Friday, April 24, 2009

Chrysanthemum

Earlier in this blog, i have said that i wanted to be a korean teacher (like it matters right) heck yes it matters, cause this is my life blog. Well anyway, to cut the long story short, my friend declined the job and so it went to me.

oh my gums, im a loser.
Nope, I'm not, ..the job is flexible, there's free wi-fi, sometimes they give me authentic korean food, and my students are old enough to hang out with.

Today, one of my students told me, "hey guess what, we gave you a nick name"
it;s pronounced Kuk Hwa (which sounds like my real nick name).
it's spelt like this.


I asked what it means.
He said " it's a flower for our funerals"

What?? of course i dont want to lie and say 'What a great name.. thanks..but no thanks.'

okay so he looked in his dictionary and Kuk Hwa actually means Chrysanthemum. So it's a nice name after all.

18 comments:

2ngaw said...

Hehehe :D Natawa naman ako dun sa Flower for the funerals lolzz

Korean Teacher? Tuturuan mo sila how to speak Korean language o turuan mong mag english ung mga korean?, xensya na po di ko alam eh :D

Anonymous said...

wow! korean teacher.... my cozin is also a korean teacher at may tutorial pa. Cnasabi q sa knya ipasok ako e...hehehe... masaya ba ang maging korean teacher?

well, not bad after all sistha... Chrysanthemum is a nice name... pero ung sinulat nung korean.. naku! hirap ata yung intindhin...hehehe...lasing ba xa nung cnulat nya yan?...kidding!lol...

Thess said...

Hey Kuk Hwa

cpsanti said...

hahaha! at least they tried to think of something for you ;-) here in tokyo, chrysanthemums are the royal seal of the emperor ;-)

Anonymous said...

chrysanthemum is a flower for funerals? hmmm... LOL the spelling looks great though and good luck with that job! in college i was hired by the university to tutor korean exchange students in english. parang ganun ka din ba?

flor said...

@ Lord CM: English teacher ako sa mga koreans. :-)

@mayyang: yup masaya naman maging korean teacher, pwede mo sila kaibiganin..
at hindi lasing yung koreano haha, kinopya ko lang yung handwriting nila.

@ cp santi: wow. sabi ko na susyal ang chrysanthemum, i wonder why naisip nya yung bulaklak para sa mga lamay. haha

@ prinsesamusang: yup, english teacher nga ang job ko like you.

Meryl (proud pinay) said...

waaah! natawa naman ako nung una..."flower for our funerals" pero maganda naman pala girl eh...Chrysanthemum. isa kang magandang bulaklak ^_^

Anonymous said...

yan ang hirap kapag hindi mo mai-express ng maayos ang gusto mong sabihin. lalo kung inglesan na. Sana sinabi mo agad sa kanya, "You look terrible." Pero kapag tinanong ka kung anong ibig sabihin ng sinabi mo,'yung meaning ng "terrific" ang ipaliwanag mo .

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tomato cafe said...

chrysanthemum sounds real classic--that i gotta say. :D

Vhonne said...

awts.. ahaha.... pang patay daw.. natawa ako...

Meryl (proud pinay) said...

hi flor. musta na ang pagtuturo at musta ang mga estudyante?

NOMS said...

can u find me a korean chick like my sassy girl type of chick. ^_^

Justkyut said...

LOL! Nice one. I think learning Korean language is a fad right now. I think I'll just stick to learning french hehehe.

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flor said...

@ meryl: salamat!

@ jumping salad: salamat, maitry ko nga yang suggestion na yan

@ tomato cafe: i think its a classy name for a flower as well

@ vhonne: oo nga eh, pang lamay pala sya

@ noms: hehe yung isang koreana dun eh, hindi pang sassy girl. medyo i- lower mo ng konti ang standards ahaha.

@ justkyut: im teaching english to them actually. but i agree learning french is awesome

Anonymous said...

hindi ka ba kinilabutan sa una ma'am?hehe

Rico said...

Wow, treat it as a compliment, Flor. They think highly of you so they gave you a name. Mali nga lang ang pagkakaexplain ng student mo. Hahah! Blogworthy naman ang experience diba? Ü

kcatwoman said...

@ flamin devil: haha oo nga noh parang nagbabanta ng malas haha

@ rico: yup sobrang blogworthy sobrang lol.

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