"Wake up, wake up!"
"Why, Haeung? It's not morning. What's the matter?"
"It's emergency. If you don't get up now, you might be killed."
Last year, I traveled Turkey with my team members. As other countries, Korean drama and K-pop is very popular with young Turkish people. So they joined Koreafans which is a club like fan cafe. In Korea, I posted on Koreafans homepage like this.
"We're Korean travelers. We're going to travel Turkey for 40days. We want to experience Turkish life. So we'd like homestay. If interested in, please contact us!"
Few days later, someone replied.
"My name is Ozlem, student of Ankara university. I'm a member of Koreafans, and big fan of Korea. I'd like to meet Korean. Please call me when you arrive Denizli."
It was very good chance for us. Because we could experience Turkish life and also reduce our budget of travel through homestay. As soon as we arrived Denizli, I called her and met. She had black pony tailed hair and wore colorful skinny pants. She took us her house. She was very kind. But I felt it was little bit weird. There were no kitchen tools and even water. Suddenly she said she couldn't let all members sleep her house. In others words, only two members could stay her house, and others should go another place. Although I felt it was weird, there was no choice but to follow her. So we moved another house. It was basement. My doubt was getting bigger. I thought myself
'She might be bay guy. Perhaps she'll steal all the stuff we have."
But first, I pretend to stay and sleep the basement. But I didn't sleep. At night I woke up all members and we went a hotel. In the morning we went back basement as if we slept there. Ozlem treated breakfast for us. She was not bad guy at all. It's just my doubt. Nowadays, whenever I met my team members, we talked about this story. It's so fun to say now, but at that time, I was so scared.
Hello, Haeung! Your story really has an impact! I was really engaged in reading your story. How surprising an ending is!!!! I enjoyed a lot.
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I think we should really be careful when traveling to other countries! Although there might be nice people who sincerely want to help travelers, there are also quite many people who target travelers with bad purpose. I think you were very lucky in that you met nice people when traveling.
ReplyDelete201301616 Yujeong Suh
To Haeung Jung from Na Shil Hwang
ReplyDelete1. What I like about this piece of writing is very lively with a very good story.
The beginning started out well with very good lines.
2. Your main point seems to be about your experiences in Turkey
3. These particular words or lines struck me as powerful
and I like them because
you might be killed - who would be in a situation to be killed? It is very scary.
4. Some things aren't clear to me. THese lines or parts could be improved
(meaning not clear, supporting points missing, order seems to be mixed up,
not lively):
I think on your paragraph talking about your travels, it would be better if you
wrote something before you went to your trip. I was a bit confused since I didn't know
exactly when you left to Turkey
on the 2nd paragraph I think you can maybe say that the house didn't have water first (since water
is more vital to us :D )
5. The one change you could make that would make the biggest improvement in
this piece of writing is maybe the grammar would be best... the prepositions articles
would make this writing much clearer
Haeung Jung / The horrible Turkish friend (The final draft) / Tues 3-4
ReplyDelete"Wake up, wake up!"
"Why, Haeung? It's not morning. What's the matter?"
"It's emergency. If you don't get up now, you might be killed."
Last summer vacation, I traveled Turkey with my team members. We wanted to experience homestay in Turkey. So we tried to contact Turkish people before we go there. As other countries, Korean drama and K-pop is very popular with young Turkish people. So they joined Koreafans which is a club like fan cafe. In Korea, I posted on Koreafans homepage like this.
"We're Korean travelers. We're going to travel Turkey for 40days. We want to experience Turkish life. So we'd like homestay. If interested in, please contact us!"
Few days later, someone replied.
"My name is Ozlem, student of Ankara university. I'm a member of Koreafans, and big fan of Korea. I'd like to meet Korean. Please call me when you arrive Denizli."
She willingly gave me her phone number and address on the Internet site.
‘What a kind girl. She is like an angel’
I thought to myself. Of course, I wondered why she let me know her information so easily. But that was not important. It was very good chance for us. Because we could experience Turkish life and also reduce our budget of travel through homestay. As soon as we arrived Denizli, I called her and met. She had black pony tailed hair and wore colorful skinny pants. She took us her house. She was very kind. But I felt it was little bit weird. There were no kitchen tools and even water.
‘Is it possible to live without any food or tools even water?’
I doubted her true colors and watched her closely. Suddenly she said she couldn't let all members sleep her house. In others words, only two members could stay her house, and others should go another place. Although I felt it was weird, there was no choice but to follow her. So we moved another house. It was basement. Doubts and fears encompassed me. I thought to myself.
'She might be bad guy. Perhaps she'll steal all the stuff we have. What if she is criminal?"
But first, I pretend to stay and sleep the basement. But I didn't sleep. At night I woke up all members and we went a hotel. In the morning we came back basement as if we slept there. We pretended that nothing happened last night. Ozlem treated breakfast for us in a restaurant. She was not bad guy at all. She said she moved into a new house. That’s reason why there was no daily necessity such as water or kitchen tools. It's just my doubt. Nowadays, whenever I met my team members, we talked about this story. It's so fun to say now, but I was so scared at that time.