아빠! 어디가? Dad! Where are we going?

I stumbled upon this MBC variety show today and I am totally captivated! The kids are soo cute~~!! I've watched a few clips and the first episode and the show is great. Whoever's idea this was, they deserve a raise or something. All of the dads are great and the natural chemistry they have with their children is so adorable. These kids are little stars in the making! My favorite so far is 이종혁 (Lee Jonghyuk) and his son 이준수 Lee Junsoo. He has a habbit of saying "왜?" whenever his father asks him something or tells him to do something. (See video below.) You all need to check this show out if you aren't watching it already. If you are studying Korean and your level is about low-intermediate, you should be able to watch it without subtitles! Try it. If you've seen it, leave comments below!

Nature Walk and Bike Ride

My sister and I rode our bikes to go see a parade. The parade was nice but on our way home we found a really nice place. It was soo beautiful. I posted some pictures of our walk in the woods below.

                                     

Too bad the water is dirty. 

If you look closely, you can see two turtles. 

It looks like a hand. 

No time for selfies Chaerim! 

It looks like a campfire was here. 

A butterfly~~~ 

She finally landed after being blown by the wind. 

It's so symmetrical. 

A playground. 

They must be married. lol

자기 소개 (My Korean is Horrible.)

안녕하세요 여러분. 제 이름은 홍채림이에요. 22살이에요. 최근에 대학을 졸업했어요. 일번어를 전공했어요. 그리고 0한국어와 TESOL를 부전공했어요. 근데 공부 너무 싫어요. 아무리 싫어도 학사 학위위해서 안 싫은 척 했어요. 이제 자유인이서 제 마음대로 할수 있어요. 

그래서 매일매일에 제 제일 좋아하는 것을 해요. 교회에 가는 거, 한국 드라마를 보는 거, 이 두개한데서 기쁨을 받아요. 그럼 친구들이랑 놀아는거도 좋아해요. 사실은 친구가 많아요. 친구가 많이 아니라, 날 아는 사람들이 많아요. 

나를 아는 사람들이 많은데 제가 특별 안하는 생각해요. 저는 재미있는 착한 여자예요. 하나님을 사랑해요. 사람들도 사랑해요. 한국과 한국 사람도 사랑해요. 

제 나쁜 한국말로 한국 사람이랑 애기하고 싶어요. 한국 남자랑 데이트 해 보고 싶어영~. ㅋㅋ 소락산을 등산하고 싶어요. 

외국에 가 본 적이 없어요. 한국에 괸심이 있어서 한국에 가고 싶어요. 한국에 돌아가는 친구가         많아요. 제 친구 너무 보고 싶어요.

8월에 한국에 가요. 영어로 가르치려고 가요. 여기에서 한국어를 열심히 공부해서 한국 대학원를 신청할 거예요. 

근데, 제가 큰 꿈이 있어요. 런니맨에 나오고 있어요. 나오면 좋겠영~~. 런닝맨은 대박이다!

대한국, 조금만도 기다려요. 채림이 올 거예요!

Teaching in Korea is so Cliche

Yes I said it. Teaching in Korea is cliche. Almost all of the foreigners in Korea are English teachers. So Chaerim, why are you trying to teach English in Korea? Because I went to school for it. It makes me sad to know that people think teaching English is an easy job and that anyone can do it. Think again.  (҂⌣̀_⌣́)

Speaking English does not qualify you to teach someone else how to speak it. I feel bad for Korea, not even just Korea but most of East Asia, knowing that most of the teachers they have aren't passionate about teaching English. What about the children?!?!   (/ﾟДﾟ)/

If you like kpop or dramas, that is no reason to go to Korea and teach. Be an actor or a kpop star. Go on Star King or something. Don't go to Korean schools and waste the students' and your co-teacher's time. Teach English because you love the English language and your own native culture and want to share it with others. Teach because you went to school for it or want to break into the field.

I said all of that because we won't become amazing at what we do if we don't have a passion for. Sure you can become good with practice, but we don't want to be just good. We want to be beasts. Beasts at everything we do. Without passion you can't be a beast. Remember that.

Kudos to the teachers who are teaching abroad for the right reasons.

I'm a Real Adult

I graduated on Sunday evening. Yaaaaay~~ *tears of joy* Finally, I am a real adult. But, who knew being a real adult was so difficult. Choices are the most difficult things to make. Why don't people explain that to you before you become an adult? Seriously, there should be a class about making choices and how difficult they are. Sike, I know being an adult and making choices are difficult but I didn't think I'd have to make a difficult one so soon.

What decision? Going to Japan all expenses paid or working at my current job for the summer.

Woah, woah, let me explain~~. You're probably thinking "psh, why is that a hard decision?" You see, I'm in the middle of the EPIK application process (I'll talk about that in a different post). My parents aren't too cool with me going abroad but they've known it's something I've wanted to do for a long time now. I mean, I graduated a Japanese major with a minor in Korean and another minor in TESOL Education so going abroad for me is inevitable. With that said, I didn't want to leave my parents so quickly. If everything goes through with EPIK then I will be in Korea for a long time. If I accepted the camp position in Japan then I'd be leaving at the end of the next month. Not enough time for my family to adjust to me leaving. So I decided it's not best to go.

Another reason I decided not to go (maybe even the main reason) is that being in Japan during the summer would interfere with getting my E-2 visa for Korea. South Korea that is. I feel the need to clarify because people around have been asking if I'm going to North or South Korea.             (-__-)    <--The face I make every time I get that question. Anyway, the point is, I've decided not to go to Japan because it would be difficult for me to get my working visa. I'm not sad or anything because nothing is stopping me from vacationing in Japan in the future. Sorry Japan, you'll have to wait to see Chaerim. Womp.

So do you all understand me? That was a tough decision. To turn down going to Japan and helping cute, little children with their English at no cost. I was stressed for a week! #realadultproblems But now, I'm just chilling, improving my Korean, waiting to hear what city I'll be teaching in, and making gwap on my job. Not tryna be broke during the month before I get my paycheck in Korea. hehe

So here's to transitioning into real adult life!