Cloudy with a Chance of Failure

Sorry if this is a bit short. I've been studying all day with a short language exchange break. This week, we have midterms. I'm not really nervous about them. I am pretty confident in the classroom. It's just when I go outside of the class that I have a lot of problems. In the classroom, we're all using easy vocabulary and speaking really slowly. When I try to speak with other Koreans, I'm lucky if there's a sentence that I know every word on. I go through stages of demoralization and whatever the opposite of that is. (I'm losing my English every so swiftly.) So, although I'm not concerned about midterms, I'm still really motivated to study in order to be able to function outside of the classroom. The most beautiful and horrible thing about languages is how much vocab exists! For example, take the word "take" You can say take, steal, grab, snatch, pick up, carry etc... And that's not even getting into the slang. 

I did, however, get a scholarship to my school. Because my grades were high, they were deceived into thinking that I might turn into something someday, so they gave me half of my tuition back. Don't get me wrong, it's a huge blessing! I was really stoked, but I'm just glad they can't see me outside of class. This semester, I'm gonna have a bit more competition for it. Another American joined the course who is really good. Nothing motivates me like some good competition!

I think the most difficult thing for me right now is speaking. At this point, I "know" about 1500 words (give or take a few hundred). However, they rarely come to mind when I'm speaking. I can listen to them and understand them, but when I open my mouth to speak, I'm constantly stumped. Oddly enough though, if I'm writing, I can do that at a fair speed. It's just something about speaking... I plan on practicing that quite a bit in the near future.

Other than that, I can't really think of too many things that are different in my life right now. But then again, my head is swimming in random Korean right now... well, more like drowning anyway. 

I think right now I'm a mix of both of these pictures. I just wanna sleep now... zzzz

 Hope you all enjoyed the random pics. The cherry blossoms are just about done blooming here now, but I did get a few pictures before they go away. I especially love the first pic about people turning into vegetables. Cracked me up, but then again, I've seen my teacher grading my homework and doing the same thing, so I guess I shouldn't judge too much. Such is the way of learning languages. It's a contest to see how effectively and efficiently you can humiliate yourself. The person who does it the most gets... laughed at the most I guess.