Het sneeuwt! (een keer meer!)

Het sneeuwt! Het was heel koud maar het was moooooooooooi :-)
Somebody drew three hearts (for me) on strangers' cars. I was being very careful not to fall down when I walked to the Dutch lesson.

In the lesson, we had a very interesting conversation on 'alternatieve geneeskunde'. I wanted to explain about 'cupping (부황)' and had difficulties due to my lack of Dutch! I somehow managed to mention small cups that apply on body to take out negative energy. I just wanted to finish my explanation there. But! there was another person who knew about cupping! It was Mo from Iran and he also tried cupping and he even explained the part of taking out blood. He added that people do cupping in order to take out 'slecht bloed' as well. zwarte bloed = slecht bloed = ongezond! And everybody was like 'eeeeeuw', but we smiled. Yes it works!


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난 눈이 정말 정말 싫지만, 하얀 눈으로 뒤 덮인 암비오릭스 스퀘어는 정말 아름다웠어.
출근하면서 그려준 하트도 마음에 들었어.

부황얘기 하다보니.. 나 침도 맞고 싶고, 부황도 뜨고 싶다!

de goede voornemens voor het nieuwe jaar

Ik heb sommige voornemens voor het nieuwe jaar.

I didn't really make big new year's resolutions, but I will try to make them happen :-) Obviously the most important thing for me now is to learn languages - both Dutch and French. My Dutch is okay I think, but mijn Frans is heel slecht dus moet ik Frans meer leren!

After waiting so long for the new French course to open, I could finally register (thanks to mijn nootjes). Dus, mijn eerste voornemen is om Frans en Nederlands te leren. Mijn tweede voornemen is om exercise en yoga te doen. I also want to keep positive mind and not be pessimistic.

Like I always jokingly say to Bart, I will master French and beat his French! umhwahwahwa



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프렌치 코스에 등록을 했다. 네덜란드어보다 많이 비싸지만 -_-+
브뤼셀에서 생존하려면 조금 더 인텐시브하게 배울 필요가 있기때문에.

ik ben blij vandaag

생은 얼마나 많은 소근거림으로 가득한가.
스무살이란 원래 막막하라고 있는 나이 같다. 확실한 건 아무것도 하지 말라고 있는 나이.....
어른들은 습관과 의무 속에서 살고 아이들은 충동과 잔소리 속에서 살며
스무 살의 나이는 몽상과 도주의 욕망 속에서 살아간다.
그러니 설사 막막할지라도 슬퍼할 필요는 없다.스무살의 권리니까.

전경린 <나비>中

글쎄 이 구절을 한국의 현 시대에 반영해 본다면 막막한 나이는 스무살이 아니라 이십대이다. 

열아홉 즈음부터 스물아홉.. 혹은 서른까지. 

호주에서 학교를 다니며 막막한 점이 있었다. 공부도 늦게 시작했는데, 졸업 후 일을 제대로 못 구하면 어떡하지 막막했다.

다행히도 졸업 전에 계약직이지만 취업을 했다. 취업을 하고 나니 현실과 이상의 괴리가 너무 커서 힘들었다. 나의 꿈이 망가지는 것 같아서 막막했다. 현실에 안주하며 물들어 가는 내 모습을 보니 막막했다.

나의 선택으로 머나먼 유럽땅에 왔지만 취업이 생각처럼 쉽지 않아 막막하다. 점점 바보가 되어가는 것 같아 막막하다. 프랑스어 실력이 생각처럼 일취월장하지 않아 막막하다.

But I felt different today. In the morning I enjoyed translating an article for ILDA, I enjoyed playing games, I enjoyed eating spicy Korean food, I enjoyed eating chocolates without feeling guilty, I enjoyed a short stroll in the neighbourhood, I enjoyed the party with my classmates and I really enjoyed talking to my classmates and their families. I was actually surprised to see myself having a conversation in Dutch. Maybe I should organise this kind of get together thingy :-)

너무 나만의 생각에 갖혀서 막막해 하지 말자.  내 삶엔 많은 소근거림이 있고, 그것들에 귀기울일 필요도 있어. 하찮다고 생각할 필요없다고. 아무리 작은 것이라도 아무리 흔한 것이라도 항상 pay attention and appreciate. 나의 평화와 행복은 나의 attitude에 달려있다는거.

