life in korea vlog ☁️ my first korean class, sad books, garosugil cafes, developing film in seoul
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weekly seoul vlog | korean classes, sad books, garosugil cafes, developing film 🎞️ my life in korea
Are you more into 1:1 classes or group classes? I can't decide yet (thinking of switching to 3:1 groups classes...) 💖
I‘ve tried both and personally, I prefer 1:1 classes a bit more. I love studying and learning languages, so whenever I took a group class, I felt like we were progressing a bit too slowly for my taste. Since switching to 1:1 classes, I am able to learn a lot faster and I made progress that I wouldn‘t have been able to achieve in a group setting.
But I know other people prefer group classes because 1:1 can definitely be scary sometimes, since it‘s always you who has to speak and deliver. And it‘s cheaper, my classes are expensive lol.
I'd love 1 to 1 group for me is an anxiety filled occasion. Please whenever you're ready ask if your tutor would be open to international students lol. I'd like a tutor but I don't know how to use these websites and you're right about the books not giving enough examples 🤦🏾♀️😭have a great weekkkk 💙💙💙
I personally prefer group classes, but I think it depends on your goal. If you're thinking of taking an exam, or if you need a certain language level for a reason, 1:1 really ensures you get where you need to. If your goal is to improve your language level and practice but an exam isn't your final goal, group settings are usually more motivating, because you can do a lot more different activities.
I love a combo of both, which I am doing. I like the one to one so I get more time in, with the personal conversations, but I also like the group ones where I get to hear how others speak and use the language, and learn from their input during class.
One on one is better for my comprehension and I feel a little easier just me and the teacher.
From an American public librarian- thank you for the library and librarian PSA. It’s always so heartwarming to hear non-librarians hype up libraries! 💖
of course!!! thank you for your service
Cari, I have no idea how I stumbled on your channel but I'm obsessed. I've never been to Korea, don't have any plans for the near future, but I'm obsessed with these videos. I want to work from coffee shops, walk these beautiful streets, bop around! It looks so lovely!
omg thank you :')))))
Omg Cari! Some exciting news for me ~ I got into a korean university this fall and will be studying in Seoul until next year!!! Arrgghh I can’t believe it myself really😭✨💖 So your videos will really come in handy now ☺️🫶
yesssss ahhhhhh!!!! congratulations!!!!
Just reading this is so exciting😄 Congratulations!
Wow, congratulations, how exciting 🙂
Aaaaah i'm so happy for you, good luck in Koreaaaaa
Congratulations! So exciting! 💕👏
Love the tip about getting kids reading! My parents used to take me to the library every month to choose some books, such happy memories and I still love reading 26 years later! 🥰
Yesss!!
Cari your Korean is amazing! I’m studying Korean on my own and you’re an inspiration. Also, as a language teacher myself I want to say that your explanation on the type of class that suits you it’s exactly what I’ve discovered it works because students want it. Good on ya! And thanks again for another great video
I've been really homesick for Korea lately, Cari (lived there from 2020-2021), but watching your videos makes me feel a little bit closer to the beautiful country, so thanks for that! ❤ Although I lived in the rural countryside, seeing you explore so many places around Korea - especially Seoul - brings back such fond and nostalgic memories, and it truly is such a joy to watch you live in the wonderful country. Much love from America!! 💗
hope you're able to come back and visit soon :')
My life has been so messy recently/I have been feeling so lost (have to change job, find another one to get a new visa, which means a new flat etc… before the end of august 😔) but your videos always bring me so much joy and comfort, they’re my reminder that life is beautiful and i’m gonna be okay :) i was grateful when you reminded that ppl choose what they want to upload on the internet, bc i really struggle with comparison atm anyway thank you so much for this quality content every week! 💚💚
I love eavesdropping on your Korean. I always get stuck after learning the building blocks of a language, but can never get over the hump of it being instinctive.
its the hardest hurdle :'(
As a language teacher, it's so nice and interesting to hear candid opinions from people who are language learners. Students are always nervous to give you feedback, so it's a great opportunity to see what stuff you're doing other people like, or things you might do in class to enhance the experience. I like having conversations with students (how else you gonna learn if not?) and I'm usually afraid they think I'm nosy or find the talking section of the class useless, so it was reassuring to know you liked it :D
Hehehe thank you! everyone is different but conversation is why im trying to learn the language so it really helps me!!
