Sunday, 22 November 2009
One of the first things U wanna try when U come to other culture is traditional alcohol. In Korea it's soju (소주). Well it has 20% and tastes like vodka mixed with water :D
And what is most important it's cheap! 1 bottle of soju is usually cheaper than one beer (~2000W, if I remember correctly). The first time I tried it, I didn't like the taste much, so after that we started mixing it with juice and named it "sojuice" :D.Then we were able to drink alcohol inside dorms without being noticed. Well Koreans have a lot of ways of drinking soju, one of the most popular cocktail (if U can call it a cocktail) is soju mixed with beer - somaek (soju+maekju(beer)). Here is one of the ways to mix it :)
The main reason why Koreans drink a lot is because they are making friends while drinking and getting to know each other better. They play a lot of drinking games - it's just a part of their culture :) Besides there are some rules of drinking and I found a video which explains it all ^^
Well I guess that's all for now. It's difficult to explain all about their drinking culture and the way they party, U just have to go there and see it with your own eyes (it's better to see once than 100 times to hear) ;) And here is just one fun Korean soju commercial, which shows a lot of truth about Korean lifestyle :D (and damn that song is catchy) :D
Wednesday, 18 November 2009
Well I guess the first thing that comes up to your mind when you order Korean food is - omfg %#*$!!!!!!!! can someone give me a glass of water???!!!!! (gladly water comes for free in every restaurant and is served before you order the food). Most of the food is veeeeeeery spicy. Well for me it was not a problem, because I like that kind of the food. But it was fun looking at others trying hard not to cry or not to choke and drinking plenty of water :) Or even more fun, looking at exchange students trying to master eating food with chopsticks :)
Well at the beggining I had a few problems eating with chopsticks as well, because they are a bit different from those that I knew, but in general I didn't have much problems with the food - I loved it, especially
Kimbap
(something similar to sushi - products rolled in rice and seaweed and it was extremely cheap - 1000W ~ 2lt so I ate it a lot ^^)
Bulgogi
(marinated beef, usually comes like soup - though the view might not be so pleasing at first, the taste is amazing) and
Korean BBQ
Kimchi
Funny thing happened when I was going back to Lithuania. I was sitting next to one Korean man. Kimchi was served during the flight and guy saw that I didn't touch even a piece of kimchi, so he asked me if he can take it :D I gave it with pleasure :D
Well Koreans have some unusual dishes, like dog - gaegogi (개고기) - (yup they do eat dogs, but not the ones that are running on the street ^^, they have special breeds raised for food) or live octopus- sannakji (산낙지) - but I haven't tried any of those... Well I think my stomach is too weak for that kind of experiments (well actually - no, I was just afraid to taste it, I admit it...).
And now some personal experience ordering food ^^
We were in Korea just for two days (as I remember), so me and my roomate (Monika) decided that we need to taste some Korean food. So we just went to some random restaurant which was the most attractive to us. The first problem that we faced was reading... We couldn't understand anything (I knew how to read hangeul not to understand it), so gladly there were some pictures and we pointed at the first one. Well U can see in the pictures what kind of food we ordered then ^^ . I couldn't say that it was tasty as hell, but it was as hell expensive - we paid 40.000 One more thing - THANK U (whoever u r) for the idea of blogs and for the people that fill them. I got all crucial information I needed before going to Korea ^^. Without that I wouldn't even knew that in most restaurants you don't need to leave any tips :)
P.s. Later we found some restaurant with Lithuanian flag ^^
we were guessing if they could have some traditional lithuanian food :p~~~ unfortunately :D anyways we went there several times, because they had bulgogi (which I loved soooooo much!).
Well I think that's all for now :)
Bye (damn it, suddenly I started feeling hungry O.o)
P.p.s. I do not own first, third and fourth photos I stole borrowed them from internet... Hope nobody is gonna be mad because of that. All of us are friendly, aren't we? ^^
Monday, 2 November 2009
Korėjiečių raštas, priešingai nei mano nemaža dalis nesusidūrusių su šia kalba, nėra sunkus. Hangeul sudaro 24 simboliai iš kurių 14 priebalsių ir 10 balsių.
Simboliai yra rūšiuojami į kvadratėlius ir skaitomi iš kairės į dešinę ir į apačią.
Pvz.: 한글 būtų skaitomas:
1 garsas - h,
2asis -a,
3asis - n,
4asis - g,
5asis - eu,
6asis - l.
Taigi gauname H+a+n+g+eu+l = Hangeul.Elementaru!
