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Sunrise on Jirisan

2015/12/05 / Nic / 0 Comments

Hugh vlogged hiking up Jiri Mountain to see the sunrise!

The reason why I didn’t go was because of all my health problems, my body wouldn’t handle hiking all the way up there. Hugh and his friends stayed with his friend who is a ranger on the mountain, but usually people stay in that one big cabin and sleep on the floor right next to each other. It’s quite cramped! Hiking is an activity that middle aged people love in Korea, so usually it’s all ahjummas and ahjussis hiking up mountains in Korea.

WE VISIT NAVER WEBTOONS AND LINE

2015/12/03 / Nic / 0 Comments

This was a really interesting day because we got to visit Naver and Line. For those that aren’t aware, Naver is the Korean equivalent of Google, not only a search portal but other things like webtoons (webcomics). Naver Webtoons are all in Korean, but LINE Webtoon is the English site for Naver webtoons and that’s where I am a featured artist with my webtoon Nicholalala.

It was really cool to see inside of Naver and the floor for both the Korean and English webtoons. The spaces available to the public are super nice, so check them out if you are in that area (Green Factory, Bundang).

Thank you to David and Jenny for showing us around!

Introvert Korean

2015/12/03 / Nic / 7 Comments

Learning another language when you are an introvert can be very difficult because so much language learning involves socializing. I’m not shy at all, and I definitely love talking to people, but my mind and body needs to rest after intense socializing. Speaking in Korean makes it so much harder because my brain is doing so much more work, so after my Korean lessons – which involve mostly talking – my brain is totally fried.

I also envy those who are learning Korean in a Korean university and that’s it. The core part of their life is just language learning. For lots of other people, language learning has to be crammed into an already busy life. I speak some Korean with Hugh, but it’s easy for me to slip in English words or explain what I mean because he speaks English. My teacher doesn’t speak any English. She also tells me big stories where I have to concentrate very hard. I do enjoy my lessons, but my brain isn’t as young as it used to be…

Nicholalala Webtoon Episode: Mermaid

2015/12/01 / Nic / 0 Comments

There is a new episode up on LINE Webtoon!

CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING IT!

Thank you everyone for your like, comments and shares! Don’t forget to give the webtoon a rating here. While you are there check out some of the other webtoons on the site. LINE Webtoon pays and supports their featured artists, so support the platform that supports the artists.

Public What?

2015/11/29 / Nic / 0 Comments

Hugh can laugh at his mistakes in English, but even more now that I speak some Korean and my mistakes are way worse than his. Actually if my Korean was a good as his English I would be very happy. If he makes a funny mistake in English he is very quick to point out where my Korean is in comparison to his English. But one day it will be more even!

I’m still curious about this public potato…

Hate Comment

2015/11/26 / Nic / 11 Comments

Words can hold a lot of power, but they can also lose that power very quickly. We don’t get that many hate comments on YouTube but they are usually the racist variety. We’ve seen it all, so when the only thing someone can say is a very old and stereotypical racist insult, it was hilarious to us. Hugh really burst out laughing like that because it’s so ridiculous: it’s not hurting him and instead just makes the commenter look stupid. (For those that don’t know, the word that was used is very racist and offensive but has been around for a long time). We get comments from neo nazis sometimes… that ‘c’ word seems almost quaint in comparison.

We’ve talked a lot with YouTubers about hate comments and everyone has come to the conclusion that hate comments are not usually a representation of you and what you do, but rather a reflection of that individual commenter. It shows more about them than it does about you. A lot of YouTubers just end up feeling bad for those people that leave a lot of hate comments or spend their energy actively hating them, because people that are happy in themselves don’t do that. It’s people who are miserable and troubled, or have some type of issue in their own life that are doing it.

Particularly nasty hate comments can be hurtful but they often end up as funny stories to tell to other YouTubers/bloggers. I’m also quick to copy and paste horrible comments to share with my friends so we can laugh at how ridiculous it is.