I have to finish the two Voca books. I have to go through the children's books on vocabulary. I have to go through the 900 word vocab book. Then I have to go through the children's manwhas and focus on the words I don't know. I have to go through the WOW books I have not read yet and learn the vocab that's new.
I don't have a plan beyond that. I might try going through the vocab of a news article or an online celebrity article. But it will be hard.
However, I remember I got great benefits from tackling difficult books when I was young and studying English. I thought Wuthering Heights was impossible but after a while, I started to enjoy it.
I might do that. It will be a laborious process.
Or I might get suneung books for high school students with readymade vocab lists.
I can't make too many trips to the bookstore though as it takes a long time. The advantage of the vocab lists is that I don't have to spend time looking up the definitions myself. I have to dig out the suneung book from a box in storage. I hope I can find it. I might have thrown it out though I don't think so.
The problem is that these suneung books might not have translations. I think some books that teach English that I have used in classrooms in the past have translations. I can use these books to learn Korean. I can't remember the name of the series now.
I might also look into getting the Tintin series. I think I might try ordering from BookBank near Unhaeng Sageori near my home. I will just get one book, not the whole series. I have the English version of all the Tintin books except for a couple so I have ready translations there. This might prove to be fruitful. The language might be a lot easier than Saint Maire. Once again, I have to make vocab lists.
I wonder how I will organize the vocab lists. I like small pads because they are portable but they're not that easy to organize. I don't like a lot of small pads cluttering the area.
But then if I carry large notepads, it's unwieldy and takes up a lot of room in my bag. I need to get a wide bag like Mrs Lim's. It's not that tall but it expands very nicely but it's not too big and floppy that things get lost in there. For example, I can fit a computer, computer cord and a book in the bag. At the moment, if I put these things in the bag I am using at the moment, it is a real tight fit. I will keep an eye for a bigger bag. A wider looser bag that is not that tall in height. I will ask Mrs Lim where she got her bag. I might be able to find a similar bag at that place.
I really like to carry a lot of things in my bag. I carry umbrella, wallet, notepads, telephone and address book, pencil case, tissue packet, rolled up carry bag, computer and cord, books, phone, Galaxy player, subway map, keys, T-money card, and various other items I can't remember in my bag. So it's quite a lot.
I like carrying books with me to study on the train. I like studying on the train. I like reading books and watching videos on the train. I quite enjoy traveling on trains I realize. I like long train trips where I have a seat.
I love studying in coffee shops. I think I am using study as a form of escape though. It is necessary but sometimes I study when I should be doing other things. I wonder if I can ever be fluent in speaking that I impress people. Of course many people will assume I am a Korean national and should be able to speak Korean anyway. But those who know me and therefore understand that I speak very little Korean will be impressed if I ever become fluent.
I want to speak in such a way that I don't even think a lot about what I am going to say. It just comes out. I want to speak effortlessly and naturally. I don't want to translate in my head at all. I want to speak fast like I do English. I want to be on a show like Foreign Beauties and be the best speaker there although I am the one who has spent the least time learning the language. I want to have a good accent. I want people to go, "Wow!" when they learn that I wasn't able to speak Korean a short while ago. I want to be able to talk about any topic that I want to and have the vocabulary at my fingertips. I want to talk staccato-fast. I want to be astonishingly good.
