us even though there were 10 minutes left to the last ferry.

The first ferry to Koh Si Chang starts at 6 a.m. and then leaves every hour for 50 Baht per person. We took 7 a.m. one. The boat was small and crowded but I forgot everything, the moment I realized that the place I’m sitting at is filled with Japanese people who are going for fishing. Oh boy! For all 45 minutes journey + waiting time, I could hear Japanese. I couldn’t approach them. But it was really good to listen to and actually understand quite a few words 🙂

Anyways, so the ferry takes about 45 min to 1 hour to reach the destination. As soon as you set foot on land, you’re pestered by TukTuk drivers and motor bike renters to hire them to see the island. TukTuk driver was asking for 250 Baht for 2 hours for 4 places including beach. I mean, how can you enjoy the places, when you’ve a strict time limit on you? Also, we had half a day, that means around 6-8 hours. You can’t spend rest of your time on beach only.

And it wasn’t a place for motorbike. We had hired motorbikes in Koh Chang because that was big and difficult to cover on foot, not to mention the roller coaster ride like roads. So we weren’t in favor of motorbikes either. We had plans to go on foot from the starting.

But this one TukTuk driver was really persistent and followed us a bit. Somehow, we were able to leave him behind but realized that the Palace was too far to go on foot on the slanted roads, so ultimately we hired a TukTuk for 250 Baht for 5 hours. The person showed us four places – Chinese Temple, SeaView Point, The King’s Palace and at last beach.

First we went to the Chinese temple known as Saan Chao Pho Khao Yai, or Shrine of the Father Spirit of the Great Hill. There are a lot of small temples around the main temple. The temples are based in a cave and there are a lot of stairs – LOT OF! But it’s worth it! Also, one needs to light the incense sticks that too right no. (which is generally written over pots) and then strike the musical instruments – bells, drums etc. etc. in correct no. The caves are really imposing. Many have stuck their wishes on the walls of the temple too. Now I think about it, I should’ve done that too…..

Best part I find about the temples here is that there is no restriction in clicking photos in or outside. I finally saw a Korean currency note too. And the dragons! I love dragons!! All in all, the place is peaceful and beautiful. At the top, you’ll indeed feel on the top of the world. And if you really decide to walk down the island, then, the temple is very near to the starting point. So, don’t get allured by the people trying to convince you to hire them. But if you want to see just the main attractions of the island, do go for TukTuk taxi.

Here are the pics-

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Travel: The fun filled weekend at Koh Si Chang, Thailand – Part 1

Travel: The fun filled weekend at Koh Si Chang, Thailand – Part 1

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This weekend, we planned for a trip to Koh Si Chang. Actually, our plan was to go to Hua Hin, another island, but it was too big to cover in one day. So we decided for Koh Si Chang. I may have mentioned in my Koh Chang post too, Koh means Island, Chang means Elephant. They are famous for their shape as an elephant. Si means small and as the name suggests, it really is very small – around 17 km in length. Seems easy to cover in one day on foot, right? We thought so too.

Also, this time, I’ll cover the places we visited on the island one by one. So it will be a 4-5 part series probably.

Now, let’s start. We had plans to reach SriRacha to catch the ferry to Koh Si Chang in the night, but unfortunately, due to traffic, we couldn’t reach on time and the last ferry left. We had to stay in SriRacha and we’re glad we had to.

We took van from Victory Monument (also called Anu Savari) in Bangkok for Sri Racha. It is the place from where you get the ferry for not only Koh Si Chang but for very famous Pattaya also. The van took 120 Baht per person and about one and a half hour (without traffic) to reach the destination. They dropped us at Robinson and from there only you can get Tuk Tuk to take you to the pier. It was still 10 minutes to 8 (8 PM is the time for the last ferry to the island) but Tuk Tuk drivers refused to take us saying that it was too late. We later came to know the reason.

Anyways, upset, we entered Robinson to roam around but we were too disappointed and nothing was cheering us up. It had ruined our whole plan. Only one thing was in our mind, “How will we cover the whole island in half a day?” We were hungry too. This mall had our favourite veg pizza place – The Pizza Company. But by the time we finished the mall, every shop got closed too including the pizza shop (Bad day, I know). Again I decided, I would go for veg cup noodles (che mama) from Seven Eleven, but I don’t now why, my friends wanted to eat in a restaurant. The biggest tragedy was – more or less, all the restaurants were Japanese and I wasn’t expecting Veg food anywhere.

