Week 0 (July):
- Managed to catch a bus from Seoul to Daejeon and meet up with my friends before starving to death.
- Can say my friend's address in Korean and catch a taxi home on my own if necessary.
Week 1 (August):
- Can successfully navigate the subway in Seoul alone....although the stops are all written in English too, and I have a travel card I can top up.
- (Can't read or write)
Week 2:
- Can order coffee or tea with the Konglish name (Korean pronunciation of English words), as well as beer and soju.
- Can navigate a familiar bus route on my own using my travel card.
- (Still can't read or write, still haven't eaten a meal alone)
Week 3:
- Can read consonant characters and a few vowels.
- Have picked up on a few Korean words and phrases.
- Can tell everyone my height in Korean.
- Am getting really good at charades.
Month 1 (September):
- Can properly greet, thank, and say good-bye to people using the correct level of politeness.
- Can read, albeit slowly and often without understanding what I'm saying.
- Slowly learning a few more phrases and getting used to using them every day.
- Am really, really good at charades.
- (Names are so, so hard to remember, you guys...)
- Can communicate with Korean guys when we go out to clubs.
- Have a pay-as-you-go phone
- Have a Korean bank account
