Helloooo!
It's been ages since I've posted here...
How are you? Great, I hope! Me?! I'm fine. Still in Korea and the rainy season has started here for real. Korean people call it Jangma (장마) meaning a long spell of rainy weather in summer. Rain is falling from the skies for over 12 hours now and some parts of the country are flooded. Hope everyone stays safe out there!
I'm working on my thesis... but it's not going that well. Surprise, surprise... Why, oh why did I ever chose Korean literature? ;) I'm so distracted by so many things. Meanwhile working multiple part time jobs in order to sustain myself! But we're holding on tight! At least I narrowed down my research scope more now. I'm analyzing a novel called "There A Petal Silently Falls" (저기 소리없이 한 점 꽃잎이 지고) by Choe Yun (최윤). This novel is about a girl's descent into madness, while on a subconscious journey to regain her lost identity and to set her free from the guilt she'd experienced after witnessing the brutal killing of her mother. It is a gripping and harrowing story set in the context of the Gwangju Uprising. However, packed with poetic descriptions and each chapter containing different internally focalized narrations it's rather confusing and damn hard to analyze. Graduating...one day... will be the best day of my life! *errr*
In the past months I've been back and forth to Belgium twice, and I must say I miss it every time after returning to Korea. However, Seoul still feels like home. It's gonna be a painful break-up if we'd ever have to separate. A tearjerker with a box of Kleenex!
Meanwhile on the other side of the globe, in Belgium in fact, I didn't know it would ever happen again, but... I've met someone who likes me for me and whom I like even more! 난 완전 빠졌어! 빠졌다고!!!... Looking forward to what the future has in store for us! So all singles out there looking for that special someone, don't give up, I'd say! After being a happy single for five years, I'd never thought this would happen. Not that I was waiting for Prince Charming or anything like that! ;)
I gotta go teach tomorrow in a primary school, about our beloved Belgium, so I'd better head to bed!
So long & lots of kimchilove!
Goodnight,
<3 Lara aka 라라
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| Seokmo Island February 2016 |
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| 서울한산초등학교, Hansan Primary School... I bought a flag in Belgium when I last visited. It's my first time having a flag... I feel so nationalistic while I'm not. Haha |
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| 양진초등학교 4년3반 |