Nederlands en Frans

 I could finally registered in a French course near my place (still 25 min walk). Unlike my Dutch course, the median age seems a bit higher - maybe around 35-40 I guess.

Judging from my first lesson... it's not very interactive nor fun. I think the reason would be that there are too many people and people don't seem to listen to the teacher. On top of that, some people even speak French already.............. and some don't write Alphabet. Hah

I should look for another French course which starts around November. Until then, I really need to focus on Dutch.. things are getting more difficult and there are a lot to absorb... this weekend I think I will have to study..... no more fun for me. 

Practice Dutch?

I've downloaded the application called 'NoisyTyper' which makes sounds of a typing machine whenever I write. It is interesting and I am more tempted to write :-)

From Monday, I've attended 3 classes and it turned out to be very fun. Maybe because it's just easy beginning. I like the teacher and classmates which is a very important fact in making lessons more fun.

Anyways, I decided to write something today just to try two things: 1) NoisyTyper; and 2) my Dutch writing skills.

Hallo

Ik heet Gayoung en ik woon in Schaarbeek. Ik ben niet getrouwd en ik heb geen kinderen. Ik woon nog maar 3 weken in Belgi˜µ˚∆˙©ƒ∂ßå∆≥…æ‘“¨¨ë  - België. (I am not used to use 'ë' I have to admit). Ik spreek Engels, Koreeans en enn beetje Nederlands (en enn beetje Spans). Ik studeer Nederlands en Elsene. Ik ben zesentwintig jaar. Ik verjaar op 26 maart. Mij favorite seizoen is zomer.


It's a bit stupid but I think it is important to practice this way. REPEAT and try to create more sentences..... maybe with this NoisyTyper app I will be more tempted to write, even everyday :-)

Useful links for learning Dutch

I was just web-surfing and found some links which are good for learning Dutch! Yay
(I am not sure whether I will be using these often though :p)

http://www.forbeginners.info/dutch/

http://oefenen.nl/program/serie/34

http://www.taalthuis.com/

http://sayitindutch.weblog.nl/

http://www.kinderverhalen.nl/

mostly copied from (http://browncafe.tistory.com/403) this blog :-)

Learning Dutch

After a very boring, long and painful pause, I had something to do regularly (finally!!). I've enrolled in a Dutch course on 18th of July which was 11 days after I arrived in Brussels.

Today was the first day of lesson. The class starts from 9am to 12:30pm Monday to Thursday, however since it is my first day today I decided to leave a bit early which got me to the place around 8:30am.

It was quiet. Nobody was there, even administration people. Only a cleaner guy was working. After waiting for 20 minutes, people started to come one by one.

Apparently there were two classes mixed (hopefully only for today) so we had about 20 or more people. All from different countries. None of them from Korea. One mind-relieving thing for me was that I was not the only one who doesn't speak French! Yay! 

The class was fun except for one thing...... the teacher didn't seem to remember my name.... (her pronounce was good though) how embarrassing it was.... only my name was not called many times. She would ask people questions but me... skip my name first and come back to me after looking at the attendance list.

It was definitely more fun than fighting and sulking by myself.


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프랑스어 코스에 비해서 네덜란드어 코스는 가격도 싸고, 종류도 다양한 것 같다.
한달에 25유로만 내고 80시간을 배운다.
네덜란드어를 못하는 벨기에 사람들이 많을거라고 생각했는데, 의외로 다른 유럽 나라들의 사람들이 많았다. 다들 왜 배우려고 하는지는 물어보지 못했지만, 차차 알게되겠지.
프랑스어도 공부해야하는데.... 의지가 필요해. 열정과 의지.

언어를 배우면서 예전의 나로 돌아가고 싶어. 긍정적이고 활발한 나.
더이상 우울하고 비관적인 나는 싫어.