Two of my 3 kids hated school but all 3 are readers and one is an English teacher. THANK YOU LIBRARY. Thanks again for another beautiful video, What a great place to sketch.
yessss!!!!!
Oh my goodness- you climbing the hill was adorable. And the nature around you is so pretty! I start classes in month to become a librarian so you taking class is so wonderfully timed. Love your videos! 💜
Yesss librarians will rule the world!
I love the rainy days personally. The dark days make you appreciate the bright more, love the sound of rain, feels refreshing and clean, gives everything a shiny new aesthetic look that works great for photos, I try to get the most value I can out of em:) Now if it's gloomy out but no rain...grrrr lol
yeah at least the rain is nice to look at but this has been SUCH a grey gloomy summer :'''')
pity about the rain we had our two days of summer here in Scotland where it got to 25 but back to good old rain and win Cant beat it lol
glad the heat wave isnt affecting you guys too much!!
The yellow flip-down “resting” seat w smiley face just tickles me!! 💛
My advice as a language teacher (I teach English at a Uni), even when you are in the review mode, it's totally fine to do a lesson or learn a new grammar or whatever, because it will probably kick start what you already have in your brain and you can keep progressing at the same time. That, or do something else that isn't just grammar, like reading, or listening, or what you are doing which I think is PERFECT! Honestly speaking is the best way to remember because it requires active recall, and speaking is like the one skill you can't reliably build up on your own because it requires another person to like, do. I like 1:1, but if your comfort level is not being the only other person, group classes are great as long as you still feel motivated and participate!
For fun, here is what I did with my Korean when I restarted it after my last semester of grad school (because all I had time to do was write my thesis and cy). For reference I am level 5 on TTMIK:
1. Review a level 3, 4, and 5 lesson (to get back to where I left off in lvl 5) on the days I wanted to study
2. Write a short journal entry on the days in between whenever I was reviewing, so I had to use what I know but in a different mode/using different cognitive skills. Probably watch a drama episode or vlogs on youtube, or Going Seventeen, something fun where I was focusing on listening.
3. Once I got back to where I left off in level 5, I would still do a quick review of whatever lesson in lvl 3 and 4, and then still do the new lesson. A good curriculum builds in a spiral, and should always continue to incorporate skills that you have learned previously so it forces you to keep using what you already know.
4. Speed ran duolingo until it got boring and irritating because no matter what the language, it asks you to make sentences and produce language in a way LITERALLY NO ONE TALKS. DELETE DUOLINGO.
I am planning on adding 1:1 speaking tutoring/private lessons into the mix, because I know that I really need that help because I don't have access to any native speakers to chat with, and it is crazy important to practice speaking when learning another language. I was thinking of checking out iTalki, but if anyone has any recommendations, I'll take them!
The fewer students allow more 1:1/focused teacher time. I keep hearing/seeing "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow," kinda glad to hear it's a sad story so I can really feel something. I don't often get emotional reading, mostly from TV/movies or music.
It hits you really hard so have tissues ready!
I didn’t realize the was such a beautiful temple in KU’s backyard 😍 how pretty~
yesss! get up that giant hill and seee ahhaha
Oh, I love historical, ancient (looking) places... Spirited Away... I wouldn't mind at the moment!!
hahahah
The rain ambiance in this video is exquisite 🥰☔️ Thank you for the vlog as always!
thank YOU always!
;) im not crying! I live in a dry hot climate and something about the rain in summer made me really nostalgic. Idk how you do it but your videos always help me when I miss and crave damp climates. (as weird as that sounds) you just capture it so well on film thank you. Also appreciated seeing your beautiful photo roll from spring and Europe. I love your photography
omg those purple flowers!!! i just got back from a trip to germany and we kept seeing yellow + purple flower combos everywhere and were particularly obsessed with those stubby purple ones because they are so fun to touch! i was so happy to see them in your vlog :) 💐
So pretty 🥹🥹🥹🥹
I think my korean started to get better when I met someone who was able to talk to me almost every other day on the phone. I think had reached the "comfort" level, where I'm able to have conversations that are not so deep, so it's hard to push yourself out of that comfort! But having someone you want to share your day with motivated me to learn new words so I could describe better what I have been up to, but I still having trouble finding a study style that suits me, especially for grammar... Being an animation student for 3+ years has ruined my study brain :'''')
I absolutely love Seongbuk! It’s always wonderful to get up there. (Although it is indeed a little out of the way depending on where one lives in Seoul.) really digging all of the the greenery at the beginning of this VLOG, too! Thanks for another great video^^
As far as Korean classes, I always found more success with them in something like a 3:1 where you’re all on a similar level and not too close friends, that way it actually encourages some progress in class instead of just shooting the breeze every session.
