Baltimore Break 2

February 19th, 2013 by ninja

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On the kids’ two-day Mid-Winter Break, we went for a second trip to Baltimore. This time, Mika brought her Korean flash cards and -homework along, and Halmoni took a look at her writing. The kids were as lively as last time, playing various pillow games and many, many rounds of hide and seek with Harabogi. On the second day, we celebrated Great Uncle’s birthday with a lavish lunch at his house (Halmoni, his sister, did a lot of the cooking). Even at a small family gathering like this one, it is so nice to see Great Grandmother healthy and happy, surrounded by three generations of her children. Mika and Tobin got a bit restless though, and happily went outside to play with the dog.

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4 Comments

  1. sooki responded on February 21st, 2013 at 2:38 pm


    Really great Mika can practise her Korean with Halmoni!!
    p.s. gulp, um, the food looks great… :)


  2. ninja responded on February 21st, 2013 at 11:17 pm


    Sorry to flaunt the food, Sooki. My mother-in-law is an amazing cook.

    Regarding the Hangeul: Mika was a bit irritated that she had been writing “ㅈ” wrong all along. She had been drawing a symmetrical shape, resting on two even legs, like you can see in many modern font faces. Halmoni insisted that she write it properly: horizontal stroke, diagonal stroke down to the left, and then half way down the little stroke to the right.

    For a beginner, it is confusing when you see the stylized, symmetrical font character in print everywhere, but are supposed to write the asymmetric shape in script: http://www.koreanwikiproject.com/wiki/index.php?title=%E3%85%88

    Same problem with “ㅊ”: http://www.koreanwikiproject.com/wiki/index.php?title=%E3%85%8A


  3. euge responded on March 5th, 2013 at 9:08 pm


    looks amazing! and what a clean house.


  4. ninja responded on March 6th, 2013 at 12:04 am


    You bet. You could eat off the floor…