We hadn’t booked any hotel too neither at Koh Si Chang nor at Sri Racha (we were in adventurous mode). Devoid of any info, we were still looking for a place to have dinner and rest for sometime. We asked at many places and nowhere, there was veg available. This particular shop (Oops! I didn’t notice it’s name. How bad I am!) agreed to cook us veg food specially and the lady found us a hotel too. I saw on Google Earth and I found out the name – Bangkok Grill.

After filling ourselves, we started to look for accommodation. Now the hotels can be real expensive for students like me. They generally start from 1000 Baht. The first hotel we were suggested was SriChai hotel. We didn’t find that one but did come across SamChai hotel. She was offering us an AC room in 900 Baht and we were getting two rooms in 1500 Baht. Not a bad deal I guess. But we kept looking and this SriChai hotel was already full. Ultimately, we came back to Samchai and got the room in 1400 Baht! Satisfied!

It was already 10:30 in the night and we were tired. But the explorer inside wasn’t ready to keep quiet. So we went out and this huge Loi Krathong fair was going on. Loi Krathong is Thailand’s light festival. Many many lanterns in the sky, and candles afloat the water. Read more about Loi Krathong here. There were many shops ranging from clothes to accessories to eatables to shooting games to even pets and there were small rides also. And there was a concert going on too but since my two friends weren’t interested in listening to the songs they didn’t understand, they didn’t bother to take even a look. Dude! That was such cool music. Do you always understand rock songs when you listen them for the first time?

We clicked a lot of pics, played games, took rides and had lots of fun. When the people started closing the stalls, we had to leave too 😦

But it was super-fun. On the bridge over sea, calm waves, festive atmosphere, loud music. What else to enjoy the evening? (Ok, drinks may be? But unfortunately, I don’t drink so that’s it for me.) And thus ended an unforgettable night. Here are some pics from the festival. Enjoy!

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Oh, and next time, I’ll tell about irritating Tuk Tuk drivers and motor bike renters and the really beautiful Chinese Temple.

A love story between cats on unknown streets of Thailand

A love story between cats on unknown streets of Thailand

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Okay, this street may be unknown for others but I’m talking about the road in front of my house. I got to see this scene right before my eyes –

Angry Eyes
Angry Eyes
Hmph!
Hmph!

Can you spot two cats? One is quite obviously sitting before the wall. If you can’t see the other one, then look a little closely. There is another pretty one behind the white bars.

I’m quite sure, the outside one was male and inside one was female. You ask why? Imagine this scenario – A person on her cycle (that is me) is passing by the front of the house, with headphones in her ears, singing “Wolf” loudly, enjoying the great cloudy weather with cool breeze, when she suddenly hears a cat crying.

At first it appears, that the cat is standing with the help of the bars and crying as something has happened to the inside one. The person stops, not caring about, what others will think about her, peeping into someone else’s house (although the road was pretty much deserted at that moment), and approaches the scene.

As she comes closer, she sees, that the cat outside is not crying but, our hot blooded youth is yelling at the cat inside, who is answering him quietly. Our shy heroine is speaking (meowing) in the same soft manner as Thai girls generally do. I never noticed that house had a cat, but I think the inside one was a pet and it was probably chained at that time. If only, I could make video. But I let them have their privacy. What if the masters come to know about the affair? Lol. Shhhh…

In the end, the beautiful elegant lady posed for my photos too, whereas the bad guy just showed me angry eyes and then turned away his face. I’m sure, he was asking her something impossible. Or was it a lovers’ quarrel? May be she was explaining him that they couldn’t be together because of their status? Or did she dump him?

I just pray that it all works out between them. Ah! My little imagination and curiosity. And this typical Shoujo Manga Style Story…….

My nightmare degree: Think before you choose yours…

My nightmare degree: Think before you choose yours…

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I have been thinking about the exact same thing for quite some time, even more so, now that my placement time is just around the corner. But as said earlier, the knowledge is not a waste of time. I hope to find the answer to this question soon.

But I can relate to the post so very well.

[Apply Now] The 26th Book Review Lucky Draw Begins.

[Apply Now] The 26th Book Review Lucky Draw Begins.

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It’s fun to learn from fairy tales. I will try again.

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안녕하세요-

포스팅이 너무 늦어져서 죄송해요.

이번에도 예림아이의 전래동화 시리즈에서 골라봤어요.

스물 여섯 번째 Lucky Draw도 많은 관심 부탁드려요- >_<

The book is suitable for upper intermediate to advanced level learners.

All written in Korean and it contains audio CD.

Book Info.

10___18205.1382675098.1280.1280

토끼의 간

ISBN: 9788965671848  /  27 pages  / Size : 190 x 220 mm

This book is from “Little Classic Book” Series published by 예림아이.