im definitely thinking about going for the 3:1 route soon but im glad that the 1:1 really forced me to speak and not sit back and hide when i didnt know the right answer hahah
@@caricakes :) Yes, there is definitely a time and place for both strategies ^^ good luck with your studies!
I now have a new place to visit! Seongbuk It is!
I WISH we had this much rain. We hadn't had a good rain since spring so everything is dry and hot and we've been getting warnings against starting fires in the whole country (I live in Europe btw). I want some sleepy rainy days so bad!
One of the most beautiful vlogs I’ve watched in years! THANK YOU! And I didn’t even know about your channel until today. TH-cam finally made a decent suggestion to me.
The beginning, when you wandered the sloped streets and around the temple was so magical, thank you! here for ghibli vibes
I’m always curious why westerners refer to ‘Ghibli’ when talking about Korea - Studio Ghibli is a Japanese company, and if you understood any of the history you’d know that many Koreans would be offended by being described via Japanese reference points. This is sloppy and inaccurate generalization as well. Socio-political dynamics aside, it is like applying the term ‘asian’ generically without regard to the obvious differences and distinctions between cultures. No different than the idiot tourists who come here talking about ‘Korean sushi’ or ‘ Korean ramen’.
I can't imagine walking around alone it looks so nice and safe in skorea ♡
Cari, your video artistry is so delightful to watch! I just love all the beautiful, delicate details you put into each vlog. The cat sleeping, the single red leaf, the ladybug on a plant, the monk putting his umbrella away, ahhh ...so nice😌. I don't know how you manage to spot them all! Such a lesson in slowing down, and enjoying the moment! Thank you ❤️!!
Thank you so much for noticing 🥹🙏
Much as I love walking round Seoul, it does get very humid and you can end up as a drowned cat most of the time. But love the greenery, and really enjoying all your adventures and insights into life there.
i hate that sticky skin feeling but at least the world is green again!!
Thank you for answering my questions about reading!!! Love u lots Cari💕💕💕
Cari you are really my peace zone, your videos really helps me a lot to gain energy, and be calm in my mind.... Thank you love. You are always a blessing to me ♡
the photos are a real masterpiece. wow~
thank you for all that you do and capture on this channel! I look forward to your vids that i save to watch for my ‘sunday-slow-down-and-get-ready-for-monday routine’. thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
You really such a wonderful informative vlogger ... thank you so much for giving us an insight to beautiful South Korea xx💖💖🥰🥰
Reading has been my passion from the time I was a kid. It wasn’t anything my parents did. My brother hated reading. But my mom definitely encouraged me. And she did take me to the library and buy me books. I was homeschooled. And mostly read adult Christian romance novels 😂 I was a weird 14 year old.
LOL!! i didnt know those existed hahaha
Hi Cari! Thanks as always for sharing your adventures with us! You inspire me a lot and have made me appreciate a lot of small moments I never really noticed before because of your filming style. 💖
thank you so much :''')
I do enjoy the scent a geranium gives. One of my faves. And the scent of a tomato plant. So nice.
Haha i am a Korean living in the US. I enjoy watching your vlog. It makes me feel kinda strange in a funny way..homesick and 부러워 at the same time. ㅋㅋ
:') hope you can visit soon!
Love the quietness of the cafe you were in at the beginning of the video!! And the full green view!!
that greenhouse window was amazing!!
Oh i love the little nature trip in the beginning of this vlog🥰
And your outfit that’s also seen on the thumbnail is so pretty and fits you perfectly🤩
thank you so much! and yeah the temple grounds were soooo green!
Living vicariously through your videos has been helping me a lot in this rough patch. Thanks Cari :)
im so glad :') hope youre on the brighter side of it!!
havent got the time to watch this yet but im dropping by a "like" bcs as usual i know i love your vlogs, can't believe i've been consistently watching your vlogs for a few years now (and that I binged the rest! only a lil bit left of the older vlogs for me to binge haha)
I love waking up every sunday to a video of yours. It makes my whole day 💌
hope your sunday was lovely!
