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“about me” post

age: 20

major: translation & interpreting

foreign languages: english, korean

current course: 3

current location: Suwon, Korea (as an exchange student for 1 semester)

current classes in Korea:

a few days left!! i decided to indulge myself and had fried chicken🍗

am i a coffee addict? absolutely.

finishing summaries of 2 Korean articles is a goal for today. it’s a homework for our political translation course. writing summaries is time-consuming as you need to comprehend the text in Korean, which is difficult. such kind of articles are full of new words we’re supposed to learn by heart.

so, there’s pattern that works for me:

1. finding new words and their definition

2. translation of the paragraphs, one by one

3. highlighting the main ideas in each paragraph and quotes that can’t be omitted

4. putting all the highlighted parts together, using necessary grammar

today we went to Seoul to meet with our friends. we are having exams in a week, so i though it would be great to have a day-off without stress, anxiety and preparation.

korean students invited me to a korean restaurant. i’ve been to this place before, but this time was more about gaining experience and knowledge of cuisine (and eating too, obviously).

i tried 삼겹살 (pork belly) and 닭갈비 (stir-fried chicken). 삼겹살 was cooked with mushrooms, pepper, aubergine, sausage, sprouts and onions. the meat itself is fatty and all these ingredients are fried with a big amount of oil. so this dish is not a diet-friendly, but delicious.