Last Day Of My Semester

Last Friday was the last day of my semester. Wow!! I need to prepare for my finals again!! This is crazy! I wonder why in Singapore, our semesters are really short!

Anyway, it was my last Korean class and I took a photo with my teacher. I truly enjoyed all my korean lessons. To be honest, Korean lessons were the only lessons which I could pay attention throughout the whole semester.

Decided to take a photo with my Korean teacher after the last lesson.

I think she really tries her very best to make our Korean lesson interesting. Cant you imagine teaching the same stuff for about 5 times a week! She probably takes more than 5 korean level 1 classes. Well, if you think that is boring, how about repeating everything every single semester. Seriously, that is so darn boring. That is why I really think that her work is seriously boring! Haha.

Anyway, I went to attend a seminar after my Korean lesson.

It was a seminar by Boo Jun Feng and my Prof. The aim of the seminar was to discuss about Boo's film Sandcastle which won him many awards from around the world.

If you dont know who Boo Jun Feng is, here is a little desription of him from Wikipedia.

Boo Junfeng (Chinese: 巫俊锋; pinyin: wū jùn fēng; born 4 December 1983) is a Singaporean filmmaker.

Boo is a graduate from the School of Film & Media Studies at Ngee Ann Polytechnic in 2003, and The Puttnam School of Film, LASALLE College of the Arts in 2009, where he was accorded the McNally Award for Excellence in the Arts – the valedictorian honour of the college.

His films, many of which show a preoccupation with places and historical and personal memory, have won prizes and acclaim and have been shown in film festivals around the world. Notable short films include Un Retrato De Familia (2004), Katong Fugue (2007), Keluar Baris (2008) and Tanjong Rhu (2009). His debut feature film Sandcastle (2010) was the first Singaporean film to be invited to theInternational Critics' Week at Cannes Film Festival.

I really think that Boo is a talented young man. He is brave to purse his dreams but I believe he comes from a rich family. Movie making doesn earn you much money in Singapore unless you are Jack Neo! Haha.

I used to have a lot of dreams when I was younger. However, it seems that I dont feel so strongly towards my dreams now. I dont seem to have the passion to write articles now! I used to know what I want to do in future but I am quite unsure about it now! Haha.

Okay, I am still left with a good 2 years to give some thought to it.

Bye! I need to study!

Updates soon!!

Hallyu

It has been a long time since I last updated my blog. School is just too busy and my life is just too boring.

Anyway, I got know a Korean friend through facebook. She is my language exchange friend. Today, my Korean friend invited me over to her home for dinner. Her parents came to Singapore to visit her sister and her. Thus, this explans my title for this entry. Hallyu refers to refers to the spread of South Korean culture around the world. 

I bought a pandan cake for her parents because they are leaving Singapore tomorrow. I think pandan cakes are really good gifts as they are uniquely Singapore and they are rather nice. Hahha.

Fortunately, I am taking Korean classes in school now and my limited command of the Korean language came into good use because Minjung's parents dont know any English.

Anyway, Minjung was preparing dinner with her sister and mother when I arrived.

Pardon my poor camera skills. Haha. You can see Minjung's dad on the bottom left hand side on the photo.

The delicious home made Korean food that they prepared for me.

They were busy preparing dinner while I went off snapping photos of them! Hahha.

Seriously, the food was awesome!! I had a really sumptuous dinner.

I finally tried authentic Korean cuisine by Koreans!! My favourite food was Bulgogi. They also treated me to a ikan billis salad which was really appetizing. It taste somwhat similar to that which you can find in a Nasi Lemak stall. Minjung's mother told me that she will make me more of that when I go to Korea! Haha.

Trying my best to fit into a Korean family! Hahaha. Fortunately, I am fair enough. Koreans are so fair. I will probably look like a charcoal beside them if I am really tanned!

It's weird because Minjung is afterall not a Singaporean but she seem to be playing host to me instead. Haha.

Anyway, really wanna say a big thank you to Minjung and her family. They are really friendly and nice!!

I will try my best to improve my Korean. The next time her parents come, I hope that I will be able to have a conversation with them!!

I need to go to bed now! I have a presentation tomorrow! Bye!

Updates soon!