Challenge Accepted

안녕 여러분

in light of my (other) current obsession,
I am challenging myself to learn some of my favorite korean songs.

the real challenge will be *drum rolls*
to only learn them reading the hangul lyrics.

Yup!
that is right!
ONLY the korean lyrics.

I'm still a very slow hangul reader but I'm pretty sure I can do it.

The first song I learned was Taeyeon's Fine 
took me about a week to finally get the hang of reading the lyrics with the singing LOL
(start Mar 25th, so-so mastered Apr 4)
of course that one I learned with the help of the romanized lyrics too.

what I learned (berapa banyak perkatan 'learn' dahhhh) from that experienced is that
the romanized lyrics confused me. 
coz I know how it supposed to sound (of course with the help of listening to the song too)
and the romanized spelling does not spell like how you supposed to pronounce it.
I'm not saying the romanized is not helping. it helped A LOT. 
I'm saying its annoying when you confidently read the hangul and your eyes went down reading the romanized lyrics and it spelled different than what you were pronouncing.
*buat muka annoyed and mata ke atas*

Thus, I decided to challenge myself to learn my next song, BoA - 옆 사람 (Stand By) full on hangul lyrics.

its a ballad. slow song.

you bet yo ass I can't read and sing Korean songs when its upbeat/laju/fast-beat.

antah apa ku baca, antah apa ku sabut. (￣。￣)

HAHAHAHAHA

take it one step at a time.

Plus,

it's not like I'm going for a competition with this *air* talent *quote* 

¯\(©¿©) /¯

I'm just surprise that I'm not trying to learn SHINee songs first.

I guess I'm more comfortable singing girlie songs at the moment.

I mean, I'm not saying SHINee don't have good ballad to hafal, I'm just saying, I don't want to be greedy. LOL 
●_●
seriously, I have no reason why their songs isn't on my list of songs to hafal, ok?

So...

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(Pretend) Recital Practice

I'm not sure if I've always known this habit but;
I search lyrics for my current fav song and start to menghafal the song like I was going to perform it in front of a live audience, when I'm stressed/pressured/depressed/etc.

LOL

and it's great way of losing or letting out my anger.

thus, here's the new song that I've been practicing; Ailee's 한걸음 더.
the English translation is One Step Closer.

and this is the 5th Korean song that I took the time to 'hafal' the song by studying the Hangul lyrics.
in case you guys curious what's the other 4 songs are, let me list them down real quick;
1. BoA - No.1
2. SMTown - Dear My Family (I AM ost)
3. SMTown - Hope
4. So Hyang - Arirang Alone

No. 2 and 3 atu aku hafalkan konon nya kan sing-a-long time liat concert di Singapore few years back. hahaha 

I know, I'm like Kpop lover and cheese. There should be at least a SHINee song in that list, right? but honestly, I love the songs but still prefer Japanese song over Korean. Coz I can pronounce Japanese (reading the romanization of course, not the real Japanese character) better than I can with Korean. LOL! 

Anyhoo, 
Like I did with BoA's Close To Me, I'm going to share with you guys Ailee's 한걸음 더 lyrics here.
it's not mine, I took from a website via Google search.
Let's menghafal this song together now~~!

keep it together my child
울지 마 dry your eyes
더 이상 숨지 마
크게 소리쳐 봐 아픔을 외쳐 봐
뒤돌아 웃어 now
길이 없던 난 멀리 보이는
불빛으로 다가가고 싶은데
다가갈 수 없게
너무나 아픈데
무너져 버린 나를
희망으로 날 잡아준 건
시간이 지나면
괜찮아질 거라고
모두가 얘기해
조명이 켜지면 아무도 모르죠
슬픈 표정은 gone
잠겨 있었던 내 감정은 어디로
다가가고 싶은데
다가갈 수 없게
너무나 아픈데
무너져 버린 나를
희망으로 날 잡아준 건 너
나 포기하지 않을게
no no 또 하루를 보내
서로를 위해 한 걸음 더 가깝게
다가갈 수 있게 받아준 그 사람
어두웠던 내 맘에 사랑으로
날 밝혀준 건 너

and here's a audio video with the lyrics also, just so you know what the song sounds like xD



I had tears in my eyes the first time I heard this song. and I don't even know what it means at that time. ahahah 

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a/n: I know I've been depressed with myself lately and I really don't know what to do with this anger. and yesterday, the last straw had been thrown my way and I am done. It's been long overdue and it's time to move on.