The temple was so beautiful and calming, thank you always for amazing shots! 💞
Thanks for watching!
This is so adorable and heartwarming! I just really vibe with your… well, with your vibe! You seem calm and real, down to earth but at the same time like the way you see the world in such a special way! While watching these simple (yet beautiful and captivating) events in your daily routine I wished I was in Korea and was your friend, to be able to go on these mini magical adventures!
I’m really happy to come across your videos and community. :)
(ps: I’m sooo excited for your part 2 ACOTAR video!)
oh my goodness thank you so much! and acomaf is coming your way very soon hahah its really taking the life out of me!
Loved this as always, it was so great to see you speak another language as well. Please share more if you feel comfortable:) Enjoy your classes!
thank youuuu!
Hey Cari, I’ve discovered your channel back in 2020 when the pandemic started, and I have to tell you these helped me so much to get through that dreadful year and even now I feel lifted everytime I watch them. There is a very calming aura about them and you remind us of getting inspo from the small things :) I’d love to also start taking analogue photos, can I ask which camera are you using?
Cariii you're so pretty ! Kurt is so lucky to have a person like you 💛I hope I can find a girl like you!
hahah hope you find your person soon^^
Whoohoo! The daffodils 🌼 turned out so beautiful! I have been waiting to see how they turned out! Congratulations, please put those in your darkroom
definitely will be updating darkroom soon ahhhh thank you!
I really enjoyed getting a peak into your Korean class! I hope it continues to be exactly what you need it to be.
thank you!!
Always enjoy your content
I love this video because I love this aesthetic… like Korean/Japanese cafe lifestyle vLogs but they never talk so I like your little chats throughout. It helps keep my attention. Thank you for always having great content.
Thank you 🥹
Hello :) I’m watching your TH-cam video in Ireland! I love videos bgm! Lovely 👍🏼
Watching you sketch-- love it!! Great vlog. 👍🤗😘
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My sunday morning is complete because of your vlog 😊
have a beautiful daaay!
Love love love the polka dots long skirt and the Nirvana shirt! 💜
thank you
It looks like you like doing the same things that I like to do too. Thank you for the video. Those are the places where I used to walk when I was in Korea.
You know whats a good song for rainy days? Beautiful day by u2. Its ironic and makes you think "yeah! It is a beautiful day!"
agreed!
Love your outifs cari! 😍✨
thanks so much!!
Hi Cari! i'm currently keeping up with your videos beacuse i went to a roguh path in life (again lol) and wasn't able to watch videos in general for a while haha, and i just want to tell you how much hopeful in life i feel again by just watching your videos, i don't remember when exactly i found your channel, but ever since then i've always come back to you to feel a sense of steadiness(?) and i want to thank you for that, i hope you keep doing what you like and enjoy, and wish you the best in life, tqm*!!! ❤
(*te quiero mucho)
perfect for my Sunday morning ❤
I can't with No-Face as Suriel on the wall 🤣 I have read the series but I still wanna watch your video to see what you made of it but by this comparison alone I already love it 😂
The beginning of this vlog was so beautiful, but I imagine experiencing it in real life it was probably way hotter than it looked on screen. 🥵
Beautiful vlogg as always Cari . Just love South Korea soo much xx💖💖🥰🥰
Thank you 💖💖💖
Love your sketches!!!
thank you!!!
Hiiiii Cari,
Firstly I wanted to say just how much I'm really enjoying watching your vlogs; they're so natural it really does feel like a friend is sharing experiences with me.
Where I work is closing end of August and, I'm being made redundant and, although I love my job, instead of being sad I'm viewing it as an opportunity to take time out and have an adventure of my own and so in September I'll be on a plane to South Korea for a month or two of travelling solo....EEEK. I'm so happy I found your vlogs as they've been invaluable to me, so huge thanks 😊 Take care and be happy x
Thank you and ahhhhh i hope you have the most amazing time!!!
@@caricakes Thanks Cari, I'll try my best to 😊
loved the thumbnail, loved the video, loved the slow-life vibes!!! ❤also really happy to see you practicing Korean and your pronunciation is just soooo adorable 🥺 when I went to Spain I couldn't force myself to speak Spanish unless it was with non-native speakers, so it's amazing that you're trying despite the awkwardness it brings. I hope it pays off and you see the progress you will have made :)
oh btw are there any books for book-averse people you would recommend? I used to love reading and at some point, I just stopped and couldn't have forced myself into it for years:( I would love to read a book that feels like having a conversation with someone.
