I call my friend, and she says, “What’s up?” “Um…” Then 5 seconds of pause.. I walk into a supermarket, and the clerk says, “Hey, how’s it going?” “Um…” Then 5 seconds of pause.. Now I’m in the US, I hear it every single day, every place, wherever I go. Let’s get [...] Read more »
English, you suck! But I love you dearly
There are many superior things about Korean language – even though I’m using English to spread my words, sorry King Sejong!-, the greatest one is that it is phonetic. It is always, always, or most of times – because never say never, right?- you can just say what it is and there’s ninety percent chance that [...] Read more »
What is it like to be a second language writer?
English is not my first language, clearly. Yet all of my contents, well 98% of my contents are in English. Time to time people ask me, ‘why?’ It is not hard to figure out that it is more difficult than.. you know, use my native language. The reason why is simple. I consider blogging [...] Read more »