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WHAT. THE. WHAT.

I mean, WHAT. THE. WHAT.

take a look at this!!

do you wana know what it means?

I'll tell ya what it means.

It means *JO.SE. TIN. BI. BO. REL. CHO. HA. HAE* in another word (I don't know what it means exactly but, roughly it means) *Justin Bieber. Like* (Ok fine! I googled it and it means *I Like Justin Bieber*)

just what. the. fuck. is (whomsoever yg meng-edit!) think (whomsoever yg meng-edit) doing?! THAT'S NOT EVEN HANJA IS IT?

but hey, I was just being silly. and trying to show off yg I can actually read Hangul. :P LOL (key point: read but not quite understand)

ah well. they probably thought it'd be a laugh.

and it made me laugh.

Ha ha ha ha.

just!

WHAT. THE. WHAT.


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my korean

SUCKS!

hahaha I can read. 

super slowly!

and I only know ONE word in a full sentence most of the time.

That is why, I sang like a retard at the KBox when I chose f(x)- Pinocchio.

HAHAHAH
coz I tot it would be romanized and when the wording came out as REAL Hangul, I was like, 'oh right. I'll just sing the ones I already apal in my head' LOL

even cBoA's No.1 Korean version was in Hangul. Jan tah dmention the ones in Japanese. I can't read kanji. -___-

So, in lights of that recent even, I think I wana take my Korean class more seriously. 

IF ONLY I can make myself more rajin-er.

ahahaha

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*Gasp!*

GASP!!

Ottokae?
I havent study anything these school holiday.
Study apa, you said?

Study Korean.

blajar plang; thru drama and songs' lyrics. mostly dari lagu lah. ahaha jadi th ah. dari pada nada langsung. xP

my new year's Resolution? I shall not skip Korean Class if it's not necessary.

LOL.


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Hangul

yup..

been studying Korean these past few weeks.



I havent got the hang of it.

since the Korean class clashes with my Taekwondo training, I chose to go training every Tuesdays and go class every Thursdays.
this could be one of the reasons to why I still havent got the hang of it. I can do well listening. I just suck at reading. -____-

:S

plus, it's frustrating. coz I'm such a 'rajin' person.

ahahah

must. change.


i hope i can stay till the end of this year. Amin.


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the Irony, among other things...

I've started my Korean class last Thurday.

I like how the seungsangnim teaches using phonics. I understand the vowels and consonants better now. though still a lil bit confuse, i think i understand it better than when I try and study hangul on my own, via various websites. ;)

i just hope i can commit myself into this. I dun wana quit after a couple of months (lapas more than two months, ok lah..wawawawa)

but instead of starting to listen to more Koreans songs/movies/series to in hence my learning, I listened/watched Japanese.

-_____-

ottokae?


see this picture? the book under those pens is the one yg aku pki tuk study sendiri before the real class begin. it's helpful but i was too scared to take it out during the class takut the teacher offended that i came into his class but bringing someone else's book. :S

and in regards of those pens; they're the cute pens cKuch balikn utk aku tym nya dUK last week. thanx ching~ xD Pen atu pen Olympic. ahahah i was laughing so hard when I googled the stories behind these mascots. ahaha

ok. what else?

oh, i've organize my 'study' table. coz, yeah..it's a freakin mess. i realised i bought things that i don't really need.. hmmm..must get rid of this habit...except the pens..i must not get rid of that..ahaha

apa lagi?

i think that' all for this post.

hope everyone have a very good February ahead. ;D

anyyeong~~

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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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