My computer is still dead. I’ve received a new power supply but the PS is either DOA or flat out not compatible with the old motherboard, and I still wait for the mobo replacement to arrive. I just don’t even want to think about the PS being DOA. :-/

Unfortunately I’ll receive the replacement motherboard later than expected. It should arrive next Thursday.

So, there’s that. I’m having terrible luck with the blasted thing.

In other, more pleasant news, I have to say that learning another language has its share of “hey, that’s pretty cool” moments… aside from meeting some great peeps, eating some good food, and generally enjoying myself that is.

There are times when you run across something written in the language that you’re learning and you suddenly realize, “Hey, I understand that.” On the surface that seems pretty simple, but I have to say that it can make me grin just a little when it happens unexpectedly.

Unfortunately my Korean vocabulary is still very limited and I read the Korean language so slowly that it does indeed take a moment or two for me to realize that, yes, I just read & understood something.. heh heh.

Oh well, you have to start somewhere.

Anyway, hopefully my computer will be operational again either this Thursday or Friday..

~Steph

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I’ve been off line for a few days now, as I’m sure that one or two of you have noticed.

This began when I received my new computer hardware. After installing my new toys I powered on the system only to see it lock up after a moment or two. The system would lock up during post; in fact, this even occurred when the BIOS set up was on screen, so this problem has nothing at all to do with the O/S.

I assumed that the motherboard was the culprit. The reason for this is that the IDE prongs were bent. A couple were so badly bent that they were laying down flat. When the system constantly froze I made the (logical?) decision that it was caused by the mobo and RMA’d it. Read the rest of this entry »

The grade for my mid term was 94/100, but that is because the instructor graciously decided that the written segment was extra credit.

As I said before, my main problem is writing the language. I made multiple silly, small mistakes, many of which I thought that I had worked so hard to fix. lol so much for that! I’ll just have to continue studying the written form of the words.

My plan is (ideally) to write some of the words every day. Hopefully this will straighten certain things in my thoughts and hands, such as the evil ㅏ and ㅓ (and to a lesser extent ㄱ <-> ㄴ) confusion that I seem to experience. I speak the words correctly (or at least I seem to!) but I can have such a frustrating time trying to write them.

For example, 학생 (”hahksang”) means “student” and I pronounce it correctly, but on the test I wrote it as 한생 (”hawnsang”) which I hope means nothing.

There is much to learn, but that’s what it’s all about yes?

Later folks,
~Steph

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Our Korean mid term test was this evening. I’m expecting to miss up to four and it was four or five pages long, so I shouldn’t get a very bad score on the test.

I can speak it (well, what we’ve learned anyway) much better than I can write it, but of course we had to write a great deal on the test. This isn’t to complain but rather to explain where most of my difficulty is.

Much of what we’ve learned is technical stuff; where / when to use 이, 가, 은, 는, 를 을, and other endings. We’ve also memorized how to introduce ourselves, along with five additional sentences and various useful words. It’s basic stuff, but this is the level 1 class.

The instructor has made the class an enjoyable experience… but I digress. That’s enough ramble for now.

Bed time is quickly approaching. Good night folks.
~Stephen

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This morning I signed the sheet saying that I’ll be going to Korea in May. Wow, I must be crazy. Now it will be a matter of paying for the ticket…