Amanda Takes Off...

Master took one look at my face tonight and the first words out of his mouth were, "Amanda, tired?"

The visit with Mom and George was awesome but exhausting, and today was my first day at my new job (went well, I think). We don't do daylight savings time, so while it gets early pretty dark (Mom commented on that), the sunrise was something before 5:30 this morning. Turns out the window in the former bedroom lets in a ton of light. This combination of factors made me tired enough after work.

Then, knowing I needed to do it then because of inertia, after work I managed to switch the positions of the bed and couch, which, considering how narrow my apartment is, took some interesting geometry, Korean-based physics, and taekwondo arms. 화이팅!

Speaking of taekwondo, now that the apartment is set up to practice it, I'd better do it. (The bed is crammed into the bedroom, the door nearly opens all the way before crashing into it. I'm not moving either of those pieces of furniture ever again.) Tonight in class Master started explaining why the moves of 고려 are the way they are. Ahh, it's a beautiful form.

I bought a new book a few days ago, 한국어 읽기 2급: 재미있는. It's a reader put out by Yonsei University. I looked at level one, read three stories and put it down because it was too easy. This one is just about the perfect Goldilocks level.

However, I was having problems with this sentence in a short essay about Chinese-style mandu.

중국에는 '하늘에 있는 젓 중에서는 비행기만 빼고 다 먹는다. 다리가 네 개인 젓 중에서는 책상만 빼고 다 먹는다.'

I recognized sky, China, plane, legs, four, desk, eat. What I didn't know is that 만 빼고 (다?) is a way to except something.

Master explained it and then said, "The Chinese eat anything."

In China we eat anything from the sky except airplanes. In China we eat anything with four legs except a desk.