Thank you so much!! And I’d recommend “just kids” by patti smith 🖤
I miss the cosy, rainy, warm weather in Tokyo pretty similar to Korea. Enjoy the rain it’s cleansing for the earth and the soul ✨✨
Thank you for sharing your lovely story.
I am watching your vlog while taking break from my book "think like a monk" On Sunday in India contemplating on to take leave on Monday or not. Last 2 week has been rough but fulfilling. Hope you are doing well and love the way you express through your vlogs!
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Cari: "The rain was next level today."
ME: You're a weather witch, Cari!! 🧙♀😄
OMG hahahah
Definitely got the spirited away vibes at 3:21 !!! Really liked the Korean Conversation bit. And definitely have the same opinion about Paris ,someone offer me free room and board I want to go back 😂
we really need to arrange a giant house swap with everyone on this channel hahaha
I listened to the audiobook of "How High We Go in the Dark". It was absolutely incredible and completely heartbreaking. I loved it.
it was DEVASTATING!
Pls you should make a video on anime,kdrama,netflix series, movies, books recommendations
I have a whole channel for my book recommendations 😍
I have my second Korean class this Saturday. I live in London, near Korea town. I fall just in between levels which means this is almost too difficult. But I really want to be able to speak to the in-laws in October on my vacay. Plus my son might just soon pass me by in skill level 😅. You really inspire me to work hard for it. Himne✊🏽
You know hot and good vibes places.. better than me thanks your recommendation’s so good 한국어 수업 화이팅
^_^
The music choice and the nature scenes in the temple are... 🥺🥺🥺
Thank you always 🥹
YAY MY BREAKFAST IS HERE!!!!
LOL!!!
여전히 이쁜 커플....행복하소서 ^^*
Currently binge watching all your vids! I’m going to paris and Italy in September so I’m trying to plan cute stuff to do and your videos are the best help! I remember I had seen one of your videos a while ago but I couldn’t remember what it was until I realized it was the mcr concert vlog! I’m glad I found your channel again! I’m from Coachella so you have a Californian watching✌🏼🌴☀️
So cool, Italy where ?
omg yesss glad you found your way back hahah im heading to the US to see mcr in october!!
@@caricakes so awesome! I’ll be seeing them october 11 for the first time in LA😭
@@marrykozakura9352 Venice, Florence and Rome!
This is a weird observation but I love the alleyways there compared to here in New York I wouldn’t be caught dead in any alleyway day or especially night but the alleyways there seem so pretty and most importantly clean, that’s what I appreciate almost about Korea is how clean the streets are. I also love al the nature and plants outside each cafe 😍
I am so envious of the rain you got there~~~the heat and lack of rain in TX are killing me T_T
i wish i could ship some over to you :'''(
I also started 1:1 korean tutoring recently! I can totally relate to the excessive sweating afterwards 😭
hahaha hopefully our nerves and sweat get under control soon hahha
Superb
Stylish and beautiful video……always. Korean travel should be sponsoring you!
thank you!!
the film picture at 22:14 is stunning!!
thank you so much!!!
My son and I go to the library at least once a week. More lately because if the summer program. I still have some of the rewards from when I went myself. I live libraries!
the best!!!
현재 12월9일에 올여름 영상을 보니 정말 무더운 여름이였네요.
I love your vlogs so much!
best of luck with your studies!! and yeah it will be tough but communication and being prepared for that toughness is key :)
it‘s so interesting for me to hear how people change the tone of the their voice when they switch to a different language! I mostly speak german (my mother tongue) and english and I have almost the same voice but then my friend who is italian has a way deeper voice in italian than in english
Hahahh it also changes how you think sometimes because of how different grammar forces you to explain/see situations differently!
Wow
beautiful city nice people !!!
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Have fun in your book sale event!
Still looking forward to your (solo) travel safety video 🤝
You'll speak Korean well. I believe in you.
thank you so much!!!
I love you all country
I just started the same book, can’t wait to hear what you think.
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New friend here cari! ❤️
I like your Video
Your necklace is so beautiful. Do you mind sharing where you got it from?