lol i got good letter.we started our school about the day before yesterday. i korea there is usally apartement.but don’t worry.(actually i don’t think you are worry about it).me and my sister is really busy to memorize some movement that we have to do in the school.anyway i’m having terrible days doing a lot of school homeworks. i hope you are having good day with no school homeworks.

from james

hi i’m oh-dong-sue’s daugther angelina. we aleady start going school. And i’m not going to take any sports.

they write VERY CUTELY haha i just love it

(HOMESTAY FATHER)

MY KOREAN NAME IS OH-IN-JAE.

SOUNDS FUNNY DOES IT?

MY LITTLE SISTER’S KOREAN NAME IS OH-YU-SOL

I SAW YOUR FUNNY PICTURES.THANKS FOR YOUR

FUNNY PICTURES.YOU LOOK VERY HUMOROUS.

LAST YEAR WINTER,WE WENT TO JEJU ISLAND.

IT’S A PICTURE OF FAMILY TRIP WE TOOK THAT PICTURE WHEN WE HIKE THE HIGHEST MOUTAIN IN SOUTH KOREA. IT’S ABOUT 1980m ABOVE THE SEE……

LOL….AND THE OTHER ONE IS THE PICTURE THAT

I’M HAND STANDING. GOOD BYE LET’S TALK ABOUT IT LATER… I GOT TO GO…BRB…

he writes so cutely >_<  WOW he knows what brb and lol means haha my parents don’t even know that

here’s their email-

hello!

first, I’m very sorry that I send e-mail late. My son James is very good at English.
That’s why I asked him to write e-mail.
We are very happy and lucky that you are stay in our house
We are really want to see you fast.
If I introdue my family easily, we have four people including me. my job is professional tax accountant.
I’m owner of office. My wife was nurse of the samsung medical center.
My son James goes to elementary school grade 4. he was lived in Canada for six month
he is like to speak in english and play computer games.
My daughter gose to elementary school grade 3. she likes to play piano and draw picture.
see you later.

1] before waiting to see if anyone understood what you meant, you start acting it out.

2] you think 100 pounds to pack up your entire life is plenty of space.

3] you don’t have preferences anymore, especially when it comes to food. Nothing tastes familiar, thats for sure.

4] you spend a lot of time smiling, nodding, and pretending you understand what’s going on.

5] you classify “doing your homework” as translating half of it. And that alone took three hours.

6] you sometimes use the excuse “Sorry, I don’t understand” to avoid answering a question….even if you do.

7] you want to hug the people who attempt to speak your native language to you.

8] you’ve called every person who says “hi” to you your friend… because you don’t really have any yet.

9]you’ll read anything in your native language just to have something to read…even packaging labels.

10]you’ve got on the bus and had the driver say “you don’t want to be on this bus” because you got on the same bus the night before and it was wrong then, too.

11] you sometimes walk around the school during breaks to act like you’re doing something, because you don’t see anyone you recognize and don’t want to stand there awkwardly.

12] you know the answer to a question in a class but don’t raise your hand because you don’t want people to expect too much from you.

13] you’re better than your teacher in your foreign language class.

14] you are a master of pantomime and circumlocution and still can’t have a conversation.

15] you’ve ever mispronounced something in your native language (for example, names of products, TV shows, companies) because you know the others will understand it better if you say it with an accent.

16] you’ve tried so many different foods due entirely to the fact that you cannot understand the person asking you what you want so you just nod your head, say “yes”, and hope to god it tastes half-decent.

17] after you come back everybody tells you that you have a weird accent.

18] your dreams are bilingual.

19]sometimes it takes you about 5 minutes to remember a word in your native language that you were going to use.

20] you automatically use words in a foreign language that you cant even translate but they just seem to fit the context.

21] you watch television shows and movies that you know in your native language, just to understand it for once.

22] you begin to enjoy foods that you had previously despised at home.

23] you’ve gotten out of a punishment or being yelled at because you didn’t understand the language, or at least pretended you didn’t.

24] it becomes a habit to introduce yourself by saying: “I am from (country) and my name is (name).”

25] you’ve gotten upset because someone assumed you wanted to do something…and then were told you were asked if you wanted too, and you said yes!

26] you’ve said something like ‘oh yes’ or ‘no thanks’ only to have everyone laugh because your answer made no sense compared to the question.

27] you actually got a high five when you understood what someone said to you.

28] you’re never sure if someone’s being your friend, flirting, or sexually harassing you.

29] you get a little scared before starting a sentence with big words in it in another language.

30] you are always counting the time difference between where you are and home.

31] you always forget the time difference when you call a friend or family member back home…..sorry for waking you up at 4 AM mom.

32] you do something wrong and people look at you weird, your excuse is “That’s how we do it in my country” even if it isn’t.

33] you have gone in to greet someone with a shake of hands and find yourself being pulled into an awkward hug/double kiss on the cheek or the other way around.

34] you carry a dictionary and a camera in your bag.

35] you get so used to broken English you finish people’s sentences even though no one else can understand them.

36] you get into arguments with the foreign language teacher over how to pronounce something.

37] you try to speak in the native language and everyone immediately knows “You’re not from around here”.

38] you know every cuss word in your host language, but still cant conjugate into past or future tense.

39] peoples stares don’t bother you anymore.

40] everyone thinks your playing the tough guy when you say you haven’t called your mom yet and don’t miss her too much.

41] a conversation is going fine, before it suddenly get stuck on some word or phrase which makes you completely forget what you were talking about.

42] you buy clothes in your country so you don’t look so much like a foreigner.

someone emailed this to me & i just had to post it

PS GO ROTARY!!!