A few weeks ago, I wanted to start working on my visa. I wasn't sure where to get an application, so I decided to call the Korean Consulate in Boston. Maybe I'm a freak, but I practice conversations in my head before I have them. So I was going over what I would say (Hi, I'm Lindsay SDLFKS. I'm going to Korea in July and I need an A-3 visa...) when I realized, hey, I know how to have the majority of this conversation in Korean! I decided to practice it in Korean too, just for kicks.
I pick up the phone, dial the number, and a voice answers on the other end. In Korean. Very fast Korean. Although she only really said "Hello, this is the Korean Consulate in Boston" I panicked and hung up on her.
I could have had that conversation! My first real experience using the YEAR of Korean I've studied! But I wimped out and panicked.
This does not bode well.
Fast forward to a few days ago.
I went to the movies Sunday with my girlfriends. The previews started up and, oh goodness, there was a trailer for the new Harry Potter movie! Right when I was about to say "Wow, I really want to see that!" the premiere date came up on the screen. July 14th. Gotta go see that with the girls back home in New Hampsh--
And then it hit me. I won't be in New Hampshire then. I'll be in Korea.
I know, it's dumb, but I never really realized how different things will be. I'm sitting at my desk right now. There's a bottle of water, Benadryl, laundry detergent, a flash light, and posters--amongst a bunch of other things--in my immediate field of vision. Everything is printed in English. It probably won't be in two months.
I thought it was ridiculous that it took a movie premiere for me to realize how crazy things are about to get in less than two months.
Fast forward to today.
I finally confirmed my flights. I'm officially leaving July 3rd from Boston at 7:30pm. Over the next two days, I'll be on various flights before finally touching down in Incheon on July 5th at 4am. Guess I'll be watching the sunrise on my first day in KoreaHOW SYMBOLIC.
Maybe I'll write again in another two weeks after some more of nothing has happened. Oh, I know, I can't wait either.
I pick up the phone, dial the number, and a voice answers on the other end. In Korean. Very fast Korean. Although she only really said "Hello, this is the Korean Consulate in Boston" I panicked and hung up on her.
I could have had that conversation! My first real experience using the YEAR of Korean I've studied! But I wimped out and panicked.
This does not bode well.
Fast forward to a few days ago.
I went to the movies Sunday with my girlfriends. The previews started up and, oh goodness, there was a trailer for the new Harry Potter movie! Right when I was about to say "Wow, I really want to see that!" the premiere date came up on the screen. July 14th. Gotta go see that with the girls back home in New Hampsh--And then it hit me. I won't be in New Hampshire then. I'll be in Korea.
I know, it's dumb, but I never really realized how different things will be. I'm sitting at my desk right now. There's a bottle of water, Benadryl, laundry detergent, a flash light, and posters--amongst a bunch of other things--in my immediate field of vision. Everything is printed in English. It probably won't be in two months.
I thought it was ridiculous that it took a movie premiere for me to realize how crazy things are about to get in less than two months.
Fast forward to today.
I finally confirmed my flights. I'm officially leaving July 3rd from Boston at 7:30pm. Over the next two days, I'll be on various flights before finally touching down in Incheon on July 5th at 4am. Guess I'll be watching the sunrise on my first day in KoreaHOW SYMBOLIC.
Maybe I'll write again in another two weeks after some more of nothing has happened. Oh, I know, I can't wait either.
P.S.--If you were wondering, the Korean premiere date is July 15th. Oh, time zones.
2 comments:
Depressing isn't it? I'm terrified to talk to my Japanese friends via skype because I'm afraid I'll sound like an idiot. So yeah, I know how you feel. And when I go see the midnight showing of HP, I'll make sure to think of you :)
Don't worry. Lindsay!! It happened to me a lot, too!! Anyways, u will have no problem of speaking soon after studying in Korea. And I will be glad to help u!!
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