난 괜찮아

I am so tired. So tired of waiting for the post-advance Korean language course to start at NUS extension. It has been postponed so many times and now I am not too sure if it is going to start afterall. I am prepared to join Singapore Korean School to continue with my learning there. It is good that SKS is using Kyung Hee textbooks and their highest level, which is advance level 2, is equivalent to Kyung Hee Intermediate level 2. If I can attain the standard of Intermediate level 2, that will probably be enough for me. Anything higher will not be of much use unless I intend to study or work in Korea. With no certainty of further learning at NEX, I will probably make the switch soon.

Recently I have been playing with the recoding function of my handphone. I was recording my voice as I read in Korean. I cringed when I heard my voice. It was so "terrifying" listening to my own "broken" Korean. I didn't know how bad I sound in Korean until then. Worst of all, I could not even differentiate some of the words that I have said. I thought I knew how to pronounce some Korean words but somehow the sound turned out quite different when I actually said them. I am starting to believe that my mind has been practising some form of "self-deception" for a long time. I need to do more "reality check" from now on. *^^*