Žinoma yra niuansų apie kuriuos dabar nekalbėsiu (tarimas ir pan.) - neketinu kalbos mokyti ar pan, tiesiog noriu supažindinti su pagrindiniais jos elementais ir struktūra :) Jei kas yra užsidegęs mokytis ir nori daugiau informacijos, galit kreiptis į mane, pabandysiu padėti ir pasidalinsiu resursais, kuriuos turiu :) Tik deja tiems, kurie nemoka ir nesupranta anglų kalbos, vargiai ar galėsiu padėti, kadangi visa informacija kurią turiu (knygos, audio įrašai) - anglų kalba. Taigi dar vienas svarbus šios kalbos ir apskritai Korėjiečių kultūros bruožas - pagarba ir mandagumas. Taigi kreipdamiesi ir šnekėdami su vyresniu ar aukštesnį soc. statusą turinčiu žmogumi, naudotume skirtingą oficialumą nei kalbėdami su geru draugu. Elementariausias pavyzdys pasisveikinimas (labas):
안녕 - anyeong - neformalus, naudojamas tarp draugų
안녕하세요 - anyeonghasaeyo - formalesnis/neutralus variantas
안녕하십니까 - anyeonghashimnika - formalus variantas
Taigi, kaip galėjote pastebėti, keičiama žodžio galūnė, priklausomai nuo norimo pavartoti oficialumo.
Na, o pabaigai (dėl įdomumo) keli "mirtinai" reikalingi žodžiai/frazės, kurie gali praversti viešint Korėjoje ^^ :
사랑해요 - saranghaeyo - aš tave myliu (neutrali forma),
소주 한병 주세요 - soju han pyong jusaeyo - vieną soju (Kor. alk. gėrimas) butelį prašau (jei norite alaus vietoj žodžio soju vartokite maekju) ^^
감사합니다 - kamsahamnida - ačiū - (neutrali forma)
Iš tiesų apie šią kalbą būtų galima prirašyti daug daugiau, tačiau nesijaučiu pakankamai kompetentinga tą daryti. Be to kartais kai "įsivažiuoju" nebegaliu sustot. Štai kodėl, nekenčiu rašyt... Jau kai pagaunu pagreitį, stabdžiai sunkiai suveikia:)
P.s. Kaip jau minėjau prieš tai, jei yra kokių klausimų - klauskit, jei norit informacijos, pamokų ir t.t. - rašykit, pasidalinsiu. Pati prisimenu kiek vargau kol suradau tai, ko man reikėjo :) Na tai tiek šiam kartui :)
Friday, 30 October 2009
I am supposed to post kinda more serious entries, pfff it's my space and I do with it whatever I want but I just couldn't stop myself from posting this :)
This guy is a Korean pop singer G-Dragon from a band Big Bang (빅뱅). Well I'm not a huge fan of the music that they do, but this song just amazed me and the video is nice too :) Anyways may this entry be a quick look to Korean music culture for U guys who still don't know anything about it. ;)
G-Dragon - Butterfly
Enjoy the video
^^
C U later guys :)
Wednesday, 28 October 2009
Šis blogas bus skirtas mano vienai iš šiuometinių manijų - Korėjai apžvelgti :) Be šios pagrindinės temos greičiausiai (!) bus dar ir kitų, tiksliai dar nesugalvojau kokių, tai priklausys nuo užpuolusios nuotaikos, išprotėjimo lygio, fantazijos ir galvoje esančių balsų rekomendacijų. :)
Korėjoje (Pietų, ne Šiaurės jeigu ką...) gyvenau apie pusę metų (2009m.). Iškeliavau ten pagal mainų programą ir mokiausi Suwon'e (netoli Seoul'o) Ajou universitete.
Šiame blog'e apžvelgsiu Korėją tam tikrais apektais, kurie galbūt man labiausiai įsiminė ir atrodo esantys verti mano blog'o erdvės. Tikiuosi, kad informacija bus naudinga, ne tik keliaujantiems į šią nuostabią šalį, bet ir šiaip prašalaičiams, kurie čia užklydo ni v temu netyčia :)
P.s. buvo kilę idėjų blog'ą rašyti anglų kalba (arba viską rašyti abiejomis), tačiau aš, kaip save gana gerai pažįstantis asmuo, galiu teigti, jog net lietuvių kalba rašyti tingėsiu neturėsiu itin daug laiko. Bet vis dėl to gali būti taip, kad kai kurios blog'o temos ar pastraipos bus anglų kalba, o gal (jeigu sugebėsiu išprievartaut savo valią (ne Valią, jeigu ką...)) netgi ir ta, ir ta kalba (kas yra itin menkai tikėtina)...
Na bet kuriuo atveju - gero skaitinėjimosi :)
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