A little a day goes a long way
Hangukdrama and Korean
by Hangukdrama
6M ago
Over the years, I’ve always talked about how language learning is a form of therapy for me. In the time spent immersing into the word of words and structures, I find myself letting go of everything else ? I think this is what really anchors me to language learning, rather than supposedly striving for some kind of goal. Spent some Thai doing a chapter today and it’s such a joy to see myself improving a little each time and this makes me grateful for small things like this. It also brings back a lot of memories of the short time I’d spent in Bangkok and I’m quite looking forward to going back ag ..read more
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How to write Korean business emails
Hangukdrama and Korean
by Hangukdrama
7M ago
I’ve been asked about how to write Korean emails, so I thought I’ll write out a resource for those who may find yourself writing formal or business Korean emails. I don’t think there’s a one-size-fits-all format, and it really depends on: This post’s focus will be geared towards writing business emails. Formal, but not exactly business emails, may be covered in the next post. Subject Title I’d usually write the purpose: Or sometimes it’s just written in the following format with no speech endings: If you’re writing as a part of an organisation, I’ve noticed that a lot of Koreans like to includ ..read more
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Putting the colour back in language notes
Hangukdrama and Korean
by Hangukdrama
9M ago
It’s interesting how my note taking style changes over time, or rather I have different colour-coding for different stages. I tend to prefer using more colours at the beginner stage, where it helps me differentiate between different sections, and also because my notes tend to be more varied. Speed isn’t what I’m looking for, and I just enjoy the idea of slowly switching between different colours for different needs. Then again, I’ve become a less colourful (lol) person over the years. In the past, I used to fully colour code my notes, but these days, I mainly use colours for section headings ..read more
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Picking up Thai again
Hangukdrama and Korean
by Hangukdrama
9M ago
It seems like I haven’t been doing much studying since Feb. Most of the time, it feels like there’s so much going on, and yet when you think back, nothing much has changed. I’m not really feeling myself this weekend, so I found myself turning to what I enjoy the most — language learning. There’s just something very therapeutic about losing myself in a language for a while, and it has indeed been a long time since I last spent hours writing, reading and learning. I also took out my camera for the first time in a long while to take some photos. Need to commemorate the occasion of having written ..read more
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Studying three languages a day
Hangukdrama and Korean
by Hangukdrama
1y ago
I studied three languages today and this totally deserves a celebratory blog post. I did two lessons of EBS 초급 태국어 [Study notes here, videos on YouTube], read some stuff in Korean and started reading a Japanese novel (!!). It’s been a long, long time since I studied so hard, and come here to blog about it too. Thai I’m going to try to work harder for Thai this year, and hopefully to share more resources with everyone in the coming days. For those who know Korean, I do recommend the EBS series. I’m still working through the series, but so far I enjoyed it a lot and perhaps I’ll post about it ag ..read more
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3 years with Thai
Hangukdrama and Korean
by Hangukdrama
1y ago
In the blink of an eye, we’re already at the second month of 2023 and it’s the 15th year of learning Korean, 11th year for Japanese and my 3rd year learning Thai. Unlike the first two languages which I studied when I was still a student, I have very little bandwidth for Thai most of the time. I barely touched it in 2021, and it’s extremely hard to be consistent with it. I used to think that it’s all about time management, until I realised that it’s also about energy management. As an adult, I suck at both, so here we are, trudging at a snail’s pace for Thai. I know that I cannot compare my pro ..read more
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Hello Korea #01
Hangukdrama and Korean
by Hangukdrama
1y ago
한국 잘 다녀왔습니다. I contemplated for a bit if I should blog about the trip (lazy) but I thought I should make the effort to do so, as a memory keepsake. Once in a while, I’ll go back to read about my past travels and it feels different from simply looking at the photos. Each post encapsulates my feelings at that point, and it’s interesting to revisit the memories years later. (I brought my camera to Korea and took a grand total of ZERO photos HAHA. I’m also too lazy to edit photos. Natural is the best) This time, we flew via Air Premia. It’s a relatively new airline and if I remember correctly, the ..read more
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學會休息
Hangukdrama and Korean
by Hangukdrama
1y ago
前幾年一直處在忙碌奔波的狀態中,感覺時時刻刻都必須鞭策自己。這樣的日子過久了,也似乎忘了如何善待自己。雖然一直否認自己是工作狂,但是面對工作期限時,還是會對自己有一定的要求。今日的事情,今日必須完成,明日又有明日的事要做。總覺得一旦鬆懈,工作就會堆積如山,反倒更難應付。雖然這樣的態度也不是不好,但是某種層面來看,就是無法放鬆。 疫情期間一直小心翼翼,但終究還是“中招”了。這幾天身體的不適雖難受,但是更難負荷的應該是自己給予的心理壓力和一些負面情緒。生病時還能一再告誡自己一定要在X天內康復,哈哈哈哈活脫脫是個神經病。因為生病了,很多東西也開始堆積,整個人更加焦慮。今天一整天心情就是特別難受,特別鬱悶。不是不懂得必須放鬆自己的道理,我是「逼」著自己放鬆的。 面對自己的負面情緒,唯一能做的就是把自己投入另一個「世界」,盡量讓自己暫且告別現實生活。不久前重看了「宸汐緣」和「步步驚心」,所以這次選擇重溫了「風中奇緣」。身體不舒服時,我喜歡看陳年舊劇。就是有種心靈雞湯的功效吧。 看完了「風中奇緣」, 今天選擇看我最最最愛的「惡作劇之吻」。這部劇真的是我從小看到大, 怎麼看都看不膩。台詞我都差不多能背了。這部劇可以說是陪伴我走過不少人生起伏。它承載了很多回憶,也帶給我莫大的啟發和感動。其實我最喜歡的是整部劇的節奏。很舒服的節奏。 慶幸現在官方youtube ..read more
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How I incorporate language immersion into my workouts
Hangukdrama and Korean
by Hangukdrama
1y ago
In an attempt to be healthier and shed the pandemic weight gain, I’m starting to be a little more conscientious of exercising every (other) day. It’s horrendous to see how much I’ve let myself go in the past couple of years, and I would very much love to get back my discipline and a sharper jawline lolol. I always say my face is like a moon. 有时圆,有时又不圆。 *sings* 乌拉博士,来说明,十万个为什么告诉你 hahaha if you know you know ? Friends would know that I generally don’t do much sports, and the kind of exercises I do are really just like mat workouts at home + dance workouts. Not that I can dance, but it’s just mor ..read more
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好久不見
Hangukdrama and Korean
by Hangukdrama
1y ago
生活忙忙碌碌,又過了三個月。2022 ..read more
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