Korean Lessons....다시.

So up popped "Korean Lessons" on my Instagram feed. (You do realize that almost all my messages on social media platforms relate to Korea, don't you? Well the algorithms have figured me out!) I called the local Korean Church that hosts these classes and due to popular demand they added an adult class. There are 20+ adults with a wide variety of backgrounds who are enrolled along with yours truly... I'm one of 2 'seniors.'

Every Sunday afternoon I am spending 3 hours trying to converse in Korean! Class #1 overlapped with what I learned at local community college before dropping out and I felt super smart. I could tell anyone in the class that I loved them.... in Korean.

Teachers are all native speakers but do not typically wear hanboks. This is not really my class.

But now the class has been divided into 2 groups; absolute beginners & allegedly intermediate. I'm in the intermediate group (gulp!) It's such great fun to sit in the classroom and have this lovely Korean woman say a bunch of stuff looking intently at me.... while I have no clue what she is trying to get across. The other intermediate students can read Hangul pretty smoothly wheras I stutter and pause with each letter.

We also learn a bit about the culture and we've done some origami and TaeKwonDo. This week we're doing Kpop Dancing and I'm certain I'll be the star performer after my lessons in Seoul. I was thrilled when the TaeKwonDo Master thought I was 60. Hmmm I need to see if he's wearing a wedding ring....

Pat: You can do it! I admire your pluck.

Judy: The classes or the potentially single TaeKwonDo Master?

That's me in the Blue......