She stumbled over her words today (그는 더듬거리며 이야기했다)

I’m just a stranger here, in Korea. My goals are about not only looking for the knowledge through university education but also how I can be more adaptable through this different social culture. I think I need to be honest that I hate Thursday so much. I just get stressed in this fall semester about my freaking assignments, there are a lot of stuff I need to do, but fortunately it’s almost over! Not less than one month left before my family comes here on chilly December. Then, my Indonesian friends are going to come back to meet the people whom they love. However, I love December. ♥

I had a Korean advertising class today morning. This class were about watching the presentation from each team in which I couldn’t hear clearly what they said and what they were talking about because the slides were quickly changed. But in the middle of the presentation, my professor just stopped them and asked me what this team’s presentation contents are and I was asked to answer in Korean. 🙂 I didn’t do nothing. I tried to explain based on everything I heard. Again, she just stopped me when I was trying to give her my idea about team’s presentation contents even I didn’t understand anything.

“What do you say? I can’t understand what you say. Can you please tell me in English then?”

“Sorry, I can’t speak English.”

“If you can’t speak both, so the problem is what language do you speak fluently?”

I think I got big punched on my face since I’m going to be a senior but someone talked to me like I’m a silly freshmen who just came here yesterday.

Oh, she really made my day..

어디나라말을 아무리 배워도 끝이가 없을정도로 코피 터지게 열심히 배운다는것이죠. 어떻게 봐도 내가 한국사람아닌 아직도 인도네시아사람이고 한국말도 그렇게 너무 잘하지는 않다고 생각하기도 해서.. 올해의 목표는 한국어능력시험 따기로 했는데 토익시험도.. 여러분이 자기꿈 이루어지기를 많이 많이생각하고 있죠?

한국말을 어떻게 해야 많이 늘어날 수 있을까 고민하다가 지금 듣기빼고 쓰기, 읽기, 어휘 및 문법을 모두다 깊이 더있게 배우려고 학교에서 오학당같은 수업 신청하고 거의 다해가네요. 휴~

이렌! 뭘얘기하는거야ㅜ 아무튼. 그런게 있어. 😀

날씨가 많이 추워진다네요. 여러분도 옷은 따뜻하게 입고 다녀요! 한국말로 쓰는건 참 복잡하네요. 앞으로 그냥 인도네시아말로 할까? 나 인도네시아말을 얼마나 잘하는데 ㅋ 여러분도 한국말 잘하시죠? 역시.. 그니까 좀가르쳐주실래요?ㅋ

뿌잉뿌잉.

오늘의 블로그일기끝.

McDonald’s Day?

Hari ini, Selasa 15 November 2011 jam 4 sore, merupakan McDonald’s Day bagi anak2 kelas Mr. Voigts. Nah, topik yang sedang dibahas minggu ini adalah tentang Food and Nutrition. Kalo ngomongin soal nutrisi, ga asing lagi sama yang namanya fast food kali yah? hmm, dan mungkin yg langsung muncul yaa, fast food yg berlambangkan huruf M, beserta trademark slogannya, I’m lovin it!
Kami semua dibagi dalam kelompok. Saya kedapetan bersama Sali, 1 lagi org Hongkong, dan 1 sisany org Korea. 😀
Kami semua mulai berjalan keluar kelas, menuju TKP, dan barisan mulai terpisah2..
Mr. Voigts bersama 2 org murid lelakinya, berjalan lewat seberang kanan.. saya dan saudara Sidarta, lewat jalan sebelah kiri.. dan sisanya? mrk memilih jalan lurus. 😀
tak apalah. biar beda arahnya, yang penting tujuannya sama, yaitu dengan aman dan selamat sampe McD deket Kyungsung.
disaat rombongan saya dan sidarta, beserta rombongan Mr. Voigts tiba, di McD tidak begitu terasa ramai karena belum jam makan malem.

15 menit kemudian..
tibalah rombongan yg lewat jalan lurus.
😀 dan 3 anggota klmpok saya pun tiba juga.
saya dan Bu Sali hanya memesan french fries.
Dan! ketika memesan, diharuskan menggunakan bahasa inggris.
aiyaaiya.
“French Fries large size,please..”, saya order.
“ne. cheon yuk bek won imnida.”, si mbak McD memberikan kembalian.

“Thank you”, jwb saya.
Kami semua duduk di atas, ssuai kelompok. Ruangan itu terasa penuh, krn kehadiran kami. Ya! Kami semua berbicara dalam bhs Inggris, serambi makan, serambi membahas soal prtnyaan yg diberikan oleh Pak Dosen melalui sebuah kertas.

Teman Hongkong ini, bercerita soal keeksisan McD di negarany.. ya, sama seperti Indonesia. Murah, laku, dan meriah.
Mungkin ndak sih McDonald, rajany fast food, menyingkir dari peradaban modern kita ini? kita semua diharuskan cepat, efisiensi waktu, sibuk cari uang sehingga mempersempit waktu untuk memasak di rumah.. Secara kalo masak di rumah,lebih sehat, higienis, dan lebih terjamin nutrisinya mungkin?
Para pemuda2 kita, sedang berjuang untuk mendapatkan gelar akademinya..
begadang bikin skripsi, bikin assignments dll.. 24 jam dalam shari trasa tak cukupp. 😦 dikala lapar, tinggal pencet 14045.. langsung deh ada Mas2 ketok pintu anterin McD nya kerumah.
ahhh. segala sesuatu ada positifnya, ada juga negatifnya.
kalo McD terus eksis, bisa jadi generasi berikutnya menderita sdikit obesitas.
tp kalo McD gak ada, anak2 kuliahan yg perutnya butuh diisi dikala laper abis buat tugas, kasian kan..
😀
sbagai konsumen, jadilah bijak.
mungkin dg mengkonsumsi fast food sprti ini, yaa, sminggu skali?
biar kalori yg masuk ke tubuh pun ga berlebihan.

note: blog ini dibuat khusus utk project final saya untuk salah satu kelas di fall semester ini. cobacoba.

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