This series contains 20 Korean fairytale(전래동화) stories and each book has audio CD in it.

However, books are all written in Korean and originally written for Korean children(age 4~7).

Suitable for upper intermediate to advanced learners.

Great and affordable series as reading material. 🙂

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Video

KBS Cool Kiz 1st Basketball match

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Credits – KBSWorldTV

These one week basketball trainees did a wonderful job. It’s probably the first time, I got this excited while watching a game and had this much laughter reading CG comments from PD-nim together. Good job Cool Kiz!!!

Studying Japanese from Genki + Time management

Studying Japanese from Genki + Time management

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So, I managed to grab an e-copy of Genki Integrated Elementary Japanese I and II from a friend and I’m glad I did. I probably haven’t given any time to a textbook like I’m giving to this one in my four years. It is a good practice for me. The workbook covers everything taught in the book extensively apart from the exercises in the book itself. I am printing and practicing everyday. Thus my reading, writing and listening skills are getting better.

The best thing is, it is providing a definite shape to my Japanese studies. I had always been clueless as to where to start from, after Hiragana and Katakana. Kanji has always been an obstacle for me. But now I’m finally starting to grasp the things. Loving the book totally!

I wish to get a Korean book like this too. Although I do own a lot of e-books and I’m doing what I can from Basic Korean – A Grammar and Workbook, I don’t have much to practice my writing with. I need some workbooks for that but I’m broke nowadays to buy any book. Ah! I need some money or some source of free e-books.

Now, the time management thingie. I’m pretty much satisfied with the pace my Korean and Japanese are going on. I’m at least giving time to them daily (excluding Sundays since very less time is left for me to give to Thailand). Now that my mentor has gone to Japan and I don’t have many projects at hand, I have a lot more time. But sometimes, I feel that the time is just flowing by and I’m not able to do much productive work. I’ve been neglecting my blog too.

Only one month more to go and I’ll be in India. My stay in Thailand is coming to an end and I think I am getting depressed about that. If only I had the books, my new phone for awesome apps and GoGo Korean Beginners course from Pegasus Society and very inspiring fellow bloggers who are learning languages themselves earlier, I would’ve been one level up by now in both the languages. But I don’t want to regret and fret over the things, hence I’m trying to accomplish more in the given time. But even then, the time is flying too fast. In a blink of an eye, it is lunch time!

***After Lunch***

Ah! Why do we need to eat food? Why was this thing called stomach given to us? If only, we had the power to make food from sunlight like plants. Wastes a lot of time! This is going to happen again – I’ll become sleepy – then sleep for probably half an hour and it will be 3! Then in last two hours, I’ll study some Korean and waste some more time considering the body becomes so sluggish. I don’t have concept like Power Nap – a big tragedy in my life. Better chug down some coffee again and not sleep at all. I wonder, what I will do in my college if I get addicted again here…….

Side Story 1 – Day before yesterday, we went to the Platinum Fashion mall (This particular mall in Bangkok is just full of clothes and anything you name. I call it heaven for girls) again for probably 5th-6th time. There was a shop with traditional Chinese dresses that I saw for the first time yesterday. Those red and black beautiful dresses! I wanted to buy but I was running low on cash, so I had to postpone it. ㅠ_ㅠ

Side Story 2 – I’m sure, from my talks about money in this or other posts, you may think I’m stingy. I admit to the fact, I am. I tend to be very careful while spending money. But my friend here managed to convince me that, this whole trip of mine is being sponsored by me myself (credits to the company of course). Hence I should not think much. Moreover the clothes and accessories have far greater variety here than in India and are cheaper too. I have collected a lot now.

Side Story 3 – Now that I’ve mentioned in above story, clothes and accessories, I feel like writing about the fact that I’ve completely changed with regards to shopping attitude. I was never even interested in accessories, let alone buying them. But my friend has made me such a shopaholic that I want to take whatever I like including bags, earrings, lockets etc. etc. I shouldn’t become that spendthrift but when she says – In India, these are very expensive and you’ll need them when you start your office, even if you can’t use them in the deserted isolated college – BITS Pilani, of yours – I get allured by it.

Today’s song – Since, in my last post I said, I was listening to OSTs, I’ll post one again. In my school related dramas post I mentioned this anime and I just love such a peppy song. Again there are TV size and full size versions. Hope you enjoy this one –

What do actors do anyway?

What do actors do anyway?

