Day 5

Today was stressful to say the least. After working on my script for the majority of this week, it was finally put to the test today. I read through it with one of the on-air personalities I will be working with and … omg I don’t think that I have sweated that hard in a long time. However, after about an hour of editing and pronunciation practice, I finally had a piece that I could be proud of. My nerves are not completely gone, but I definitely feel more motivated to give it my all. I am taking this challenge head on! Wish me luck.

After my crash course lesson in Korean, I was basically brain-dead and was looking forward to finding some noms with my project advisor. Only to find out that he would not be coming in today because he was out sick… JUST GREAT!!!!! THAT MEANS I HERE ON MY OWN ALL DAY!!! MORE IMPORTANT NO KOREAN FOOD! On Tuesday, Hae Moon, my on-site project advisor, and I decided we would grab lunch together today. Now, I am going to have to find a good place on my own or at least that’s what I thought. However, while I was earnestly scouring through Yelp! reviews to find a decent place to by myself lunch I noticed a deliciously beautiful scent coming from our office break room/ kitchen. About 30 minutes later I heard my boss calling my name beckoning me to join him and other staff for lunch. One of the reporters had made 떡국(ddeokguk) , a dish traditionally eaten for Korean New Year (Lunar New Year) made from slice rice cakes (ddeok), egg, and seaweed all in a light broth. It was absolutely delicious (I actually had two bowls).

My day after lunch was sort of mundane. I had my usual popcorn chat with other staff around 3:30, and continued to study my script for the majority of the day. Around 4:30, I helped hang posters around our complex for an upcoming art contest A.R.K. is hosting with H-mart. I got to chat with another staff member and we merely talked about our families whilst exchanging words and phrases we didn’t know how to translate into the English or Korean. While there was nothing spectacular about these moment, it was fun nonetheless. (I really need to find a new word to describe my time here…new vocabulary pending…) Until next week….