Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Monday, November 30, 2015

Thanksgiving/ サンクスギビング

私は休みの日忙しいですが、たくさん食べ物(たべもの)をたべて、たのしがったです。
サンクスギビング のはりねずみ
韓国人はサンクスギビング のときturkeyをたべません。私はりょうしんとうちで韓国のりょうりをたべました。

Rice cakes!
そしてしゅくだいがたくさんあって、いつもべんきょうしました。れきしのしゅくだいがむずかったですから、たいへんでした。

みなさんの休みはどうでしたか。

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

goals, revisited

It's time that I took another look at the goals/ activities statement from earlier so here goes:

I speak 韓国語. I also want to think I speak 中国語.
My next goal? To speak日本語.
YAY EAST ASIA (東アジア)!
This part has fortunately stayed the same. 

In all seriousness, I am passionate about foreign languages and while writing is certainly a significant part of language learning as well, I believe speaking is the most integral component. And practice makes perfect.

As such, my current goals for the semester include doing the following:

-as intimidating as shadowing is I’ll try my best to keep practicing every week, esp. on the weekends
I've done anime shadowing/ tongue twisters for most PE assignments so far and I practiced a fair amount for those, but I don't think I've been putting in a lot of extra time on my own. Realistically I can try to put in an hour or two every weekend. 

-office hours w/ しばたせんせい先生every other week?
I have been to office hours... only once!
I'll try to visit more in the future though. 


-try to make it to Japanese table once in a while. I have many commitments around dinner time so I’m not sure how realistic this is, but I will be there sometime J
I've been to Japanese table!!! It looks like many job info sessions are right around dinner time, so I won't be able to make it too often :(




Monday, November 9, 2015

ビデオブログ#1


first attempt at posting videos?
약간 민망하지만 한 번씩 봐주세요 ㅎㅅㅎ

Sunday, November 1, 2015

・fall break・秋休み・秋假・

今しゅうはあきやすみです。
Have a great fall break, Pton/普大/プリンストン大学 friends.

Fall break, what a good time to download Katherine's app!

Why is the campus so pretty when we're so busy?

Friday, October 16, 2015

pens galore

I secretly (or not-so-secretly?) enjoy taking copious notes.
Regardless of which class…

To give you an idea here are my notes from CHI/ちゅうごくご303 one day

much Chinese such color wow

To make note-taking less tedious, more fun, and easy to understand
I make use of COLORFUL PENS.
That’s right. Pens/ ボールペン. Highlighters. Mechanical pencils. I have lots.

My lovely Paperchase pencil case


The contents of aforementioned case

This reminds me of my childhood heaven on Earth aka Japanese stationery store
ITOYA
Literally 9 stories of pure stationery bliss. Read more about it here. 

Unfortunately can’t be in Japan so second best option is to shop online? 

I recommend Jetpens, comes with free shipping for orders over $25 :)

Thursday, October 15, 2015

드라마 /// kdrama

A couple of my friends interested in Korean culture have asked me for K Drama (Korean TV show) recommendations so I thought I'd share here as well :)

私は韓国のドラマが好きです。

Older shows:

1. 성균관 스캔들 Sungkyunkwan Scandal 2010

꽃선비 4인방 spoiler alert, one's a girl

걸오느님

2. 미남이시네요 You are beautiful 2009



3. 최고의 사랑 The best love 2011

그대 때문에 심장이 두근두근

4. 해를 품은 달 The Moon Embracing the Sun 2012

오구오구 귀여미

<3 수현 오빠 <3
5. 풀하우스 Full House 2004 




More recent shows:
1. 연애 말고 결혼 Marriage, not dating 2014



2. 그녀는 예뻤다 She was pretty (on air now!)




Saturday, October 10, 2015

select bits of London trip


Because I miss London already.
'til next time, UK

Iconic red phone booth

Quaint alleyways

Thames!

A truly English breakfast

That $6 bottle of h2o

Hakasan food

Bellini bellini bellini

CLOTTED CREAM <3

Too pretty to eat

An excuse to take selfie

Siblings

Liberty

Like an Asian tourist

St. Paul's I think

Hug!

insight from a fortune cookie fortune

"Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy"

wisely said, fortune cookie

Friday, October 9, 2015

overachiever much?

Because I really want someone to know what I feel like sometimes.

Read the 'Prince :)

Y'all should feel free to check out what I've written for the news section of The Daily Princetonian

Newspaper日本語でなんといいますか。
???

我当普大的记者,你们都看看我写的article :)


what's in a name

오유진/ katherine/ 吴有珍/ ユージン・オー

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Oh, Japanese.

Hello hello hello.

I speak 韓国語. I also want to think I speak 中国語.
My next goal? To speak日本語.
YAY EAST ASIA (東アジア)!

In all seriousness, I am passionate about foreign languages and while writing is certainly a significant part of language learning as well, I believe speaking is the most integral component. And practice makes perfect.

As such, my current goals for the semester include doing the following:
-as intimidating as shadowing is I’ll try my best to keep practicing every week, esp. on the weekends
-office hours w/ しばたせんせいevery other week?
-try to make it to Japanese table once in a while. I have many commitments around dinner time so I’m not sure how realistic this is, but I will be there sometime J

Thanks for reading.

<3