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So today, there was a heated discussion going on on the lunch table and all they were saying was “What do actors do by the way?” “They are probably earning way more than they work.” “See us, we work so hard and yet we don’t get what we deserve.” “What is their social contribution?” “They only entertain people, making fool out of them.” and so on and so forth.

I don’t understand how can people just bash someone else’s profession? (Seems like my tag line has changed from “they are also human beings” to “how can they do this to others?”) I so wanted to say these things – Then can you act? Can you keep awake more than one day consecutively like they do? Is it so easy to become someone else? If they are making fool out of people, then public is idiot too. Moreover, you people are the one who say “Let’s go to watch that movie, it’s got awesome reviews.” That time you don’t think that they are fooling you? If they are sucking out your money, then whose fault is it? Theirs? Then just don’t go, don’t watch them.

Social Contribution you ask? Imagine a world without the dramas and movies – What? Can you watch News and Sports all the time? Talk about engineers (I’m one too so no offence). Aren’t they making fool out of people – introducing new technologies day by day – just making few changes here and there and you get a new product – happening so much nowadays?

If they are not there, who would I fangirl over? Who would introduce me to their countries’ culture? How would I learn my languages. Taking their countries to an international level, isn’t that a social contribution? At so many instances, they are bringing glory to their land, just like sports players, then would you say same thing about the players too? Do you even know, how much hardwork goes in just maintaining themselves, according to YOU – you, who think they are doing useless work?

I mean, I can think of so many things. I can’t even imagine what they really go through, just to entertain the audience. But again on a table of eight, if seven people are in agreement, what could the last person, who has no standing among those seven, do? I only left the table as soon as I could, which I think was the best decision. If only, people would grow up and start thinking about others. I guess, the world would be a lot better place.

Side Story 1 – I finally came to a decision as to what I should ask my mentor to bring from Japan. I asked her to buy me manga for elementary students so that I may learn Kanji and one for an acquaintance of mine who asked me to bring something Japanese as a souvenir from Thailand. Unfortunately, I’m not getting anything original Japanese or Korean here which suits me. So, now I just hope, she gets what I want

Side Story 2 – If I had known earlier that she had plans to go to Japan, I would have introduced her to J and K pop. In four months, she would have become a total fan. I’m sure, now she’ll get to meet so many idols but she would never know they are one. I would’ve asked for autographs and all.

Side Story 3 – I finished Sungkyunkwan Scandal in three days. But because of that, the current shows I was following – The Suspicious Housekeeper, The Future’s Choice and The Heirs – lagged behind. But I don’t want to resume them now because, they’ll take my variety shows time then. I don’t know what to do……

Side Story 4 – I’ve again come back to Japanese songs. This will go on for probably one week. I have been listening to OSTs of Cardcaptor Sakura, Gintama, One Piece, Naruto, Inuyasha, Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, Angel Beats, Natsume Yuujinchou, Mirmo, and many many more. With each of them, my college memories are associated and it comes back like it happened just yesterday.

Today’s song – Then, I would post an OST today. Oh! Because, I’m writing this in lunch time from my office and I can’t play it, I don’t know if the larger one has video or not or if the smaller one is the TV size one or not. So I’ll post both. I’m sure many have watched the anime. Just revisiting the  childhood –

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Although, this is too advanced for me, but nonetheless, it looks interesting. Trying once again

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안녕하세요-

다들 잘 지내셨나요?

이번 주는 좀 많이 늦어져서 미안해요.

이번엔 한자 공부를 위한 책을 선택했는데, 중급 이상의 학습자에게 좋을 것 같아요.

This week, we prepared a book for studying Hanja and it is suitable for intermediate to advanced level learners because the book is all written in Korean only.

Book Info.

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초등한자쓰기노트 Level 1

Language: Korean | around 40 Pages | Size: 210x275mm | Supplement: 1 VCD
ISBN-13: 9788927745990

This is the book series made for elementary school students in South Korea.

The context is written based on Hanja words used in the real textbooks of elementary school.

This book contains 40 Hanja words and the whole series contains 400 essential Hanja words.

This book also contains VCD teaching the order of writing each Hanja word.

All written in Korean but really good for increasing your Hanja vocabulary skill!

Suitable for intermediate level to advanced level learners.

Some of the contents need instructor…

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The abundance of slowness (via medium.com)

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The abundance of slowness — Content Creators & Curators — Medium.

Needed to share this no matter what. Coz I’ve been there and done that. Needed some inspiration.

Because, we need our time too, hence we need to learn to say no. Some people including me can totally relate this post, people who just say yes and take unnecessary loads of work over them. I need to slow down too and become more efficient. A must read…….