Yes, I have a worrisome feeling. There is too much of Korea around me, it's starting to make my identity even more confusing. I'm taking a Korean language class, 2nd semester. Kim SSN sends us tons of popular Korean songs all the time, so I listen to them all the time, not always consciously. I love their food - the bi bim bap and bulgogi? Just look at that picture. And now I'm taking another Korea related class - the Historical Study A-75, "The Two Koreas".Now, allow me to justify myself - it is all really very coincidental. I needed a humanities class, but one with interesting reading (not like my last "Art of Film" which had indeed interesting watching, not so much reading...). The only one that fits my schedule was this one. Moreover, the professor seems fun, an around-60-year-old Caucasian who loves kimchi, not a bad combination at all. No wonder the recommendations for this class was ridiculously high.
This is a rather unexpected turn in my sophomore academic career. I have never had any specific interest in Korea (I lived all my life in Poland and these two countries are not exactly very close). Not until last summer at least. And all of a sudden I'm surrounded by Korea. I feel, having gone through so much effort, all there's left for me is to go there.
My feelings about the current situation are rather conflicting. I do not want to admit that my interest in this country is due to its over-pompous, silly and overly vain pop culture. But I would be lying if I said I didn't like their cousine, their pretty han-bok dresses or the nice break-dancing.
The rest of the semester is very very standard: econ, math and Chinese, a scheme I have been following for 2 years now, ever since my freshman fall. And it probably won't change till my very graduation.
Well I have all the Koreana to decorate this framework of study. 한국 많이 많이 있다...
