Spicy Korean Rice Cake (Tteokbokki) 떡볶이에요!

오늘 한국어학교에 떡볶이를 먹었어요. 이떡볶이는 아주맛싰어요. 너무너무좋아해요!

Today's Korean language class was extremely fun because we were treated to homemade spicy Korean rice cake made by a couple of Korean housewives at the language centre. It was my first time trying homecook Korean food and it tastes so different compared to the usual tteokbokki we have at Korean cuisine restaurants. Nothing can beat homecook food really. Today also marked the the end of our level 1B classes. Hubby and I will be starting level 2A classes in three weeks time! =D

 Tteokbokki in a cup. So delicious! The tteokbokki was cooked and served to us on the spot!

Me being very excited to try the Tteokbokki.

 Hubby looking like a gluttony here but in fact he never ate the Tteokbokki as he was having sore throat.

Enjoying every bite~

Om nom nom~

A picture of the ingredients before cooking. There were fish cakes, Korean dumpling, hard boiled eggs, spring onions, cabbage, Korean ramen and korean rice cakes. I absolutely love the fried Korean dumpling stuffed with sweet potato starch noodles, also known as Mandu (만두) in Korean. The dumplings were made by my Korean teacher's wife. It was my first time trying Korean dumpling and they were super super delicious!

Tteokbokki in the making!

 Korean housewives busy making Tteokbokki!

Guess what Hubby brought for me today? My favourite fitness magazines!

Plus he also bought high calcium milk for me today! Thanks hubby! <3

I hereby announce that my 7th clinical placement is finally over. Will definitely miss all the patients at the rehab centre I was posted to! I've gained so much experience and knowledge thanks to the patients and senior physiotherapists!

Group photo with UNIKL and Sime Darby students! Miss them already!

That's all for today's update! All I want to do now is rest and fully enjoy my carefree days as a physiotherapy student. 

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CSY

The Ajumma Gang

It's always fun meeting a group of people who share the common interest. This post is just an update of my first Korean language class with additional group photos plus my lunch and dinner photos. Previous post about my first Korean language class here.

 Look at the amount of people who attended the beginner class. And this is just one class, there are other beginner classes as well in different timeslots.

Rachel, Meiyen, Hubby and I are now officially the Ajumma gang! There's no particular reason as to why we call ourselves the Ajumma gang though haha.

 Group photo 1. I was soooo far behind. Can you spot me? =D

Group photo 2.

Before the class, Hubby and I had lunch at this vegetarian cuisine restaurant nearby.

 Me!

 Hubby's spinach soup.

 Seaweed salad sandwich that I ordered and I like it! I like how they place the miniature sandwich in a coffee filter paper. Gonna order it again next time!

 Additional order of seaweed roll. Not bad but I still prefer the salad sandwich.

The vegetarian cuisine restaurant near our Korean language centre.

After the class ended, the four of us aka Ajumma gang members walked to Sunway Pyramid to fill our empty stomach.

The Ajumma gang at Ichiban Ramen.

Cold soba with ebi tempura ordered by me. Om nom nom. It was indeed a satisfying meal.

That's all!

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CSY

Learning Korean

안녕하세요! ♥

My biggest, biggest wish ever was to be able to learn and speak Korean language fluently. I remembered being envious of people who can speak Korean fluently, especially in situations where they are able to converse with Koreans. At that point of time I was secretly hoping that someday I can be like them too. Imagine watching Korean drama and variety shows without subtitles, understanding Korean song lyrics without english translation etc etc.

Thanks to hubby and his friends, my wish is finally granted *wipe non-existing tears of joy* as hubby and I have recently signed up for Korean language class at Maru Language Education Centre. Now I'm one big step closer towards my dream of backpacking tour to Korea (knowing the language is quite essential if you want to travel without a tour guide or agency in Korea). Yesterday was my first Korean language class and I have to say I sincerely enjoyed it. I guess when you are passionate about learning something, the whole learning process becomes fun and that's when you know you enjoy learning something. Inserts quote of the day: learning a language is the only way to completely understand another’s culture from their perspective. I couldn't agree more with this! =)

Had to write down the address of the Korean language centre so we could locate it easily. The centre is located at the row of shophouses behind The One Academy, Bandar Sunway. So it's really convenient for us as we can have our meal/shopping at Sunway Shopping Mall after the class.

Tadaa Hubby and I manage to found the centre!

The Korean words on the board says something like welcome and nice to meet you I guess? Haha.

This is how the centre looks like once we entered. Feeling excited already! The centre feels so cosy and homey!

Maru is the name of the language centre.

Our classroom! 1A Kyou-Sil (教室).

A small classroom which can accommodate up to 24 students. Of course there are other classrooms as well for advanced levels students.

Our very first class would be learning the Korean consonants and vowels and how to pronounce them accurately as taught by our Korean teacher. The duration of the class is one hour and a half but time passes really quickly here.

Our studybook and workbook.

Hubby, Rachel and Meiyen. Rachel is the one introducing us to this centre.

Hubby and I ♥.

Picture of me with the very young Korean teacher from Korea of course. That's me posing with the Gwiyomi gestures. =P

Korean letters chart.

The centre also sells Korean food and beverages.

That's all about my very first Korean language class! Will blog more about the future classes and also how I progress from a beginner to intermediate and hopefully one day I can even blog in Korean! We shall see about that! Haha.

안녕히 계세요!

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CSY