Week 8: Samulnori

week 8 we learnt how to play traditional Korean instrument .
I remember seeing all 4 instruments being played at the All Eyes On Korea festival last year so I was really excited for this lesson, especially because I love music.
We learnt the meanings of each instrument and the element that it stood for.
We watched a video on how Samulnori came about and then learnt how to play each instrument and played a song together, it was a lot of fun!

Week 7 Dance week

Week 7 was dance class.
We leanred the dance for One SHot by B.A.P and Bring the boys out by SNSD. I'm not a great dancer and the dances were really hard but overall it was a lot of fun and I got a really good work out from it. My group won (somehow) so I'm really happy for that...
For the homework this week I covered my favourite kpop song which is I love you by 2ne1 but I did an English version. I can't post it here because I uploaded it on the facebook page.

Homework #6

Review on ‘All Eyes On Korea’

All eyes on Korea is a Korean festival that I went to last summer. It was a beautiful day, and there were so many things going on. There was art, food, stalls, and many different forms of entertainment. Even though I was in London and not in Korea, being surrounded by so many different aspects of Korean culture and people who also share my Love for everything Korea related made me almost feel as if I was in Korea.

The first thing that my friend and I did when we got there was watch a hilarious Korean comedy act. I really got a feel for Korean humour!

We walked around to see what else there was, there were many different Asian food stands, clothing stalls and there was even a life size cutout of Shinee..which of course being a massive kpop fan made me really happy. They were displaying a lot of kpop videos on the big screen, aswell as other advertisement for Korean food and events, it really opened my eyes to make me see how much there really is to Korea. I had only recently discovered my love for Korea, so this festival taught me a lot and deepened my love for Korean culture. 

We got to watch a traditional Korean ceremony which was so amazing and beautiful, they explained everything and it was such an honour to see something so beautiful.

And then lastly we watched a Taekwondo presentation which was the best part of the whole day, it was really amazing! 

Kpop academy week 6

So on Saturday we went to the Korean Ambassadors house, it was a huge honour!
we all had to dress in formal clothing, we were welcomed into his home, offered drinks and amazing Korean food. His excellency and his wife were really lovely people, I felt so honoured to be in there home. We ate the food and then drank some sweet tea. We then learned the history of Korea and the ambassador got to see what we have been up to at the kpop academy. Then we were taught the traditional Korean bow and had to perform it to his excellency inside there room which was made to be just like a Hamok. This was definitely my favourite week at the kpop academy so far.

Homework #4

So for this weeks homework I chose to do 2 choices, to write about a Korean artist and make a poster promoting different types of Korean art.



Byeon Sang-byeok  변상벽; 卞相璧.
Byeon was a royal canimal painter who lived sometime in the late 17th and 18th centuries, he is mainly known for painting cats. Byeon loved animals and just loved to observe cats and watch them doing what cats love to do. Byeon was known for his very detailed brushstrokes that showed a lot of expression. Byeon Sang-byeok was a painter who is not very well-known in the West, but he was most definently an amazing cat artist. Byeon painted upclose and paid attention to the intricate detial of the cats rather than other art that is in 'Chinese style'


This is Byeon's most famous painting late Myojakdo meaning 'Painting of Cats and Sparrows'

Kpop academy week 4

So Saturday was the 4th week of the kpop academy. We all met up outside Russell Square station and then walked to SOAS university to have a lecture on the Arts and Treasures of Korea  We learnt about the different types of art and different artists. We were told about specific techniques used in making Korean art and why they were so special. I took photos of the samples of art that was past around

Next we visited the British Museum to look at some real Korean artefacts  A tour guide showed us around and told us the stories of different Pieces of Korean art and what they were used for.

Homework #3

Here's my homework for this week, I wrote a letter to Rain and put together package I would send him.

Here is the translated version of my letter.
To 비
안녕하세요? 잘지내세요? 
나는 종종 당신이 어떻게, 그리고 어떤 일을 하는지 궁금해요. 왜 당신은 매일 그일을 하나요?
무슨일이 가장 중요한 일인가요? 재미를 해서 무엇을 하나요? 무엇을 먹고 무엇을 마시나요? 만약에 내가 당신에게 무엇인가를 보낼수 있다면 많은 과자, 책 그리고 카드 게임들을 보내겠어요. 많은 팬들이 당신을 그리워하지만, 내 생각에는 군복무를 하는것이 정말 대단한거같아요. 당신의 comeback 을 기다릴수 없어요. 저는 당신의 음악을 계속해서 들을거에요. 그떄까지 건강하게 지내구요! 화이팅!!!!
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