Thursday, January 24, 2008

The country i would like to visit again.

Gosh, I love korea. It is a country with full of natures. i was born in burma. but i lived in korea and studied there. It's not that i don't love my mother country. of course i love my country and i am very proud of being a burmese. But korea attracts me with its beautiful people and their amazing new country. Like all people know, Korea was colonized by Japan. korean people worked hard to build a country which every korean people dreamed of.

So, here i am very proud of being a Burmese. But on the other hand, Korea is the place where i would go back and visit there again.

I lived in Korea for about 5 years. I experienced about their life style. As a foreigner, life in korea was so uneasy. it's not that the people are making your life uneasy. it's just the language problem that is making your life uneasy. even though korean people are very fascinated about learning English language, you wouldn't see any sign that is written in bilingual. For instance,, underground restroom.

funny story!
one day, i took a subway on my way back from school. Subway is very essential for most korean people. It's much cheaper and can save time unlike driving because of traffic.

so,i was on the subway and all of a sudden, i heard a noise. it's like someone's snoring. so, i look around and didn't see nobody sleeping deep. So, i thought i misheard and continued reading my book. But i heard the snoring again and it came from ontop of me. This time, i looke up and i saw an old man sleeping. here is the picture! Enjoy.

eating out in korea!

i love korean food. They are spicy but very delicious. but sometimes, i enjoy eating out with my friends. In our group, most of my friends are korean and some are foreigners including me. We love eating. whenever we meet the first thing we talked about is a place to eat. Surprisingly, my korean friends love " Hamburger ". they love Mcdonald. one of my koren friends told me that mostly young adults think that eating Hamburger shows that person being modernized.

one day i asked my korean professor about foreign investment in korea. he said he is welcomed all the foreign investors and he is glad to meet different people from all over the world. he thinks because of all these foreign investors, Korea became one of the well-known countries in the world and he thanks all these investors. He told me about korea before it got developed how korean people were poor and sometimes got nothing to eat.

Doing business in korea
At first glance, Korea appears to be "just like any other nation." Its capital city, Seoul, is a modern, thriving metropolis with all of the latest technology the world has to offer. All over Korea, you'll find first-class telecommunications, the requisite five-star hotels, Western restaurants, modern transport systems (including very efficient subway networks in Seoul and Busan), innovative architecture, and so forth. Nonetheless, it is still very Korean and it is imperative that any American doing business in Korea realizes that Seoul is not Los Angeles (even though the latter, in fact, has a sizeable Korean community). Every year Korea becomes more and more modern, but it is important to recognize that modern does not equal Western. Koreans will not expect you to be an expert on the nuances of their culture, but they will appreciate a show of interest in matters that are important to them. Koreans generally appreciate a foreigner's effort in expressing a thank you (gam-sa-ham-ni-da) or a hello (an-yong-ha-say-yo) in the Korean language.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Aye,
I love how you posted pictures of your travels with your stories! The one about the man sleeping is so weird and funny! :) I enjoyed your blog and I can't wait to read more.

LibraryBlondie said...

Hi Aye,
It's good to be in class with you again! I think this is our third together? Anyway, I just wanted to say that I really enjoyed what you've posted so far. It's really cool to be able to read about some of the traditions/customs of Korea from someone who really knows. I hope you will post more about both Korea and Burma. Also, to anyone reading this blog, you should know that this girl is amazing. We've had both a linguistics class and Spanish together in the past, and I don't know how she does it! If I were fluent in three languages, I would stage a protest against the university for trying to make me learn a fourth just to satisfy the technicalities of a degree :). And that's on top of studying away from her home country! I really do have a lot of respect for you Aye, and it's good to see you again.

Malissa