why Hangul

annyeong..

I know when you read this, you'd be saying how degrading I was towards a certain someone but let's face it, you have this thoughts once or twice or even more in yr life.

I merrily sharing this just to show how important it is FOR ME to do it.

and that is learning Korean.

the simplest way to tell you why I wanna do it is because I want to understand what my Korean idols are saying. without having to read the subtitles.

So I signed up for Korean class at this government Institution and the classes are due to start next year.

I did try and apply for Japanese class too (Japanese was the first language that I wanted to study. I don't know. must be the influence of friends, anime, movies, etc. ) but the person in charge of the registration advice me not to. Coz she said If the class clashes, there is no way I could reschedule and that I might have to drop one of the classes. I didn't think long and dropped Japanese out and decided to just go with Korean.

for weeks now, I've been thinking about how I regretted signing up for Korean class instead of Japanese. I mean, I like to sing along to Japanese song more than I do Koreans, I enjoy listening to Japanese conversation than I do Koreans, and the romanized Japanese are easier to read than the romanized Koreans. I was frustrated with myself for not being loyal and took Japanese first.

But then, something happened tonight.

I was watching this movie, Easy A on HBO with two other people. A/N: Now, to those who doesn't know me, I hated it when I'm watching something and someone; asking me what happened (when you were there, been watching the whole thing with me), asking me whats gonna happened next (dude, baru jua ku meliat ni), and etc. So, was watching and this person asked me what it meant (it's an english movie btw) or this person explain to me what was going on but the interpretation was so wrong. I mean, man, do you know English at all? I mean, you don't have to speak the language but really? I got annoyed and thought, that was simple English. how could you not know.

Ok I know I was mean having that kind of thoughts but after thinking bout how I wanted to post that on Twitter and FB and of course, Blogpost, it hits me. that 'simple' English that I was talking about, I used to have difficulty in understanding it too, back when I was so much younger and English noob (LOL!). I'm not saying am good with English now, I know I still have so much to learn but compared to how I was back in 2000, my English now is SOOOO much better. it took me at least 5 years to finally able to write, speak and understand English. I was thinking too much about my embarrassing young life back then up to the point of realising/understanding why I decided to take Korean class over Japanese class.

Thus, having these memories, I finally understand why I chose Korean over Japanese. Since I'm so obsess with Korean pop group and what not, I need to quickly learn the language and be able to watch whatever on youtube or TV without having to bother for the subtitles anymore.
I know its not gonna be an easy task. I mean, it took me FOREVER to master English, the language that has been exposed to me since I was little and had been studying since pre-school but only managed to get it properly in 2004 max, don't you think it's going to take me another forever to be able to write, speak and understand Korean?

I dread the long years.

But I guess, if BoA can master Japanese in two years, I think I can too with Korean.

I think lah...if my focus did not waver...IF...


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